Re: about having cystoscopy

Jane Cohen wrote:
Howard McCollister wrote:
"Jane Cohen" <jcohen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Howard McCollister wrote:

Jane Cohen wrote:



Howard did say it's clearly smaller than a cath and the office
does use the xylocaine jelly. I hope your assessment is correct
that the procedure is less traumatic in fact than it sounds!




Well, to be clear, MOST flexible cystoscopes are smaller than MOST
urinary catheters. Now, I was a little surprised to hear that your
urologist uses a rigid cystoscope. I don't know what the diameter
of that might be, there are several different arrangements.

HMc




Uh oh ... there goes that anxiety level ...

No, I think this will be ok. Thanks again for your help, Howard.

Jane


Yeah, sorry about that. However, it's unlikely that your urologist
would want you to be in pain, and if he didn't have a system for
office cystoscopy that his patients were OK with, he'd change the
system. HMc




Or, he's one of those older docs that still do things the old ways ...
LOL

Jane...I didn't want to tell you about the rigid scope I had in 1995 from
one of the old time docs you mentioned [they do like to stay with their
original equipment :-)]. I have had flexible scopes since, and they are not
quite as bad (but remember I am a male, and the rigid will definitely hurt a
male more).

It sounds like you have one of the older uro's. I don't understand why he
hasn't switched to a flex scope. It would certainly let him get a better
look at the bladder also. I still think you will be all right and do just
fine. Try not to worry so much :-) ...Pete


He did say that if his patients were all screaming and yelling in
great pain, he would have an empty waiting room. I guess that's true.

Jane


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