Sorry if this has been asked before but I don't get much time to be on here hunting. My OH was diagnosed 5 years ago but is only now showing signs of difficulty is seeing things and speech. He now has blood in his urine and has had an ultrasound (which he didn't mind in the end but was v nervous about beforehand), and they say that he doesn't have prostate problems (he's 76). BUT because he has white blood cells in urine too the very nice surgeon wants to do a 'Flexible Cytoscopy' which OH at first was very resistant about. We now have a date to have it and he's a bit more philosophical about it, and the dr says it's not painful, just uncomfortable. Does anyone on here have any experience of a partner having had one of these, and if so - how was he with
it ? really dreading it myself, just for its potential to upset the balance of things as we rather live on a knife edge at present. Any thoughts would be most gratefully received. (I asked about sedation/Valium etc but they said that they don't do that).
it ? really dreading it myself, just for its potential to upset the balance of things as we rather live on a knife edge at present. Any thoughts would be most gratefully received. (I asked about sedation/Valium etc but they said that they don't do that).