Has anyone had a video Video‐Urodynamics Test done? My urologist at every appointment kept telling me that he wants me to go see his teacher at Vanderbilt. I explained that I can’t afford the cost because he was out of network. Well he said something this year and wouldn’t you know, I had to change insurance companies. After listing to him while laying there having a Foley inserted, he asked me who my new insurance was. I told him and he said that they will cover me going there because he has sent others down there with the same insurance. So laying there in my most humbling attire, I agreed. His nurse setup the appointment for me. I went to see this guy and he is or was more than an instructor, he has actually written articles for Depends and as I understand it, is in the top 5 or 10 urologist in the United State.
I went down to Franklin TN to see this doctor. His nurse did this Video-Urodynamics on me, right there in the office. This office had a special chair in it that had so many hydraulics hooked up to it, I thought I was in some kind of flight simulator. Lol This chair made it easy for the nurse to apply the electrical leads and catheters that had to be used. She didn’t have to bend over at all. She raised the chair really high and leaned me back. Now right before this, another nurse came in and introduces to my nurse a student from Vanderbilt. Before the nurse could ask, I told her, “I don’t mind if she was in there, she needs to learn sometime.” After all I went though in 2007, I don’t have to many modest bones left, only modest when it comes to my diapers.
The nurse just finished a part of the test and in walks a female doctor. They talk while I am standing there with my behind leaning on a C shaped x-ray machine with a stand and funnel between my legs. Right before the nurse started, she said, “we can let your gown hang over for now so your no so exposed. Lolo The nurse doing the test wasn’t able to complete the test they way they normally do because my bladder was acting up so bad, they didn’t want to overdo it. The female doctor looked at the pictures and x-rays as well as the charts and she believes some of my problems could be from a damaged nerves. After all that I went back to a regular exam room and the doctor came in to talk. He explained that my bladder is messed up really bad, and he can't promise me that I will get better. So he recommend that I have Botox injections into the bladder to keep it from working. If it works, I would have to self cath in order to drain my bladder. I told him, I would talk to my doctor about it and go from there.
This was a Wednesday when I saw this urologist and the next Monday, I called my urologist to see if they had talked and to find out if he wanted me to keep my appointment with him for the end of this month. Two days later, I get a call from the hospital asking me to come in and fill out preregistration paper work my surgery that is scheduled in two weeks. I was like, “WHAT, what surgery?” They then explained they had me down for the Botox injections into the bladder. I was shocked because the doctor down in Vanderbilt said they do it in the office and normally doesn’t take more than about 20 minutes. Well my doctors are still behind times and they are going to do this in the hospital and they will be knocking me out. I still haven’t talked to my doctor and I am going to have this done this Wednesday.
I personally feel that the doctors and my wife are wanting me to try this to see if it will keep me out of diapers. From what I have read on the web, people had so many different reactions to it from going back to normal bathroom usage to having to cath in order to empty. Some that have to self cath were happy with it because they couldn’t handle wearing diapers.
Sorry for such a long post. It’s been a while since I have been on here. Through all this, I have been blocking everything and everyone out not wanting to be around others or do anything.
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