Because I have two drugs administered into the bladder, one after the other, they leave the catheter in until the first one is removed and the second one is administered.

If I wanted them to remove it at the beginning, they would, but I would still have to have one inserted again for the second drug. I find it more painful to have it go in than to keep it. Now that I found out I don't have to do any "rotating", it got much easier. I am having it every four weeks for a year, so there is still time for further refining, I guess.

In the long run, since I don't have to rotate anymore, and the catheter is smaller and less painful, I will get through it more easily. Now my biggest complaint is that I am running out of feel good movies to download from Netflix! If we watch a movie that is really happy, our endorphins are increased. When endorphins are increased, there is less pain/discomfort.