wunhunglo wrote:Where am i supposed to put the ice? Am i supposed to take the jockstrap off and put the ice on? Because i cant even feel the ice ontop of the jockstrap.
I put the ice on TOP of the jockstrap. I can’t imagine any other way. Can’t stress enough the importance of icing. I was icing the whole time in the recovery suite (2+ hours) and most of the next three days. I had zero swelling in my testicles (dull ache but no pain), and minor swelling of the shaft.
I don’t think I have a high pain tolerance, I almost cried during the cystoscopy
Wow! My flexible cystoscopy was a walk in the park! They used just the right amount of lidocaine gel in my urethra and although I felt pressure/movement I had no pain. I had however, previously practiced self-catheterization on a numerous occasions and had worn foley catheters several times without medical need (my motive: to try to get adequate sleep at night without being up 5-6 times a night for 30 minutes per session, due to BPH).
Now for my rigid cystoscope procedure to insert my UroLift implants in my prostate, I was under general anesthesia but only because the doctor preferred to do it that way, in a surgical center setting rather than in the office with a nerve block as some choose to do.
As to how I iced, sometimes I would apply the fabric (fuzzy) ice bag directly on the skin and hold it in place with underwear. Other times I would wrap it in a t-shirt or terrycloth face towel. Both were similar in results because the bag had its own soft fabric texture. Occasionally I found things were too cold and numbing a bit so I would remove the bag and leave it in the bed until things warmed up a bit then reapply it.
