Cystoscospy

Any one had one ? im due for my first in Feb. would like to know what to except!

There are a few existing threads on this. Short answer is don't worry.

Dakem, I get one every 6 months, since I had a malignant polyp removed from my bladder 2 years ago. My urologist said this would continue for 5 years.

I lay on a table, minus slacks and underpants with a drape over my crotch. The nurse, or Med. Tech. swabs the head of the penis with Betadyne solution. then uses a syringe (no needle) to inject Xylocaine viscus into the tip of the penis to numb a couple inches of the urethra. The urologist comes in and inserts the cystoscope slowly up the penis and past the bladder sphincter muscles. Sometimes this "smarts" some. Once the scope is inside, it's not too bad. He moves the scope all over to see all the bladder and then removes it. You dress and then have a talk with the urologist as to findings.

I also have to self-cath. 3-4 times a day, since my bladder will only empty about 50%. This has helped me get used to objects inserted up into my bladder. Not much fun, but not that terrible either.

Best of luck to you.

Jimmy.T

Its a numbing lube. There also is a special clamp made to clamp of the penis to hold the lube in. Go figure... I guess they need one, but who'd have thought it before seeing one. I don't know what they do for women, as there's nothing to clamp.

If you can relax like you're urinating as the scope goes in its easier. Hard to do in practice if you, like i, are worried about peeing all over. It didn't happen though, guess the scope plugs things up well enough.

Not a big deal, bit of burning after, it wouldn't be awful if I had to do it again but like most medical things for me I don't mind not having to do it again yet.

Oh, and seeing parts of your urogenital system from the inside is pretty cool.

Thanks all feel a lot better now...

I’ve had several. With a flexible scope it’s not that uncomfortable. I had a procedure with a rigid scope and that was pretty uncomfortable. Routine looks are made using a flexible scope.

I have had two, both as a result of bleeding. The first was uncomplicated -- a squirt of the anesthetic gel and insertion of the flexible tube. The second was the same , but the exam was a bit more complicated because there was a broken blood vessel in my bladder, which they cauterized through the scope. The only "difficulty" encountered was my inability to relax the sphincter which made it a bit more difficult to get the scope up into the bladder.

I got my first cystoscopy at the age of 10, because I was still bed-wetter at that time. After a catheter examination a few days before, the procedure was performed under general anesthesia. Afterwards I had a strong burning feeling while urinating. In addition, a deformation of the bladder was diagnosed, which was operated on shortly afterwards.

In the meantime I have had some cystoscopies and I have to say that I don't feel them as bad today as I did then.