Going Tuesday the third to be evaluated for a Urolift. They are doing a cystoscopy and a rectal sonogram to see if I qualify anyone else had these two procedures?
I've had a flexible cystoscopy, which was done in the doctor's office. I went in the room and he told me to undress below the waist and put this paper sheet over me. He came back, grabbed my penis and injected some numbing lidocaine down the urethra. Then he stuck the camera, which was at the end of a thin tube up and into the bladder. After getting a view of the inside of the bladder, he began to pull the tube out. At one point he said, "While I'm here, let's look at the prostate." Everything was fine, so he pulled it out. I was told that I would experience painful urination for a while, which I did. The first couple were torture, but then after the second, it really settled down so that, by the end of the next day, there was no pain at all.
As for the ultrasound ( according to a medical procedure article):
During the rectal ultrasound study a proctoscope (about ¾” in diameter) is passed through the anus into the rectum. The doctor can then directly look at the tumor or injury. He then inserts an ultrasound probe through the proctoscope and takes ultrasound pictures of the rectum and the tissues surrounding it. Ultrasound pictures are made using high-frequency sound waves to create images of tissue layers beneath the surface. A physician who has special training in ultrasound exams performs the exam. He will have an assistant who also has special training for this procedure. The entire procedure usually takes less than 15 minutes. The doctor will discuss the result with you before you leave.
