Well, I did hear back from my urologist’s office and before she will consider doing another bladder sling surgery I will have to undergo a urodynamics test and cystoscopy…again.
So I went in for the urodynamics test and part of the test gages how much I leak due to coughs and sneezes. The result was not what I expected, I didn’t leak when asked to cough even with a full bladder. I think the lack of leakage was due to a combination of having a catheter in my urethra and the position I was sitting in. Plus my mind could have played tricks on me and I thought my bladder was full when it wasn’t full enough to leak. My paranoia of having an accident in public may have gotten the better of me.
I didn’t see my urologist, it was a nurse who preformed the test but the cystoscopy will be done by the urologist in April. She’ll also fill my bladder and ask me to cough. Hopefully I will leak enough to warrant another bladder sling surgery.
I’m confident in saying that the bladder sling she put in failed because it shifted position. It doesn’t feel or sound like she agrees with me. I guess we’ll see if she will redo the surgery after the cystoscopy . I really hope so.
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