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I'm not sure what hydrodistension means? It sounds like pumping in fluid in the bladder to make sure you can see the walls and structures properly. When I had my cystoscopy done I was not put under. However they did fill the bladder with water during the procedure.

Is your pain constant (or was it before you started taking medicine)? I just get this urethra pain sometimes, and it doesn't have to be while urinating. I also get pain across the bladder region after urinating if the bladder has been very full before emptying, but this doesn't happen very often. I have bladder retention from the paralysis I had as a child but my bladder is also a bit sensitive sometimes and wants to contract although there is only little urine in the bladder. If this is an unrelated thing or if it's only because of the nerve pain I have in the genital area I don't know. Does nerve pain tend to be related to IC as well?

For the time being the bladder symptoms are a little annoying sometimes but they don't cause too much problems so I don't think I need treatment for it. I'm just happy as long as the bladder works in a safe way. Am waiting to see if they want to do a pressure check but the urologists I have seen don't think there is any real reason to worry about that. But they might do one just in case anyway since the bladder emptying has become a little more difficult since I got IBS-D and need to keep the bowels so slow due to my sphincter control issues.

/Ulrika, IBS-D

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