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Could you please tell me I had to go for cystoscope the nurse and doctor made it extremely uncomfortable I mean brutal pain I need another one can you be put under for this procedure? I'm willing to pay if insurance don't cover

Absolutely you can have anesthesia for a cystoscopy; there's no reason why the insurance wouldn't cover that. No reason to have it done awake unless you want it that way.

Hi Ray,

Curious if you know if they used a flexible or rigid cystoscope? A rigid is barbaric without being put to sleep, and I know that first hand! Most people tolerate the flexible very well, but many doctors offer the option to be put under, although it may require doing it in the hospital. I forgot if I had medicare or not when I was offered that option, but I assume it's covered if the doctor wants to do it that way. 

Jim

Hi JerseyUro,

Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but your answer sounded like you normally do flexible cystoscopies under anethsia, or are you just saying that it's a patient option? My understanding is that they are normally only done with a numbing agent, and most people tolerate them very well.

Jim 

Flexible cystoscopy usually isn't too bad, and we will often do awake.

For men who do not wish to be awake, we use anesthesia.

Curious about how long a flex cystoscopy usually takes. Not the prep, numbing, etc, but about how long it takes from the time you enter the urethra until you pull the scope out?

I was awake for my flexible investigating bladder cancer, and the doctor seemed in and out in just a couple of minutes. And he not only had to check out my bladder but a large diverticulum as well, and hopefully look for strictures and prostate architecture such as  medican lobe as I had requested.  

Also, if I remember correctly, there was a large video screen he looked at. Are these procedures generally recorded and saved, so they can be reviewed at a future time, as for example in getting a second opinion? 

Jim

@JerseyUro "The procedure generally takes around 1 minute for someone who is experienced."

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Well, I guess he was "experienced" He was in and out and out of the room so fast that by the time I got my list of questions out of my pocket he was out of the room and with another patient!

Jim