Thank you.

No advice or help on this topic, Jenn~ Just wanted to give you a shout out and say glad to see you back.

Thanks, DM! Nice to see some familiar faces again.

i had it done. it was a bit embarrassing but heck with my breast issues i've gotten over that. remember that the staff are professional and they've done this a million times before.

asking about the topical med is a good idea. without it there's just a bit of initial pain and it goes away quickly. they also put in a rectal tube when i had it done. just to do measurements which i didn't understand.

nothing hurt. the staff were wonderful. very helpful and supportive and my dr was great. it turned out i had a neurogenic bladder related to my MS and was tx'd with detrol with great success.

so, getting the needed info will help you tremendously in the long run.
keep us posted. i wouldn't say you had anything to be nervous about.

I've already been thinking I'm gonna be embarrassed! The night before my consult, I looked up the urologist and saw that he was relatively young, as far as doctors go. I'm so accustomed to seeing dr's who are 20 yrs older than me, and when I saw that the urologist was not too much older than me, I just *knew* he was going to be hot. I know, I know, so not what I should be focused on, but I was.

The thing with the topical med is that I'm not sure I can use it b/c of sensitivity issues. Maybe the day I go will be one of my "numb days".

Good Luck and strong nerves (for he embarrassment factor). You will survive

Like tkrik I thought it was an interesting test. It doesn't hurt and since the tech's do it all day it wasn't embarrasing, I was just another patient. I was more interested in the results and the nurse/tech did give me a hint that there was a problem.

Good luck with your test.

Jim's had it done and survived just fine. They measure your output and things like that. If they do a rectal tube, they didn't on Jim, it's to check your sphincter response. Sometimes the sphincter muscle is the culprit so they check it to be sure. This is what we were told if they needed to do that.

Wishing you well and praying for a good outcome.

Thank you. I'm sure I'll find it interesting, but it will be hard not to be embarrassed. I think that the person doing it is a woman, so that will help.

Thank you.