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Hi all.
I go in for heparin instills once every four weeks. While I knew I had stricture when they did my first cystoscopy (so it was not from cathing), I have not had any trouble from it before, except difficulty getting the cath in for the DMSO. That was back in '95.
When I began the heparin this last fall, I had no trouble with the cath. Then I went in Tuesday and, guess what, the cath won't go in. At all.
So they dilated my urethra right there with no anesthetic at all (wasn't that fun!) and then instilled the heparin.
Well, that was a couple of days ago and I am still having a lot of problems. I have pain with urination, and to be rather blunt, pain if any part of my vulva is touched so that the urethra may be touched or the skin around it pulled.
My question is, is this normal?? Is it normal to be dilated without even lidocaine??
Should I still be having these symptoms, and what can I do for them? My pain is usually strictly in the bladder, I only have urethral symptoms when cathed, and never like this. I can't even wipe without going into spasms.
Oh, and I am allergic to the anti-spasmodic drugs, and Pryidium. etc.
Sorry to make such a long post. I have been dealing with this for a long time now, and this is a new one for me. I am getting really discouraged at the moment.....
I go in for heparin instills once every four weeks. While I knew I had stricture when they did my first cystoscopy (so it was not from cathing), I have not had any trouble from it before, except difficulty getting the cath in for the DMSO. That was back in '95.
When I began the heparin this last fall, I had no trouble with the cath. Then I went in Tuesday and, guess what, the cath won't go in. At all.
So they dilated my urethra right there with no anesthetic at all (wasn't that fun!) and then instilled the heparin.
Well, that was a couple of days ago and I am still having a lot of problems. I have pain with urination, and to be rather blunt, pain if any part of my vulva is touched so that the urethra may be touched or the skin around it pulled.
My question is, is this normal?? Is it normal to be dilated without even lidocaine??
Should I still be having these symptoms, and what can I do for them? My pain is usually strictly in the bladder, I only have urethral symptoms when cathed, and never like this. I can't even wipe without going into spasms.
Oh, and I am allergic to the anti-spasmodic drugs, and Pryidium. etc.
Sorry to make such a long post. I have been dealing with this for a long time now, and this is a new one for me. I am getting really discouraged at the moment.....
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