Experiences with

Bladder conditions

I have a history of severe constipation and CT scan with dye confirmed I am still impacted . I now have a virtual Colonoscopy booked on Tuesday and have to take Gastrografrin tomorrow which I am petrified of taking even though I have taken Laxido for months and pooing for england. None of it makes any

I was going to paint a spring flower painting. I could not get as I wished, really bad day yesterday - My Nuclear Scan took forever - Three and a half wait time and scan. waiting for taxi to come home an hour pluss traveling time there and back. That is just aggravation - I ended up with a large raised

hi guys, What’s the longest time you go without emptying your bladder in the day? when I wake up in morning il pee, and have a cuppa tea, then won’t go for around 5 hours! It worries me as I have enlarged prostate and been in full retention before!

I have recently had a LFT . The result was my ALT was 142. I was horrified. I had been prescribed three courses of antibiotics, Nitrofurantoin and Cefalexin for a UTI and finished the course the day before my blood test. Could this elevation in ALT be due to the antibiotics?

I am wondering if anyone has any tips or advice on how to navigate the options for PN treatment given my history below:I had a hystorectomy 2 years ago and woke up in immediate pudendal nerve pain with terrible bladder spasms and nerve shocking and stabbing pain yhrougout the area of the pudendal nerve

I'm soon scheduled to undergo a rigid urethrocystoscopy under local anesthesia (gel), so I'm interested in the experiences of male patients who have had this type of examination.

Anyone had surgery for bowel or bladder endo? It sounds invasive or know how common bowel or bladder endo is? I would like to hear ppls stories on either bladder or bowel endo if willing to share? Thank you

I’ve recently found myself discussing artificial intelligence (AI) with people—including some doctors—who had a very limited understanding of AI in medicine. Their knowledge was mostly confined to large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT or Perplexity, along with a list of their known limitations (many

Even if you guys are ashamed about doing the exam of the prostate or/feel humiliated to do it,it's still your health and you should take care of it before getting a cancer if it can get detect as quick as possible.Prostate like breast cancer or uterus one are not a joke.I hope it can help donate for

Had a review today with my EP who did a first cryoablation on me last year. The AF side seems to have responded well but Flutter has taken over and currently persistent. I'm now on his list for a second ablation to sort this out, he's very positive about a good outcome. However he told me this time

For the last five years I’ve been on and off of, Provenge, Pluvicto, SBRT, first and second generation ADT and currently BAT. I recently contracted a serious blood infection for no apparent reason only speculation by doctors that it was a UTI that jumped into my bloodstream through my kidneys. I had

I feel so stupid. I gave away 1/2 my thyroid. I had a tiny nodule. I am even sure advice is to wait. My surgeon was blase, us3d the C word, cancer! Freaked me out. I had an hemi. Was told i would be fine. Was treated like extracting a tooth. No literature or guidance on the afteermath. Also, given no

I have just received an appointment for a Hysteroscopy in just over two weeks time following being diagnosed with Endo and Adeno. I'm very nervous as I have had colposcopies in the past which I found uncomfortable.They are planning to carry out the procedure and also take biopsies of my cervix at the

Hi5 years ago, after 2 years of incontinence issues,I had a major pelvic floor repair operation. It was traumatic as I needed much more stitching,recovery took over a year and I had to self catheterise for 6 months and struggle with dilators. My pudendal nerve was cut during the op. Now I am finding

I had a bladder repair surgery in 2017 that left me with pundael nuraliga ..ever since my stomach has gotten so large no matter what I do..hopefully someone can give me advise on how to loose this belly ..if I try to do any type of abdominal exersize it puts me in a flare

It was incredibly painful as if someone had my bladder in a vice. Once I had paid to have a pessary fitted, the situation calmed down a lot. However the symptoms of the PN have radically changed.

Th(e) study demonstrate(d) that a specific parasite-derived protein (that) can mimic its human homolog to increase inflammation and cell proliferation, which, in turn, may result in the promotion and progression of prostate cancer. ... " Association between trichomoniasis and prostate and bladder diseases

I had raised liver bloods, CTA and US of gall bladder. These reports have been posted in my GP records which I can view in the NHS app. I understand their content except this in the US report : “no free cholecystic fluid” . Can anyone explain this and its implications please.

Not pleasant to write about but back in January I had Thrush (said to be antibiotic induced) this led to a suspected UTI for which I had no symptoms. I thought everything had cleared up but then started to have very strong smelling urine on and off but especially first thing. Urine test highlighted

My dad continues to have severe pain in his lower spine due to mets. This has been going on now for about 2 months and he received his first pluvicto infusion on 2/25 but his pain level remains about the same. He is now on a fentanyl patch with morphine for breakthrough pain which provides some relief