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 […]
Urethroplasty Stricture Treatment
I found an article that is a good overview of the kind of urethral stricture repair called “urethroplasty.” It’s a bit difficult to briefly and easily explain urethroplasty because it is actually more of a class of surgeries rather than one type of procedure. It’s a bit like saying “open-heart surgery.” Actually, it’s a lot […]
Antegrade-Retrograde Urethrotomy To Fix Urethral Stricture
I just read about a different sort of treatment for treating a urethral stricture that I hope-to-the-heavens my urology docs can do. It’s called antegrade-retrograde urethrotomy, or ARUT, for short. I wrote about the more common type of urethrotomy in my recent post, DVIU Treatment For Urethral Stricture, which basically means they can do the […]
DVIU Treatment For Urethral Stricture
DVIU (direct visual internal urethrotomy) is one of several treatments for a urethral stricture. Next to merely dilating the urethra by basically stretching it out to increase the diameter, DVIU is the least invasive of the stricture treatments, involving only the insertion of a special scope, called a cystoscope, which cuts out the scar tissue […]
Urethral Stricture – One Man’s Long Painful Journey
Recently, I wrote about my stricture of the urethra (My Stricture Of The Urethra), where I explained not only my drama with it so far, but also what a stricture is. My urologist told me that next to prostate cancer, a urethral stricture is is the most difficult to treat, both in terms of duration […]
Urethral Stricture – Homeopathic Treatments?
I have a urethral stricture (see My Urethral Stricture) that has plagued me for over about 2 years now. In January, 2013, I could no longer urinate, so I had a suprapubic catheter put in. I really would like to believe in magic, and I have an open mind regarding the mind-body connection and/or certain […]
My Stricture Of The Urethra
The reason I have a suprapubic catheter is due to my stricture of the urethra. I know, I didn’t know what that meant either. So you can be one step ahead of me by knowing that a stricture of the urethra is basically scar tissue inside the urethra that grows large enough to prevent you […]