OK, dose # is in the books.
Prelude:
My first (and only conscious) cystoscopy was a frightening, painful experience. I, as 55 y.o. male, had never had anything like this done to me before.
The uro, as he pulls the instrument out of its container said "don't look at this".
The nurse started with a syringe of lidocaine. The problem is she injected it as fast as she could, like if it were full of water and she was trying to shoot it across the room. I almost jumped off the table it hurt so much.
After a couple of minutes the uro comes in and here comes the garden hose. Even with the lidocaine that was very very uncomfortable with a bit of pain.
As part of the exam they then fill the bladder with water. Apparently the nurse wasn't paying attention and the uro said something to her, so she grabs the saline bag and squeezes it real fast. My bladder puffed up full in a fraction of a second and I again almost jumped off the table. Good lord that was horrific.
I later complained to the uro about the nurse's skills.
After the exam and for the rest of the day I had sever urinary irritation and I couldn't retain even the smallest amount of urine for ore than several minutes.
So back to today. The above highlights all the fears I had going into the BCG treatment.
Today's treatment was nothing, literally no issues whatsoever.
I asked the nurse to be slow and gentle, and using a 12 ga. catheter it was a breeze, mostly. I small, brief moment of discomfort as the catheter passed the prostate, but nothing more.
The introduction of the BCG (50 mg of Merck) was totally unnoticed. Retention was a no brainer. Absolutely zero discomfort.
I held it for 2.5 hours, could have gone much more if I had wanted to. I pee in the bushes, the benefits of maleness.
I am now writing this 6 hours after and still have no side effects at all.
We'll see about tomorrow but I am really hoping that this is a good harbinger.