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 […]
Some Questions To Ask Before Your Urethroplasty
Somebody recently asked, in the comments section of another post, what questions to ask his doctor prior to his upcoming urethroplasty to fix a stricture of the urethra. I’ve had a long time to think about what I would have been better off knowing if I’d been more prepared for my own surgery almost one […]
Lingering Pain In Scrotum 8 Months After Urethroplasty
For folks who have undergone urethroplasty with a perineal approach, or are about to, do not be surprised if you still have some niggling pain in the scrotum for many many months. It’s been 8 months since my surgery and I still have it. From what I’ve seen on forums and what one of my […]
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 […]
Urethroplasty Recovery – 7 Weeks Post-Surgery
If you’ve been keeping track here, you’ll know that on July 16th I had end-to-end urethroplasty to repair a urethral stricture. See my post – My Urethroplasty Is Done – for more details. Well, today is the 7-week point since then. So how is it going? Well, things are not noticeably different from what they […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saw My Urethral Stricture On Film Today
I recently had diagnostic surgery to pinpoint the length and location of my urethral stricture. I wrote about that procedure here – Results Of My Combined Antegrade And Retrograde Urethrogram. My urologists have taken to calling this an “up-downogram.” Anyway, today I saw the doctor, who showed me the image of the stricture. It’s in […]