Hydro pain? what to expect?

[mela414]

I fianally got to a new local urologist who treats IC. I had been traveling to Philadelphia to see Dr Whitmore and it was getting to be too much.
I saw this new dr in New Brunswick, NJ at St Peter's Hospital. I gave him a pretty detailed history......what I had tried, what type of instillations, etc. Right now I am not on anything because of intolerances to a lot of meds but I feel the pain is getting worse. He suggested we try a hydrodistention. (I had bee thinking along those lines too.............but I didn't mention it.)
He told me to try elavil again but at a baby dose (cut the 10 mg in half ...but I may even make it smaller to start)..and see how that goes. Then he wants me to try Atarax. Maybe something will finally help. He also gave me a script for ativan which I recently started taking when the bladder flares up and I have been finding it helpful.
We didn't discuss any post-op meds for the cysto/hydro. But he did tell me I would be alseep.
I remember having one done about 8 years ago when all this started but they also did a biopsy. I had such pain afterwards! I'm hoping that most of the pain was from the biopsy and not the hydro. Does anyone have any ideas ont his. Did I give to a new dr too soon for the hydro?
I think I made the right decision as I was thinking about doing it anyway.....but did I jump in too soon with a new dr?
Thanks for any input,
:angel:

[tigger_gal]

ask your doctor to give you a script for pain meds, and have it filled b4 you go in, so you'll have it after.. Everyone is different with a hydro.. Some hurt very little and people like me hurt alot... but my bladder was stretched double its size. There are alot of ladies here that find great relief with a hydro. not to mention it lasts a while for them. I hope you are one that finds great relief. :)
Brat

[mela414]

Brat,

Thanks for the reply. Are you one of the people that were helped by it?
As for pain meds, I can always take the ones that I have at home with me but I will certainly call ahead of time and ask the doctor if there is something that he prefers using. If not I will stick to ultacet which doesn't really KILL the pain...but dulls it a little. I don't tolerate a lot of meds well....especially with all my food intolerances.
Take care,

[SrMaggie]

I had some pain afterwards from the hydro, but having the catheter in for few days helped me get some sleep. I don't think I had the distension as others have. My new uro told me that he would not have done it the way the last one did. Apparently, my bladder was not filled to determine capacity. I'm not sure what was done, but in the end it did help for a bit.
When you go to a new doc and explain all that has been done before and you trust the new one, I say go with what s/he says. I felt that way. When I'd been putzing around with the other one, I didn't want to waste time trying the same stuff witht he new one. Let him/her get on witht he treatment and find something that will give you some relief.
Prayers.

[mela414]

Thanks for your input srmaggie. I had been contemplating the hydro and then all of a sudden I go to this new dr and he suggests doing one. I guess after all the stuff that I told him I had been through...and in light of the fact that I don't tolerate meds well........it only makes sense that he would suggest doing one.
I guess the funny feeling that I am getting is that I only met him once for the consult and then the next time I see him is at the procedure.
Coincidentally he knows of my previous uro and has attended some of her lectures....so at least I know he holds here in high regard.
I'll have to write downt eh things tht I want to ask him and then mkae sure I get to talk to him before they sedate me.
I'm curious to know ....how do they determine how much to overfill the bladder....and then is the cysto done while it's distended? Can they see better that way?
I had a cysto in the office about a year ago in Florida and the uro siad it didn't look that bad.........hhhhhmmmmmm...but I am in so much pain and am soooooo affectd by foods that I eat or drink! Forget about even swimming in a pool! Is it just that I am ultrasensitive to things without having a lot of tissue damage?
It doesn't make sense....i jjust don't know anymore. The bottom line is......I was cotemplating this procedure and now I am having it done by a dr I barely know....Even though he comes highly recommended and runs a Pelvic Health Institute at the Hosptial here.
OK enough blabbing...............it is what it is!
thank for you input,
mel