I breifly interviewed my mother yesterday - again - about my urinary problems as a child. I know she told me couple of years ago but I'm just now "getting it".
Apparently - while still in my baby-hood, my pediatrician would have to "tear" my labia apart - calling them "labial adhesions". I was really impressed that my Mom remembered that term since I'm now in my 30's! Anyway, my pediatrician had to do this several times according to Mom. I'm wondering what it was with my labia that caused it to do this & am now thinking if that could have caused me some PTSD kind of symptoms. I mean, I was a baby for crying out loud - I didn't know why this man was hurting me down there!
Also - before the age of 5 I had a surgery to enlarge my urethra! My mom isn't exactly clear why the surgery was absolutely necessary at the time. Apparently I had been wetting the bed a lot at that time and the pediatrician thought that part of the problem was that my urethra wasn't large enough to allow me to void completely before bed. Sounds a lot like urinary retention to me -- how bout you?
Just found it interesting. Will report this to my new uro=gyno today. Maybe he'll find it interesting.
Also - wondering -- how many of us ICers might have had an experience as a young child that caused us PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder - for those of you that aren't familiar with psycho-bable acroynms)...either by actual sexual abuse or by medical procedures that FELT like sexual abuse. It think it would be an interesting study.
Thanks for any replies. Just wondering....
Apparently - while still in my baby-hood, my pediatrician would have to "tear" my labia apart - calling them "labial adhesions". I was really impressed that my Mom remembered that term since I'm now in my 30's! Anyway, my pediatrician had to do this several times according to Mom. I'm wondering what it was with my labia that caused it to do this & am now thinking if that could have caused me some PTSD kind of symptoms. I mean, I was a baby for crying out loud - I didn't know why this man was hurting me down there!
Also - before the age of 5 I had a surgery to enlarge my urethra! My mom isn't exactly clear why the surgery was absolutely necessary at the time. Apparently I had been wetting the bed a lot at that time and the pediatrician thought that part of the problem was that my urethra wasn't large enough to allow me to void completely before bed. Sounds a lot like urinary retention to me -- how bout you?
Just found it interesting. Will report this to my new uro=gyno today. Maybe he'll find it interesting.
Also - wondering -- how many of us ICers might have had an experience as a young child that caused us PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder - for those of you that aren't familiar with psycho-bable acroynms)...either by actual sexual abuse or by medical procedures that FELT like sexual abuse. It think it would be an interesting study.
Thanks for any replies. Just wondering....
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