Turning a Corner?
This entry was posted on 6/11/2007 10:00 AM and is filed under Recovery,Complications.
Today is a big day.
I go in at 3 for a cystoscope – not a pleasant experience. Yes, this is the camera up the urethra. This is the part where I grab hard on the sides of the examining table, grit my teeth, and hope it doesn’t take too long. I don’t seem to have an infection going like I did last time so there should be less pain.
Here’s the treatment plan that Dr. Chinn in California suggested and that I hope is acceptable to my doctor here. If the only problem seen with the cystoscope is urethral sloughing then we will not put a Foley catheter (tube stays in and runs to a bag) back in. I will attempt to urinate normally and carry a intermittent (self) catheter tube with me in case I get stopped up. It is not pleasant to self-catheterize and it carries a risk of the tube being poked into the wrong area but the consensus seems to be that it is better then the infection risk of the Foley catheter. Plus, I really want this thing out of me!
If you are one of the readers who has stuck with me on this BLOG, please wish me well. I’ll update this evening.
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