Trouble Urinating

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Hey Guys!Here's a bit of an update. I visited my doctor today and told her everything. She was concerned with the symptoms and agreed that this wasn't normal for someone my age. She gave me a referral for a urologist and sent me to have an ultrasound/x-ray. The x-ray was to test for another condition, one in which the nerves controlling the bloodflow to the pelvic area are compressed (can't remember the name; it's supposed to be rare).That's my update! Thanks for your help so far!

Thanks for the update! Keep us posted.

Hey Guys!Another update. I made a visit to the urologist today and explained the problem. He did a physical checkup (no finger!) under the hood and said he wants to do a cystoscopy to check that there are no blockages. OH WOW. I was not expecting that. He could tell that I was getting nervous when he was explaining it to me but assured me that it was for 3minutes and I could go on for the rest of my day after that.But still...the thought of it........shudderI'm going for an ultrasound next week and I'm hoping that might give some insight as well. My x-rays came back negative.Cheers and Thanks for your support!

Update!My ultrasound results came back and apparently they're positive...I'm going in to have a cystoscopy tomorrow...was freaking out over the thought of it but I have come to terms on it and I realize that it needs to be done! I'll be sure to share every painstaking detail for all A2A readers! haha!Talk to you all tomorrow!Cheers!

Chin up my friend...We're all thinking of you and you are in our prayers. Good luck and let us know what they found.

I hope it can all get easily fixed!

Turns out there is an easy fix!Went in for the cystoscopy procedure today! Let me explain my journey. Drive to the hospital, park, walk in, find the bloody patient administration desk, register, go and take a seat. Go meet someone to get a card made, then go to 3rd floor. Follow confusing signage to the cystoscopy department. Sit there. After 20 mins have a nurse come and take my papers. Go and change into a hospital gown. Sit there for 30 minutes in a gown. Finally get taken in!I went into the room and my doctor was there! Wasn't really expecting him, I thought it would be some guy who just works for the dept to do the test. So I got up onto the table and he starts to clean "the region" down under. He retracted the foreskin and started to clean with watered gauze. OH MAN! It felt so weird to have some guy prod your penis, I started flinching because, hey lets face it, it's a sensitive area! He told me some ways in which to relax: Breathing helped!Next he explained that he would be putting a local anesthetic in the tip of the penis to help numb the pain. It wasn't a needle, but just a syringe without the needle, He put it in and while he was doing that: no pain. I was watching the screen while he was trying to get a hold of the camera, then I saw it surging into my penis...no pain! The only time I "YELPED!" was when they started to put water into my urethra in order to help expand it so that they could get a good look. Everything was normal and before you know it he had it out. The only time I felt anything was that little bit of pressure! In the end his diagnosis was the types of foods/liquids I consume. He told me to stop eating spices for a while and also to stop caffeine (I stopped this a while ago, after the problem started, it was giving me major problems urinating). So I'm going to take his advice and test it out. At the same time I'm going to take up Yoga. Sounds weird right? I noticed over the last weeks that I carry a lot of stress in my pelvic region. By stress I mean the fact that I often find myself "squeezing" even when I don't have to go. I've talked to some professionals regarding it and they say that it's a sign of stress. I'm hoping that as I try relaxing, it will help in the problem!Thank you to everyone for all their support while I went through this! Rick you've been a great friend and supporter and your advice helped me get through this!Cheers!

Good news!

I knew it was going to be good news, but this is GREAT news!I know you'd get thru it without a hitch.Glad I could help you along the way.....Now get back to taking those midtrems so you can graduate.Well done! I'm proud of you Ryan!

From what you describe, you could have an enlarged prostate – you should definitely get this checked out by a doctor. You can also lower your risk of prostate cancer using botanical supplements (health professionals recommend Prostate Ph); according to research, supplements that contain extracts from the white button and sang huang mushroom have prostate cancer fighting abilities and even caused prostate cancer cell death in lab mice.Hope you feel better!-Alex, PhD