Connect
← Return to Anybody here ever refuse to be catheterized through their urethra?
Discussion
Anybody here ever refuse to be catheterized through their urethra?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 22 8:24am | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
@jercalif
Howdy - "the only urologist within a two hour drive"? You need to relocate or expand your radius of travel. You need to find a large urology group that is part of a large hospital with state of the art diagnostics, surgical interventions, and follow-up treatment. Don't "settle" for the closest available...your life depends on it. If you live someplace rural, I encourage you to do the longer drive to the largest city you can get to, even if you have to spend the night at a hotel or with a friend or family to get there.
Replies to "@jercalif Howdy - "the only urologist within a two hour drive"? You need to relocate or..."
Connect
@rlpostrp I agree 100%... I was trying to work through my local urologist's office, but that didn't work... I still don't know if it was an ego problem or loss of income from not doing a biopsy or ???... But I actually feel grateful to him now, because he made the decision to seek help elsewhere a non-decision for me... He left me with no other choice.
So I contacted the manufacturers of fusion biopsy systems, and was able to figure out who does fusion biopsies in the Sacramento, California area, and and so now I'm in the process of completing my referral to a urologist down there, about 3 hours away.
As far as my fear of catheterization... I am hoping that I can convince the new urologist to just go ahead and do a RALP, and install the catheter after anesthesia starts. Removal pain I will just have to put up with.
My primary care physician has agreed to let me try being catheterized or self-catheterizing at her office soon, so at least I'll have some idea about painful this is going to be for me.