My bladder surgery and something about my band

So, today I had my bladder hydrodistention/cystoscopy with urethral dilation. I am on darvocet every 4-6 hours. I was under general anesthesia and it took about an hour. I woke up with a lot of urethral burning, but the meds they gave me took care of the pain in the pelvis. I have lidocaine gel that I can put in my urethra. I am doing alright though. I wake up well from anesthesia and generally don't feel ill from it. I am extremely tired (didn't get more than 4 hours of sleep last night and have the sedation in me still from anesthesia and pain meds). My urologist was able to stretch my bladder to 900cc's (before I could only get it to 500cc's, so that is good). He took pictures and showed bleeding and abnormal vascularization which is indicative for Interstitial Cystits. Between the cystoscpoe, the Potassium Sensitivity Test, and the abnormal Urodynamics study, I officially and undoubtly have Interstitial Cystitis. Bummer, but I will work on getting my life back from this disease. Today, I am going to have something for lunch and then take a nap. Just wanted to update you guys. Oh... on another note, I am going to see one more band surgeon about my band. Something isn't quite right and I want to see what an "expert" thinks. This guy has been doing them since they started in Mexico and is an Inamed proctor. So, hopefully he has some idea of what is wrong. It's not normal to have reflux after eating 3/4 cup of black beans with cheese (with and empty band). I had major issues last night from cream of wheat. I ate it and then 1.5 hours later had some water and had so much reflux and then ended up vomiting up a bit of food and all the water. So... I just want to know what is wrong with my band and if someone tells me to "chew better and eat slower", I'll smack them. It took me an hour to eat those beans, so you can't say that I am eating too fast! I am still waiting to hear about the sleeve date... but I feel like I have know what is wrong with my band in the meantime. Thanks for the continual support!

well, the up side is, it wasn't in your head after all. I don't know anything about it, what will they do for that? All through my trouble, during my final scope, the GI doc thought he would be helpful by trying to stretch my stoma, with the ballon, he was just pushing it against my band, I'm glad I didn't tear.... but it was the dreaded adhesions doing me in, and they couldn't see that till I was in surgery for the third time.

yeah... I'm glad I could prove it is not in my head. That GI doctor can stop saying things like, "We dont' know how reliable those tests are". The urologist was shocked to hear another doctor talk like that about the urodynamics study (which is a highly accepted study). So I told my band surgeon and he was sad to hear that it is IC. He wanted it to be in my head because IC is something you don't wish on anyone. I am surprised they tried to stretch your stoma. It's not like a stricture a RNY patient gets... you have something around your stomach that purposely put the pressure on it. Well, we'll see what they find in surgery. I know that when they took out my gallbladder, there was an adhesion from my tubing going to my liver. So, hopefully they can ID the problem.

Rest up and feel better soon.

Hi Alyssa, Glad to hear that you came through your bladder procedure OK. It will be interesting to hear what the expert band surgeon says. Glad I found where you are posting and hope that you get relief from the surgery and answers from the surgeon soon. Take care, Amy

None of us ever believed for even one second that it was in your head! I don't know what your doctor was thinking of. I don't think he would have told that to a man... Have a good night and feel better tomorrow! Love, Marcia

It if was a man, he would have said, "You poor thing, your prostate is probably bothering you". But, what is ironic, more men are getting the proper diagnosis of IC (after suffering for years with prostatitis). He just wanted it to be in my head because he didn't want me to have this problem. And, with it being in my head, he could also say my band problems are too. Oh well... he believes me now.

Glad you came through the surgery well. Get some much needed rest and take good care of yourself!!