C-c-c-c-catheter?

carbon13

I have a slight fear of the C word, anything that goes DOWN my traditional exit hole is just wrong, so here is my dilemma. I have a slight problem with one of my testes, and after checking with a doctor it is mearly a hydrocele (fluid around my love potato basically), which can be sorted using surgery. Now at the time I chose to wait on getting it fixed, but recently it is bothering me. Just uncomfortable, gets in the way a bit and not exactly sexy to lug around really.

So the dreaded catheter comes to play. If I were to get the operation (a hydrocelectomy I believe) to remove this watery bastard will a kind nurse ram a tube into my bladder? The operation is under a general anesthetic according to research, but no word on the c word.



tl;dr: operation on one of my balls, will I be raped down the happy pipe?

YodaTuna

Tell ya what, not having to get up to pee is awesome. But I don't know the answer to your question.

carbon13

As much as I'd love to not get up to pee, having some tubing in my bits scares me. A lot.

YodaTuna

carbon13 wrote: »

As much as I'd love to not get up to pee, having some tubing in my bits scares me. A lot.

What I can tell you is that if you're knocked out when they do it, you'll be fine. It doesn't hurt when it's just in there and it doesn't hurt when they pull it out(as far as I remember, it's been a long time). Going in? I have no idea, I was unconscious.

EggyToast

Rarely are things done in a hospital pleasant. You may find it more comfortable if you simply refer to it as your penis and testicles, though.

I had my bladder filled by... something. I'm not sure what it was, as I was 11. They were testing for blood in my urine. They hooked me up, filled me with some fluid and told me to tell them when I felt like I had to urinate. It didn't hurt, like HURT hurt, but I could think of better feeling things. It hurt the most when they took everything out, which also wasn't bad. Again, it was a long time ago, but I've had worse pain.

Marathon

A catheter tube is designed to fit up there as easily as possible. It's not like they need two nurses to cram that thing up your penis. What really hurts is when people get pissed and for whatever reason pull them out. This is because they inflate the end of them slightly once it is inserted. Thats a pain I don't even want to think about.

senor_x

Granted, back when I was catheterized I was doped up on morphine, but it wasn't all that bad. Especially not compared to...

Internet wrote: »

"Generally, hydroceles are treated by aspiration of the collected fluid. To do this, a needle is inserted into the scrotum and directed toward the hydrocele. Once there, as much fluid as possible is removed."

Faricazy

I had operation done on a Varicocele under general anesthesia but with a camera-robot thing (they went in through a cut in my abdomen) and I didn't get a catheter.

In fact trying to get up to pee when pretty much any abdomen movement completely seized me up with pain was an interesting experience.

Lemming

Honest question here, does getting an erection interfere with it at all while it's in?

Faricazy

Lemming wrote: »

Honest question here, does getting an erection interfere with it at all while it's in?

heellooo nurse!

skimbleshanks

given that some people have a fetish for having things inserted into their urethra I would say the answer to that question is no

Pojaco

Anyone who downplays the pain of a catheter hasn't had one or is crazy. They hurt, and they hurt bad. The wall of my intestine bursting and the subsequent surgery were nothing compared to the catheter in my wang.

Walter

I won't lie to you, you want to be asleep. When I worked in an ER, tough dudes wouldn't flinch when I SCRAPED clean their road rash, but you should have seen their eyes when the tech would put in a catheter. I still giggle when I think about holding down this incredibly drunk and belligerent homeless guy who couldn't even feel his broken wrist but when the foley (cath) went in he sounded like a tea kettle. If you're ever in the ER make sure you're as nice as possible, otherwise your nurse might just decide you "need" a foley. Heh heh.

I doubt you'll need one though. If I recall they don't just stick in a foley for minor surgeries. Ask your doc.

Faricazy

If they don't do the actual incision on your ballsack and go in from the top, you won't even have discomfort there (I didn't). Only where they made the cut.

Mom2Kat

You should not need a Cath for soemthign like this. The most common tratment is Aspiration. That is when your doctor freezes the site and the with an empty hypodermic needle pierces the Hydrocele and suks out as much fluid as possible.

I had to have a catheter placed immediatly after the birth of my daughter. I hear for men it is a bit more painfull because you have a longer tube than women. Mine was not to painfull but then the tissues down there were rather sore and abused, and possibly numb. However as was mentioned before the Foley is not so large that you have to cram it. There is lube used. Once it is in I loved it. After having to pee every 15 in for the last 2 months not having to get out of bed was great. the removal was easy.

As for erecetion whill having a Cath, I will admit that as a nurse it is much easier to place one when the penis is not completly flaccid.

carbon13

Thanks everyone. Reports go to 'ah it wont hurt!' all the way too 'fuck jesus it hurt'. I'll see to it over the summer I suppose.

The Cat

shit, this even makes me nervous, bein' as how I'm having a general for wisdom teeth removal soon.

To the OP though, stuff like this should be outlined in an info package given to you either verbally or in written form well prior to surgery. If they're not going out of their way to tell you what will be done to you, bug them until they cough up the info. Remember, you're paying for a service, they're not doing you any favours.

Blake T

The Cat wrote: »

shit, this even makes me nervous, bein' as how I'm having a general for wisdom teeth removal soon.

To the OP though, stuff like this should be outlined in an info package given to you either verbally or in written form well prior to surgery. If they're not going out of their way to tell you what will be done to you, bug them until they cough up the info. Remember, you're paying for a service, they're not doing you any favours.

You'll be fine, they tell you not to eat for 8 hours before and drink for 4 for a reason, you wont pee yourself while your under. The only pain you feel is the typical, good god someone's bashed my face with a brick pain that everyone feels, it's bareable but it's lame.

DarkPrimus

Just the mention of the damn things makes my dick hurt.

They're kind of uncomfortable, but they shouldn't be painful while inserted. (And you'd be out when they put it in.)

Removing them, however, is not pleasant.

Raneados

Dark, they can be uncomfortable and even painful when inserted should the person be fully conscious, but they are a necessary evil should you so happen to need one

Mr_Grinch

Yes. They hurt. Not like jesus-christ-i'm-dying-hurt but bad enough to make you wince, shout, grab the sheets and squeeze.

This pain is nothing like the pain I felt when, as a younger lad in a Physical Education lesson we were running in a circle and I was pushed in to a table. The table hit me square on in the testicles and according to the doctors, forced both my testicles in to my stomach.

I have two scars on either side of my junk, reaching up the groin about 2.5 inches long where they operated.

Yeah, a catheter will hurt, but there are worse things

poshniallo

I've had a catheter under general - when I woke up it was in, and it was no big deal physically (just mentally - I kept having to concentrate on not shouting 'OK, which of you bastards stuck a garden hose in my cock?).

I was, at another time, catheterised without anesthetic. I had to sit on my hands to stop from punching people, and looked at the headboard intently, but it didn't hurt much.

I think they are much more scary than they are painful. I have, unfortunately, had a LOT of funwithhospitals in my life, and what hurt the most was never what seemed worst.

I really wouldn't worry about it. Perhaps your brain is doing some kind of displacement thing about the surgery? Sometimes I get scared of (A) when I'm actually scared of (B).

Oh, and Cat, my wisdom teeth hurt a lot at the time, but I took a bunch of painkillers and they healed fast. It's not so much a tooth pain (since they're gone), more of a getting-punched pain. Nothing to worry about, really, but you won't be able to work for a day or two.

Gooey

I never felt it going in (they had to sedate me, seriously) but taking it out fucking hurt. I hadn't cried in years but that made me cry like a little baby.

Ain't No Sunshine

I'm no urologist, but I'm a bit surprised that this procedure is done under general anesthesia (I'm sure there's good reason for that).

A majority of operations done under a general anesthesia will involve a catheter, because a number of the drugs that produce a safe anesthetic state induce bodily functions such as urination or defecation. Catheterization can be uncomfortable, but remember that the catheter will be well-lubricated, and (most importantly) the more you "clench" to resist the catheter, the more uncomfortable it will be on insertion. Worrying over the catheter is the very thing that will make it a bad experience, so do your best to keep your mind off of it and to be distracted during the insertion.

Ideally, your catheter will be inserted after you're out and you will have time to adjust to it when you wake. Good luck with your surgery.