Today marks exactly one year since I had my urethroplasty – the surgery to fix a urethral stricture (which is a blockage of the urethra by scar tissue such that it is impossible, or nearly so, to pee). 365 days since that day, I remain completely fixed! My “water pressure” is excellent (last checked a […]
Bicycle Seat To Help Prevent Urethral Stricture
One of the causes of urethral stricture is “straddle injury.” As the name implies, this occurs when someone straddles a hard object like a bicycle seat, fence, pole, or something like that and falls on top of it, landing on – well – very sensitive parts of your body. This will probably be on the […]
Catheter-Free After Test To Ensure The Urethroplasty Was Successful!
I have been catheter-free for 2 hours, the longest I’ve been without one since my ordeal with a urethral stricture began on February 8th, 2013. And it feels awesome! As I mentioned in the post – My Urethroplasty Is Done! – I was scheduled to have a VCUG (voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) today, which was 2 […]
Stories From Others Who Have Had Urethroplasty
If you have just found out you have a urethral stricture, you will probably want to find out as much as you can about what to do about it, and what is in store. I know I did. When you go through something painful and unfamiliar, you want to find answers. You want to know […]
My Urethroplasty Is Done!
Well it’s finally done! Can I get a “hallelujah”? As I posted just before the event – I Am Having Urethroplasty Surgery Tomorrow To Fix My Urethral Stricture – I had my end-to-end urethroplasty! And the doctor (Dr. Thomas Rozanski – one of the best and most experienced in this sub-topic of urology in the […]
I Am Having Urethroplasty Surgery Tomorrow To Fix My Urethral Stricture
This is it! Six months of wearing a suprapubic catheter (see my post – What Is A Suprapubic Catheter? for more on that) has led to this. I go under the knife tomorrow to repair a urethral stricture (see my post – My Stricure Of The Urethra for what that means). I will post here […]
Buccal Mucosal Onlay Graft (BMG) To Treat Urethral Stricture
Buccal mucosal onlay graft – or “BMG” as the cool kids call it, is one version of urethrolplasty. Because I have a urethral stricture, and because the only “real” treatment (by which I mean “a treatment where the fix has a good chance of staying fixed”) is urethroplasty, I’ve been doing more than my fair […]
The Treatments For Stricture Of The Urethra
There are several possible treatments for a stricture of the urethra (a blockage), each one more gruesome than the last. It seems amazing that something as seemingly innocuous as a bit of scar tissue the size of a Tic-Tac can cause so much pain and damage, and be so difficult to repair. My urologist said that only […]
Results Of My Combined Antegrade And Retrograde Urethrogram
Last Friday is a day I’ve been awaiting for more than 3 months – my combined antegrade and retrograde urethrogram. This was to scope out (no pun intended;)) the location and size of the stricture of the urethra that was discovered back on February 8th, 2013. You may wonder why, when they knew what the […]
What Is Antegrade Urethrogram?
Do you know what an antegrade urethrogram is? One thing I’m finding out is that in urology, there are a lot of terms that just need looking up, because they are not common to lay people like me, who is just trying to make it through the many months I have to wear a suprapubic […]