So here's the story. I'm scheduled for a cold knife urethrotomy and injection of steroid into the stricture on Thursday, 12/11. That's almost another week, and the pain won't be gone right after the surgery. It might even be worse before it gets better.
My urologist says that most people with urethral strictures don't experience the kind of pain I get. In fact, some don't even know they have a stricture. So the question is, why does my stricture get so inflamed? My urologist doesn't know.
They say a physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient, but I thought I'd try something. I have to stop taking the Advil because of the upcoming surgery. So I was thinking - steroids are potent anti-inflammatories and don't affect bleeding like aspirin or Advil. So I decided to try a short course of steroids - a Medrol dosepak.
I'll let you know what happens.
-Warren
TaG3 + CIS 12/2000. TURB + Mitomycin C (No BCG)
Urethral stricture, urethroplasty 10/2009
CIS 11/2010 treated with BCG. CIS 5/2012 treated with BCG/interferon
T1G3 1/2013. Radical Cystectomy 3/5/2013, No invasive cancer. CIS in right ureter.
Incontinent. AUS implant 2/2014. AUS explant 5/2014
Pediatrician