Cystoscopy - How Painful?

It hurt a bit when he passed the scope through my 125 gr prostate. Other than that not bad. Over in 5 minutes. If I could have had the procedure recorded I would have. My uro's equipment was antiquated only had a small black and with monitor for the patient to watch and it didn't work.

like most other replies i have had several, its virtually pain free and whoever is doing it will let you see what is on the screen and explain what they see. The only drawback is that infections afterwards are common but are easily dealt with by antibiotics, its worth it to find out what is going on which more often than not is benign enlarged prostate

Not sure if you are prone to infections but I got a really bad infection after having mine done. I would highly recommend going on an antibiotic prophylactically on the day of the procedure and continuing it for at least 5 days afterwards.

mostly depends on the doc. usually not to bad.

mostly depends on the doc. usually not to bad.

After treatment for bladder cancer 2 years ago, the protocol is a cystoscopy every 3 months for 2 years. I have had 7 so far and not a single one has been painful. You feel just a little pressure and it may be slightly uncomfortable but it only takes about a minute so it's done before you know it. Mine has always been done by the doctor without a nurse in the room. I took anything beforehand. It's really no big deal. And now I can say I'm an expert at having things stuck up my wiener! (The bladder cancer treatment was 6 weekly instillations of the immuotherapy drug into my bladder. These were done by a female NP and one time I let a female nurse trainee observe. It was no big deal.)

I think it varies depending on the condition one is in......make sure you are getting a urologist who is using a flex cystoscope and not a rigid.......rigid is used for biopsies and flex just for examination........If you have had radiation of the pelvic area a cystoscopy may result in some pain.....not during but after ......I had previous HDR Brachytherapy to the prostate and bled for about 3 days following rigid cystoscopy exam and was in some pain and discomfort for 3 weeks....if your urologist does a number of procedures each year and uses a flex scope I am believe you will do fine

The first one I had they used lidocaine to numb things up a bit and it was uncomfortable but not unbearable. It did sting when I went pee for about 3 days after.The last two I had they didn't use any thing to numb it up, I guess that it the current trend. They hurt a bit when it passes through the prostate but its not horrible. It usually hurts to pee after for at least a day.

the one i had hurt like hell !

ill never have another !

id rather die

Having a scope shoved up your penis is where size does matter. Before my operation I saw 5 different urologists and found that the old guys that have been in the business the longest have the old fat scope, they purchased it when first in practice and it works so they see no reason to replace it. The younger doctors have been in practice much shorter time and are more likely to have the new smaller diameter scope. Believe me it is way better, less bleeding and less pain. If the doctor pulls out a scope that looks to be larger in diameter than a standard pencil and has arrowhead marks on it from coming over in a covered wagon, run for your life.

For me it was the single worst pain of my life. I had it done a few years ago without any medications and it was done in the office to investigate microscopic blood in my urine. The reason it was so painful was because: (1) I had prostatitis and the scope passed through the prostate to get to the bladder and it irritated it and (2) the younger you are the more sensitive your nerves in there are (I was 26 when the procedure was done). Talking with my next urologists they both said that it was inappropriate of my first urologist, given my age and prostatitis, to have the procedure in the office without anesthesia. -- It honestly felt like torture and I was screaming at the top of my lungs during the 2 minute procedure. Blood then started flowing out of my penis (but subsided shortly after) and it hurt like hell to pee for a few days. It also just ached like hell. I was out of work for 2 days from the procedure. I could not have sex for several days.