Urethral Puns

What the title says!!! I’m hoping to have a simple release eventually; thing is that most of my distress from my lower section has more to do with the my labia and the skin/fat(?) there. I’m concerned about how I’d address that with a physician and wanted to also see if folks have experience talking about this. Thanks in advance!

Reuploaded because I accidentally set it up as a live chat!!!

I am wonder if I am suffering from this case. I was treatment, two months down the road still experiencing symptoms

Symptoms are frequent urinating and feeling like urine is stuck in the shaft.

(Sorry if this has been asked before, I couldn't find anything on it) I don't want to keep my vagina but I also don't want to go through the complications of ul, so could I get my vagina closed up while keeping the urethral opening?

Hi! Long time sufferer, first time poster here. I've been dealing with vulvodynia (which is currently being treated with amitriptyline) and painful urination/awful urethral pain (that flares up semi-frequently) for years, and discovering this subreddit has been SO helpful in so many ways. So thank you all for opening up this discussion. It really helps.

I recently underwent a cystoscopy for the first time, and although it was stupidly painful, my doctor pointed out some very visible inflammation in my urethra and at the base of my bladder. This was the first time I've seen any concrete evidence of what is wrong with me firsthand, so I am kind of elated. That being said, we still don't know the cause, but my doctor wanted to proceed with some kind of treatment.

Two options for treatment were to use urethral suppositories containing hydrocortisone and nitrofurazone, or receive regular injections of a steroid/some kind of anesthetic. Since the cystoscopy was *almost* unbearable, and I can't really afford to keep taking off work to go in to get injections, I elected to give the suppositories a go first. Has anyone tried these/had any luck with them? I'm just feeling anxious about my treatment options being things going up my inflamed urethra.

So my flaccid penis is often quite small, to the point it's sometimes like an inch extending barely longer than the glans itself. I'm circumcised, and this means that the opening to my urethra is often pointing straight forward and rubbing against my clothing, no matter what kind of underwear I wear. At best, this is uncomfortable, and sometimes if it rubs the wrong way it can even be painful for a moment. Not only is this very annoying, it can also be awkward and distracting in public settings. Does anyone else experience this? Any advice on how to address this?

I (21f) went to the urologist a couple weeks ago and my doctor suspects that I have interstitial cystitis and something called a urethral diverticulum (I have a pretty big mass that sticks out of my private when I pee). Does anyone know anything about these interacting, specifically if a urethral diverticulum can cause interstitial cystitis?

I have an mri and cystoscopy scheduled mid January but I’m in so much pain right now and the urge to pee just is not going away and seriously something is burning. I’ve been needing to pee all the time since I was 13 but ever since I had a transvaginal ultrasound my symptoms are just unbearable. I’m on uribel right now and it’s helping with pelvic pain but it’s doing nothing for frequency/urgency problems and I’m seriously wondering if this is from the tumor/mass thing or if it’s IC. If anyone has any ideas/suggestions/stories esp pertaining to a urethral diverticulum or uribel pleaseee let me know.

Dear community,

I have recently been diagnosed with provoked Vestibolodynia. I've tried several things already, and what helped me best is Physical Therapy and maybe Acupuncture. I did one Mona lisa touch treatment but my Gyn advised me not to go on with it since the risks are still quite unknown. Phyiscal therapy is helping with the pain at the entrance of the vagina (4-8), but now I noticed that I have some urethral pain as well, only provoked, some stinging and burning in the area of the urethral entrance and some kind of discomfort also along the urethra on the inside (where the g spot is, if I press there I someohow feel like I need to pee (which is kind of normal) but it's more uncomfortable than usual). After inserting something or using dilators I feel a burn when I pee. But it's only provoked, because during the day I don't feel burning whe peeing or anything... This has happened now after the first mona lisa, and maybe it has before but I didn't notice it that much.

I wondered, what did you do against urethral pain? Thank you very much in advance!

I've been struggling with CPPS/Pudendal Neuralgia/Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic regional pain syndrome, or what ever you want to call it, since Feb 2020. It's been almost 2 years of pure HELL. I've thrown everything at it:

• Keflex/Bactrim/Cipro/Norfloxan/Doxycycline (started with confirmed UTI)
• Amitriptyline/Cymbalta/Paroxetine/Gabapentin/Nortriptyline + more
• D mannose/Cranberry tablets/saw palmetto/Vitamin D etc.
• Azo urinary analgesic
• Several over active bladder meds
• Flomax
• 4 different urologists
• Hard flaccid for months - penis was white, numb and felt like it was almost dead
• Frequent urination
• Orgasms painful, and skin turned red afterwards
• 5 physios specialising in pelvic health. Internal release, therawand, yoga, meditation, stretching, strengthening, TENS machine
• Uptown mikes stretches, Michael Hodges Overcome CPPS, FemFusion yoga
• Chiro's
• Acupuncture
• CT scan
• Several MRI's
• 2 x Cystoscopy's
• 10+ urine tests (all clear after 1st one found E. Coli)
• 1 x Semen test - MicrogenDX - High load C. koseri
• Tested for every STI known to man several times
• Blood tests
• Stool tests
• Colonoscopy
• Low fodmap diet / vegan diet / alkaline diet / adding bicarb to water / fasting etc.
• Dozens of phycologist sessions
• Several Physiatrist visits
• At least 1 hour walking daily
• Read the wise anderson and Amy Stein books
• Tried curable app and journaling
• Read up on Prof Lorimer Moseley's work on pain science
• Epidural nerve block

None of that gave any relief, and I was in constant pain that was always centred in the penis, urethra and perineum, but would spread to the abdomen, butt cheeks, and inner thighs as the day progressed. The pain would be manageable in the morning, but 3-4 hours after waking up it would become unbearable and the need to pee was constant. Falling asleep was a nightmare as I could never get comfortable, and needed to pee so often. My penis felt odd all the time, like it was partially numb, and the kegel muscles just didn't respond, no matter how much loosening or strengthening exercises I did.

A couple of months ago I started taking PEA 400 x 3/day. After a month or so, I noticed the symptoms were decreasing slightly in severity, I was sleeping a little better and had more manageable hours each morning. Around the same time, I resumed using the TENS machine and instead of placing the pads on the ankle (apparently Tibial nerve stimulation helps an overactive bladder), and on the sacrum (origin of nerves

Do people on this forum have pain just past the entrance of the penis where they pee? Constant pain that goes up and down even when not peeing? I’m curious what others mean when they say they have urethral pain.

I’ve been to chronic pain clinic, prescribed Gabapentin. I’m on Amitriptyline 75mg and Sertraline 50mg.

Had this pain 17 months now with no answer. Gynaecologist signed me off and so has urology as they can’t find anything.

Was on Nitrofuriton antibiotics for 3 days for possible UTI and the pain disappeared for the first time but after I stopped taking them the pain came back.

Every time I go to the loo my wee always stings and burns.

Changed diet and stayed on water and no change.

Haven’t been able to have sex for 15 months due to this.

I’m struggling bad, had over 45 doctor consultations and I keep getting brushed off. Still fighting for an answer but loosing hope now.

I have a really weak bladder as if I have a pint of water I’ll make at least 5 trips to the loo in less than an hour.

Also this is the 3rd time I’ve had blood after a wee in the last 3 months between my period.

Need help. Anyone know what it could be. Doctors have said it’s not vulvadynia, dyspareunia, UTI etc. I’ve just had enough. Pain is constant but some days I’m okay and I can forget about it and others I only have an icepack to help me numb the pain.

Lidocaine gel does not work either

Hey guys!! I was wondering if anyone has insight on the diagnosis of urethral syndrome. I know that IC is more of a symptom grouping, but I was very confused by the way my urologist was INCREDIBLY CONVINCED that I couldn’t have IC. His reasoning went back to the idea that my bladder filling should be unbearable pain (which it is) and that I don’t get up more than 1x during the night to pee (it’s not that I don’t have the sensation of needing to pee, I just don’t give into it anymore)… Towards the end of my appointment I kind of challenged his thought process, and ultimately he said something along the lines of “well, I don’t think you have IC, it’s more of a painful bladder” (I just…. Yeah…. that’s when I started to think to myself that he probably didn’t realize that painful bladder and IC are pretty much sisters). It just left me feeling weird and unresolved. I’ve seen other urologists who haven’t known about IC, but his implication that I wasn’t in nearly enough pain???!!!

Also, I’m completely okay with having the diagnosis of urethral syndrome, I just feel a bit confused by the differences between IC & it. Is this just a way of deliberately stating where the pain is centralized? I don’t NEED someone to believe my pain level, I just want to know what’s going on so I can treat it accordingly.

I was given amitriptyline, and the way the urologist explained it to me is that this should help calm the nerves in my pelvic floor. Interestingly I’ve seen a lot of ICers mention it, so I’m just wondering, how important is the diagnosis if you have tools to cope with the symptoms?

Hi all, thank you in advance for any help that you can provide. I am a 28/M, 6’1”, 180 lbs, throwaway account due to the sensitive nature my issue. I recently saw my primary care provider to try and eliminate STDs as a cause of some urethral symptoms I’ve been having. She advised that doing a urethral swab would be uncomfortable but more accurate so I decided to do that over a urine test. She had me undress and stand in front of her and when I looked down I noticed that the swab she was using was orange with what seemed like an unusually big cotton bud for this type of a test. I later looked it up and it seems like to me that the Aptima swab for vaginal samples is orange with a larger cotton bud where the Aptima swab for male urethral samples is blue and very thin so feeling like maybe she used the wrong swab but perhaps I’m misreading that? She inserted the swab and…Oh. My. Gosh. This was beyond uncomfortable. I’m usually pretty stoic when it comes to uncomfortable medical procedures, but I couldn’t stop myself from yelling out in pain during the entire test. As she was rotating it she did seem to be doing so pretty vigorously, and she seemed to go fairly deep in ( although when I asked how far it was in she said “about an inch” which from what I understand is about what it’s supposed to be)After about thirty seconds she took the swab out, told me that the results would be in in a few days and that it might hurt to urinate for the next day or so. Well here is where my real concern in. I had this test last Wednesday, it is now Monday and the upper part of my penis is still fairly sore to touch/squeeze and it still burns pretty bad when I urinate. So my main questions are: Is it normal to still be sore 5 days out from a urethral swab? Did she use the wrong swab and if she did could that be the cause of the lingering discomfort? Could it be from her rotating the swab too hard or going too far in? Keep in mind please I do not wish to hold her accountable in any way, I have been seeing her for a couple of years and have a great relationship with her. Also at what point should I be worried or seek medical attention? Should my next step if the discomfort doesn’t subside be to consult a urologist? Thanks so much in advance for any advice or answers!

Could this be nerve pain too? It doesn’t make it worse or better when I go to the bathroom. It doesn’t really burn, it kind of just aches. Is this something anyone else has experienced? My doctor said there was no bacteria so it’s not a UTI but didn’t really tell me what to do about it.

Age:27 Sex:m I do not take any medications I do take vitamin b complex , zinc and D3 I've had the symptoms for about 2 years Slight sting/weird feeling in urethra from the tip all the way to the end Not painful no noticeable discharge

Im hoping its just a minor infection maybe something I can clear up at home ? If anyone has any idea what it could be let me know it will be much appreciated

TLDR: It all worked out

I know for all of us going through this, likely one of the darkest times of your life, but I can assure you there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Ive been dealing with symptoms of a urethral stricture since 2016. Started with burning pee after a hard hit in the nuts during a football game,but living the busy life of being a student athlete and eventually going pro, I told myself I never had time to go get checked for anything. I was mostly embarrassed about it and thought to myself it would go away over time. (boy was I wrong). Zoom to 2017. I just retired from playing and it is my fiancé’s birthday, I arranged a surprise party for her later that night but all day I was feeling off. Very tired, back pain galore and like a truck I was hit with the shivers and super high temperatures. I ended up being rendered incapacitated and needed to be rushed to the hospital, in which it was diagnosed with a UTI that went to my kidneys. I stayed in the hospital for 3 days, only being diagnosed with a UTI and being put on a waiting list for a cystoscopy which In Canada basically means get comfortable it might be a while.

This is where the hell begins. Going forward, it starts to hurt when I ejaculate, and eventually I cannot cum anymore, with immense pain to go with it.. Then goes the pee flow.. I remember my first time being almost blocked, peeing droplets at a time. I was petrified but calm because I just wanted to get through the moment without needed hospitalization again, which I did, the blockage would pass and I would be able to empty my bladder (or so I thought). I immediately went to see a local Urologist, who prescribed me Flomax and Cipro which did absolutely nothing for me.

Fast forward, a new symptom, the blood after I finished peeing. This is where I started to get really alarmed, because I was repeatedly going to see different doctors and they just kept testing my pee and finding no infections, but giving me cipro anyway. My mind started going to other things, cancer what not. Fortunately it was not the case. But it was still alarming that I didnt know wtf was going on.

This goes on for years, still no call for the cystoscopy from the hospital. We are now in the year 2019, and I get recommended to a clinic a little away from me. I meet with a younger doctor, I describe the Hell I have been going through and for the first time, I hear I may have symptoms for a stricture. He recommended me to a urologist to get a cystosc

I’m a gay 22 year old guy. Pretty new to being sexually active, like within the last 5 months. I almost always use a condom, 100% when I bottom but occasionally if I trust someone I’ll top them without a condom. I never let anyone cum in my mouth and nowhere near my ass. I have no internal contact with semen whatsoever.

A few months ago I started feeling a tinge of pain after peeing, a red irritated pee hole, and like a cloudy discharge coming out of my dick. Not profusely, but like if I squeezed it it would come out and when i woke up in the morning there was usually some there. These symptoms stayed for about 2 weeks before I was concerned enough to get tested. Maybe i should’ve gone earlier but I am very inexperienced and was going through it all on my own and couldn’t ask anyone for help. I went to planned parenthood and got tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea. Due to my symptoms they gave me the anti chlamydia medicine during the appointment. And bc I am #1. In the closet #2. Afraid of letting my parents know i’m sexually active #3. Dumb as fuck and don’t know how insurance works

I paid $500 for the std test and it came back negative for both chlamydia and gonorrhea. Eventually the symptoms went away and I don’t know if it was the medicine or not that caused that. I’ve chalked up the encounter to being a UTI from not peeing after sex.

Flash forward 4 months to yesterday and I feel a slight tinge of pain after I piss. Wake up to a irritated pee hole with slight discharge marks on the inside of my underwear. And history seems to be repeating itself. I haven’t had sex in 2 weeks. The last guy i banged, I wasn’t wearing a condom, but he was on prep and he didn’t even finish. Romantic i know. But now i’m afraid that i may have to go get std tested again and the same situation will happen and i’ll be paying $500 to get told i don’t have chlamydia.

Even if the guy did have an std, which I don’t believe he did, what are the odds i would get it from those given conditions? What’s my best course of action? Please help. I am young and dumb and have no available support system.

Thanks

Are sounding and urethral plugs the only forms of urethral play?

I've read about people penetrating a penis with a gloved finger, is this acceptable if sterile lube is used and it is only inserted to the first knuckle? I assume there would still be a higher risk of infections with this method instead of a sterile sound.

I know the main risks with urethral play are infections, scarring that leads to urethral strictures, and loss of the toy. Is there anything else to be aware of?

Is boiling in hot water after use and allowing to air dry sufficient for cleaning? I read somewhere that an autoclave should be used in between uses.

Thanks everyone for your input!

My cat who's just a few months shy of turning 2 got a blockage. One minute he was a ball of energy, running around playing with his brother and the next he could barely even walk. I rushed him to the vet as soon as I noticed him having difficulty peeing and licking his genital area.

The vet at first ruled out blockage and gave him antibiotics and antiinflammatories but there was no sign of improvement. He vomited, was hiding away, and grew more and more lethargic.

After running more tests, the blockage was confirmed and the prognosis is not looking good. He's now scheduled for an x-ray and will get catheterized to drain out the fluid and see if there's a possible chance at saving him.

I can't stop crying and thinking how unfair this all is. He's the friendliest, smartest, and sweetest cat. He doesn't deserve this. I don't know if I'll ever get over losing him.

Edit: typo

Edit: Thank you all so much for sharing your stories with me. They've really helped lift up my spirits and keep my hopes alive. I'm glad to see your fur babies made it through this nightmare of an ordeal. I wouldn't wish this experience on my worst enemy.

My poor baby finally got catheterized through his abdomen because the blockage in his penis wouldn't allow the catheter to go through.

His x-rays also came back showing swollen kidneys so the vet is looking at surgical options (a laparotomy to be specific) to assess the extent of the damage and whether he can save both or at least one of the kidneys.

He'll stay at the clinic for a second night for observation to see whether he'll be strong enough to take on anesthesia which he'll need for the surgery. My entire family and his brother are distraught but I'm praying and hoping for a miracle.

If it's not too much to ask, please share with me tips on how I can keep my other cat (who's very codependent on his brother) from getting stressed out.

My cat recently had a blocked bladder and i took him to the vet. A urethral catheter was installed but its a type of catheter that doesn’t come with a pouch so his urine is constantly dripping. Now his fur is wet and smelly. What should i do?

Hey all, we recently spun up a urethral stricture support group on Discord and would love for you all to join.

We've had several members go through their surgery recovery process and it's been awesome to see people dealing with strictures come together and support one another.

Whether you're fully recovered, dealing with day-to-day symptoms, or are recovering from surgery, we'd love to have you!

Join here:

https://discord.gg/NyXcUyZdHk

I already know ice heat etc. Supplement and OTC recommendations for severe urethral pain, kicks up in evening/night. worsened by sex. not really bad when urinating, just bad in general.

Edit: Im taking AZO basically nightly. I really am tired of doing so, I ice after sex every time. Is there a natural alternative to the urinary pain type meds?

Tell me your best tips for urethral burning! Please!