Bladder scan

[Mothergoose]

I wouldn't worry too much about getting more UTI's, yes you may get more they probably won't be a problem for you if you have been being cathed for a while and not gotten them it proablay was just from being run down post surgery, or you picked it up during surgery and it just brewed along for a while till something made the bacteria start getting to be more.

I could not hold for more than 1 hour I am sure so I think it is great you can do 3 hours.

Take care MG

[skbird]

Thanks MG. When I used to get cathed, I only had to hold them 1 hour but I would try for 90 mins or 2 hours just to really get the best benefit. I was shocked when I was told this new protocol is 4 hours. No way. 3 hours is SOOO difficult, especially in the middle of the day. I even get up for breakfast and don't drink water or milk or tea or anything - just sips for toothbrushing and pill-taking. Still can't make it.

I do think it is helping and I do hope this UTI was sort of a one time thing. I seem to get them about once every year or two these days - 15-20 years ago it was 4-6 a year. I still have it hard-wired into my brain about all the things to avoid a UTI, including jumping up right after being intimate and using the bathroom. I used to think it had something to do with my partners because I have been married twice and had a couple of relationships where I seemed to get many more UTIs, but now that I look back at it, I realize that the relationships with higher incidence of UTIs were also much more stressful relationships, and maybe were IC flares, instead. Funny how we're wired, isn't it?

Have a good evening, MG -

Steph

[skbird]

I had that test done and it was called an ultrasound. It's uncomfortable for everyone because you have to drink and fill the bladder and hold it. That was early on in my trying to "diagnose the problem" era. I also had a test where I had to pee into a special potty that was hooked up to a computer measuring what came out and the human tester was sitting right there. I could hardly let anything out,just from the embarassment of it. I'm not sure what that test was called.
Neither of the tests were painful.

Nottoc - I'm sorry, I didn't see your message before. At any rate, that sounds pretty much like the test I had to take, but I got a little privacy during my urination and I was so ready to go anyway that it wasn't difficult. Though it was uncomfortable - perhaps because I had a UTI as well.

Thanks for your description -

Steph