So anyone who has followed me elsewhere, my urge incontinece was complicated by the inability to pee when I needed to. I had to strain really hard to pee, but was able to for the most part. Well, a few years ago I started to pursue a urinary sphincterotomy. That turned into seven such surgeries.
As if that wasn't enough, I have had two urethral blockages in the past. They were removed as part of those surgeries.
Fast forward to today, and I've developed another such blockage. Except this one was the mother of them all. I tried to self cath this morning, and failed. So after work I went to the ER and they tried three more times, and also failed. By this point I wasn't able to stran to pee any more either.
The ER called in their urology specialist, and he had to insert an catheter tube in through my abdomen, and directly into my bladder. Thankfully that worked, and he drained over 600 ml from me.
I have a followup with him next week, then again in six weeks. He will need to increase the tube size at that point so he can insert a camera in my bladder and see what the damage is from the inside (around my prostrate area). If all goes well, I'm looking at a urethral reconstruction.
So yeah, theres that.....
As if that wasn't enough, I have had two urethral blockages in the past. They were removed as part of those surgeries.
Fast forward to today, and I've developed another such blockage. Except this one was the mother of them all. I tried to self cath this morning, and failed. So after work I went to the ER and they tried three more times, and also failed. By this point I wasn't able to stran to pee any more either.
The ER called in their urology specialist, and he had to insert an catheter tube in through my abdomen, and directly into my bladder. Thankfully that worked, and he drained over 600 ml from me.
I have a followup with him next week, then again in six weeks. He will need to increase the tube size at that point so he can insert a camera in my bladder and see what the damage is from the inside (around my prostrate area). If all goes well, I'm looking at a urethral reconstruction.
So yeah, theres that.....