Catheter pain after TURBT

@rainwest - I would definitely ask you doctor about this when you follow up. Everyone reacts differently to treatment so this may just be your bladder and urethra getting a bit "angry" at this invasion. I hope that each day brings you more relief following your TURBT. Keep us posted as to how you are doing. My best to you. Linda Urbanski ( moderator, Bladdercancer.net team member)

sorry to hear of your discomfort. How did you get on with the doctor? Hope the pain is starting to ease. Laura, Moderator, BladderCancer.net

Well. Got the catheter out this morning and passed the void test. Peed out 250 of the 300 cc they put in. Home now but it’s slow going. Nice to be untethered. How long does it take people to resume normal urination after their catheter?

This is exactly the way I felt. The best treatment for the general pain in my experience is hydrocodone. Ask doc to prescribe if they have not already. Take a tablet w water and some food. Relief comes rather quickly to urethral pain-- about 25 minutes after taking. The only side effect was a bit of constipation. So, try and keep the fluids coming along with appetite and you shd be ok. I had to go to the ER the night after my operation. I had NOT been given a catheter and so something-- blood clot in urethra?- was blocking my urine from going out. By 2am the next morning I began to experience severe abdominal pain. I reached my surgeon (who had performed the TURBT the previous afternoon) and he sd that I must go to the ER and be catheterized. Unfortunately they did not sedate me in any way in the ER when they put the catheter in and it was the most horrific experience of my life. I screamed at the top of my lungs for at least a good ten seconds. THEN they gave me morphine and valium. Why they didn't do that BEFORE the insertion is a mystery. . It's not a perfect world.I complained of soreness at the tip of my thingy and they gave me lidocaine which didn't help much. Hydrocodone was much more complete relief, both physical and emotional. It calmed me down. I wore the catheter for 2 days then was able to get an appt w surgeon who removed it. Removal was one week ago and I feel stronger every day with less and less pain. I have not taken a hydrocodone in 5 or 6 days and the pain has been very manageable. I still have to pee at least ever hour or 2 and there is a slight burning feeling but nothing more.