I’ve had these dilation is done for at least the last eight years there’s no leakage at all the only thing is that now I went from having them done once every six or seven months down to every seven weeks so I don’t know if it’s an age thing or it gets scar tissue I have no idea why but the symptoms have gotten much more severe it feels like you have a bladder infection pain running to the bathroom
Dialation?
I have it done every 8 weeks , wide awake no meds
What was the scope Nobody ever suggested that to me date just give me the dialation every eight weeks or so
Anesthesia why it takes 3-4 minutes, anesthesia dangerous for simple procedure ?
Yes , urethral dilation due to urethral strictures . Why the ? .?
Hi do you find this helps keep infections off? I have had it done once before which lasted for just over a year and now I am getting regular utis again. My urologist just said some people just get reccurent infections.
If you ask for Estriol (which is natural Perscription) it helps in between dialations, also take an antibiotic after relations. I drink hot Biotta fermented Organic sauerkraut juice which makes the good gut flora
I currently take cranberry tablets and d-mannose I hadnt had a major attack since mid November but had one just the other week. Waiting for another urologist appointment as I want to be seen again as I need to know more of what I can do or what can be done and I want a proper diagnosis. Thanks Chloe.
Just realised spelling mistake, Dialation instead of Dilation. Didn't know we had the spelling police on here.
Hi Kathy
I know this post was years ago but I am struggling to find answers anywhere. I’ve struggled with UTI’s frequently for years and in the last three months it became a constant daily struggle with the symptoms of a UTI- mainly urgency to pee. It becomes a lot worse at night and just constantly have the feeling and use the bathroom every 30minutes to an hour . There was no infection just the symptoms and always a slight stinging and a constant awareness of feeling like I need to wee but in my urethra not from my bladder. Everytime I would exercise or walk a lot it would get worse and as a fitness instructor I love to workout and have to maintain my workouts as it’s my job but I obviously wasn’t able to do so. After a few scans I finally had a cystocopy and urethral dilation five days ago. After the initial soreness I expected to feel some relief but my symptoms are now worse than before and I feel exactly the same. The doctor said my urethra was very narrow and so they widened it. I had a catbeyher in for three hours after.
I don’t know what to do! I feel so heart broken because I expected this to be the relief I have been praying for. It also hurts to have sex and whenever I did it was incredibly painful and would almost feel like I had something in there afterwards so I had to stop having sex with my boyfriend. Should I have felt some relief after the dilation? Is this a sign that something is still wrong? I’m at my wits end and don’t know what to do. Thank you. Bella xx
Hi l
I know this post was years ago but I am struggling to find answers anywhere and really hope someone on here can help me. I’ve struggled with UTI’s frequently for years and in the last three months it became a constant daily struggle with the symptoms of a UTI- mainly urgency to pee. It becomes a lot worse at night and just constantly have the feeling and use the bathroom every 30minutes to an hour . There was no infection just the symptoms and always a slight stinging and a constant awareness of feeling like I need to wee but in my urethra not from my bladder. Everytime I would exercise or walk a lot it would get worse and as a fitness instructor I love to workout and have to maintain my workouts as it’s my job but I obviously wasn’t able to do so. After a few scans I finally had a cystocopy and urethral dilation five days ago. After the initial soreness I expected to feel some relief but my symptoms are now worse than before and I feel exactly the same. The doctor said my urethra was very narrow and so they widened it. I had a catbeyher in for three hours after.
I don’t know what to do! I feel so heart broken because I expected this to be the relief I have been praying for. It also hurts to have sex and whenever I did it was incredibly painful and would almost feel like I had something in there afterwards so I had to stop having sex with my boyfriend. Should I have felt some relief after the dilation? Is this a sign that something is still wrong? I’m at my wits end and don’t know what to do. Thank you. Bella xx
Hi there are herbs you can take that will reduce the feeling or urgency to urinate during the night this you’re a Uristatin and there’s a few others there is also the pills that the doctor gives you that makes you P orange it’s like an aspirin AZO for the bladder and then there’s There’s a pill that you take every day the doctor could give you that will take away the urgency but there are natural things the ad so is the one I was referring to you could buy over the counter but of course if it gets worse then you might have a UTI but the herbs I mentioned they will quiet the bladder down try not to drink anything after like 6 o’clock at night that will certainly help and also make sure you drink enough fluid during the day because there’s a pill that you take every day the doctor can give you that will take away the urgency but there are natural things the ad so is the one I was referring to you can buy over-the-counter but of course if it gets worse than you might have a UTI but the herbs I mentioned they will quiet the bladder down try not to drink anything after like 6 o’clock at night that will certainly help and also make sure you drink enough fluids during the day because if you Don’t that could irritate your bladder anyway I hope some of what I suggested helps have a nice day
I had that procedure three times and was back to normal for 6 months to a year then had to do it again
My question how many more times can I have this dilation or do I have to go to surgery to fix the problem
Would appreciate an answer
I had dilation done 3 times all good The problem is it recurs again and have to do it again
Unless I go for surgery
hello I have had urine infection since the age of 5 and I had a a cystoscopy with dilation on the 19th February 2020it was painful and was told it wud stop them but unfortunately I still get them hope this isn’t the same for you take care x