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Hi Dianna,
Around 1987-88 I was having the abdominal discomfort that many here have recently described and it stems from the spine rather than the abdomen. I didn't know that then and had abdominal test after test. And decided to see if my bladder was a culprit.
So I had a cystoscopy done in a urologist's office. He numbed my bladder and removed numerous stones (that never helped my pain BTW). The procedure in the office went great. I was wide awake. He removed my foley, swished out stones in a 45 minute time period, then put in a new foley. No problemo.
THEN ... EVERY DAY for a whole week ... when I went to get out of my chair to go to bed ... the second I laid back ... OMIGOD! I thought my head was going to blow off. The worst case of AD hitherto and since. I couldn't get my hopital bed elevated fast enough to alleviate the pressure. My ex even sat my torso up by pulling me forward. It eventually subsided but I had to lay back in tiny increments until flat for bedtime.
I was fine all day but lying back musta triggered something ... rushing blood too fast to my head or whatnot. This went on for a week and then I was ok. But I coulda had a stroke or hemmorage or something. I'd had severe AD before with bowel impaction soon after my injury and still in the hospital and that was bad enough but this other nearly killed me.
I assume the bladder anesthetic wore off and my bladder didn't like that.
Another female member here (complete quad) had one done too but she was without complications.
I'm unwilling to have it done again.
Unsure why you're getting an "unkown address" but I'll get that on occasion too with others.
Lori
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Date: 04/02/05 15:47:35
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] How long has one been on an antibiodic dose?
In a message dated 4/2/2005 5:25:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Specialists seem the worst sometimes. And I'd refuse a cystoscopy now. Had one ... nearly killed me.
Lori,
Why do you say it nearly killed you? The reason I ask is because I had one once, although it's a simple procedure, they insisted on knocking me out so that they could control my blood pressure in case of A.D. | 
