Has anybody been injured by a cystoscopy?
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 8:35 pm
Hello,
I am a 44 year old female and I had a cystoscopy on March 3, 2020 in Chicago. During the cystoscopy I screamed in pain while the scope was in, it was horrible. After a few days, instead of getting better and irritation dissipate, my irritation persisted, and INCREASED! I was treated with antibiotics for a potential infection. But after that, I started feeling burning in my vagina, and vague period like pains in my abdomen despite not being on period. It has been almost 3 months now and this cycle kept going, with periods of 1-2 days in between when I was feeling better, then the pains would come back. Sex triggers irritation. I feel a constant pin stab in my urethra, which gets worse when bladder is full...not that it's getting that full anymore, the urge to pee is way up.
A new symptom started when I massaged the urethra thinking I have scar tissue (big mistake): shooting pain going up my abdomen and also cramping my intestines. It also causes a high heart rate and panic attacks, which now I have at least 2-3 times a day. The vaginal burning went up significantly. The doctors and nurses I talked to never mentioned PN, slapping me with diagnosis such as IC, but I don't think that is accurate. I feel like everybody I talk to is completely clueless about what is happening to me. I have lost 16 pounds during this time and I am not able to eat due to anxiety.
I have PT sessions scheduled this week, should I even start it?
Where would be the best place to get investigated for PN? (I live in Chicago but there are no practitioners here who do that, unfortunately)
I am a 44 year old female and I had a cystoscopy on March 3, 2020 in Chicago. During the cystoscopy I screamed in pain while the scope was in, it was horrible. After a few days, instead of getting better and irritation dissipate, my irritation persisted, and INCREASED! I was treated with antibiotics for a potential infection. But after that, I started feeling burning in my vagina, and vague period like pains in my abdomen despite not being on period. It has been almost 3 months now and this cycle kept going, with periods of 1-2 days in between when I was feeling better, then the pains would come back. Sex triggers irritation. I feel a constant pin stab in my urethra, which gets worse when bladder is full...not that it's getting that full anymore, the urge to pee is way up.
A new symptom started when I massaged the urethra thinking I have scar tissue (big mistake): shooting pain going up my abdomen and also cramping my intestines. It also causes a high heart rate and panic attacks, which now I have at least 2-3 times a day. The vaginal burning went up significantly. The doctors and nurses I talked to never mentioned PN, slapping me with diagnosis such as IC, but I don't think that is accurate. I feel like everybody I talk to is completely clueless about what is happening to me. I have lost 16 pounds during this time and I am not able to eat due to anxiety.
I have PT sessions scheduled this week, should I even start it?
Where would be the best place to get investigated for PN? (I live in Chicago but there are no practitioners here who do that, unfortunately)