Wolfie Has To Go Naked For The Cause

And there was me thinking this was going to be an account of some of your antics when in a good night out! lol I do understand what you mean by bringing tears to your eyes - I may not have a urethra but I have had 2 children! Very little embarrases me now sweets - when you go into hospital to have children you leave all your dignity at the doorstep! Even my annual smear test etc aren't embarrasing - just so long as no one wants to look at my piles! xxxx

Ok message from your bestie mate Gissi keep those legs crossed he cringed just reading this so he says do not let them near Wolfie that sounds very uncomfortable to me I dread any op I am petrified of not waking up after the op I really hope that it will not hurt you I will of course think of you and I know that Gissi certainly will Big Hugs to you xxxxxxxxxxx

ooh, you are lucky. I had kidney surgery a few years ago where they places stint from my kidney to my bladder. When they took it out no sedative or anything. OMG did them sticking the scope up there hurt. I honestly thought I was going to pass out, to make matter worse the Dr (who happened to be male) was like "Oh you can take this, older people come in here all the time and have to get this done on a regular basis". Needless to say that was the worst Dr I have ever had.

Wolfie I am so glad that you are getting a diagnostic workup on your plumbing! When I read your post about antidepressants, I remember thinking to myself that before I would chalk up the peeing issue to anxiety I would want to have the plumbing inspected! As for not being 'knocked out' during your procedure, no, you won't be totally knocked out. But you will be relaxed and 'high' from the sedative that you will not really care what is going on! Nothing a nurse can tell you will take ALL your anxiety about the procedure away but I hope you'll trust me on this little part!

That would put the wind up me a bit too. Especially if I was a guy but they must be used to all sorts of reactions they get, they've seen it all before. I'm being treated for a bowel obstruction and I spent a couple of days in hospital recently. I was going to have an enema. We all know what an enema is right? It involves a tube and a pouch of warm soapy water. The tube is shoved into your rectum and the warm soapy water goes in and fills you up and washes you out then all comes out again making a big mess if you don't hold it in and get to the bathroom in time. Not these days. It is a little tube of stuff that they put inside you, it's 5ml to be precise or 1 teaspoonful. It still has the same effect but it's not so invasive as someone shoving a tube up inside you and filling you with water. Mind you, it didn't work for me as my blockage is high up and this is more for lower bowel constipation. The worst part is, this absolutely gorgeous friend of mine who I haven't seen for nearly 2 years but who rings me every so often rang me a few days before I went to hospital and said he would be in the area that day and he would stop in and visit me. I was imagining him coming just as I had to rush to the bathroom or something equally embarrassing so I put him off. It turns out I had a very comfortable stay in hospital with my own bathroom and so a visitor (especially him) would have been lovely. I'm going for a colonoscopy in a few weeks but I'll be totally out to it so I'm preparing myself now not to be embarrassed by the whole thing. Hope you are better soon my friend. We will both laugh about this someday...lol.

I am sorry you have to go through this procedure. It does not sound fun at all. I have to admit you did get me intrigued with the discussion title. My first thought was: What in the world is Wolfie up to now?? LOL

I don't mind being cut open and closed under anesthesia.But I shudder at the thought of sending a tube up my tube or any orifice.Sorry for sounding not much comforting to you.

Ouch, that does sound painful. No matter how painful that sounds to me, I would do it twice rather than go to the dentist. I would rather have a pap test 4 times than go to the dentist. I do get embarrassed whenever stirrups are involved, and a horse isn't. Be brave laddie, you'll be fine.

From a nursing stand point they do not bother me when they must be done. I know the why and were fors. Not to mention that the little tube they use has such a short distance to travel in us females. I can relate to your anxiety about going "north" as it does happen on occasion, Just keep in mind that the team doing your test are professionals and have seen and experienced it all. For the most part Wolfie the sedative will make you sleepy and you will not care where they are sticking their scope... layback and enjoy the buzz! I for one am glad you are having it done.

I sometimes suffer severe stomach pain caused by anxiety and I was supposed to have an endoscopy, which is where they stick a tube down your throat into your stomach to see if there's anything wrong. My local hospital is really bad at organizing things like that so I never actually got it and the pain comes and goes and can be controlled with strong pain killers and gaviscon so I wasn't too bothered. I certainly wasn't looking to forward to that though, I would have been offered sedatives apparently and they spray your throat to stop you gagging on the tube but even so it sounds horrible. Yours definitely sounds more uncomfortable though, I'm sure they will do something to numb the area even if you have to be awake though, and it will be a very thin tube too I imagine so it won't be as bad as you think.

Nawwww..I've had so many ops and accidents that nothing bothers me anymore..I just do the grin and bare it thing and it's soon over.. Good luck Doll xoxoxoxoxo

I hate the annual papsmear and don't see how women are supposed to take this. The jelly they usually doesn't really help when they take that cold metal clamp to you. It's so uncomfortable and painful.