Rigid Cystoscopy Nightmare

Hi all,

I have finally decided to join and post here after 6 months of agony .

I don't want to bore you all with the details , but long story short , I was supposed to be having a flexible cystoscopy , it turned out I had a rigid cystoscopy though with the consultant never mentioning this to me before the procedure.

I suspected beforehand that even a flexible cystoscopy was unnecessary as I had no pain or symptoms other than microscopic traces of blood in urine (taken from a single urine sample ).

I'm male, under 40. Since having my rigid cystoscopy 6 months ago , my life has been turned upside down . I suffered horrible pain for months in many different areas . But the pain that troubles me most and still does today is the pain in my penis. It feels like a constant burn in my urethra .

My urine doesn't come out like it used to as well and instead comes out at different angles, sprays and just feels very different to how it used to. And finally , my penis itself appears to bend when flaccid and semi rigid (but not when erect, although erections are painful) . This never used to happen before this procedure .

I'm literally losing sleep thinking there has been some damage done to me because of this needless procedure .

Has anyone else had a similar experience after a rigid cystoscopy ? I have to say I hate the word cystoscopy now after all this . I hadn't even heard of the word before going through this turmoil .

Thank you for taking the time to read my post .

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