5th January. The Cystoscopy Challenge.

"Have you had this procedure before sir?"

"No."

" Leave your socks and shoes on, trousers and pants off, gown on, ties to the back and dressing gown on." says the first nurse.

Then a second more attractive nurse appears, dark-haired, 20's, might have been in Gray's Anatomy, her job is to effectively be chatty and hold the patients hand on the operating table whilst Mr H wields the Cock-o-Scope or Prickviewer, whatever it's called.

"Most people say it's not as painful as they imagined." smiles the attractive nurse leading me to the operating theatre.

"Well I'm about to find out" I reply, glancing round at the high tech gear - everything you need to take a person to pieces and hopefully put them back together again.

Anyway if you've seen anything like a Steven Seagal movie involving a S.W.A.T. team, the device in question bears more than a passing resemblance to something that can be poked through a room ventilator to look for terrorists.

In this case Mr H is going to be having a good look round the inside of my bladder.

I put it to Mr H. when he's about halfway there if he's ever had the procedure himself?

"Not as such." 

(Quite)

Chat turns to running and triathlon as the attractive nurse warms to the task of directing the patient's attention away from the fact that a middle aged bloke is shoving something the diameter of a Suzuki petrol pipe up the inside of the patient's knob.

"Nothing wrong" is the verdict from Mr H. when it's all over and nothing on the CT scan, apart from the fact there's only one kidney.

"Was it as painful as you thought it would be?" says the attractive nurse leading me back to a world without bladder cancer.

" To be honest I didn't really want to think about it."








5 comments:

The Incredible Bulk said...

Surely the procedure would be more enjoyable if attractive nurse had been holding something other than your hand?

Was she impressed with your solitary kidney?

The Editor said...

The Prickoscopy is concerned only with the bladder.

Women tend to be impressed by other women's attempts at skincare, choice of handbag shoes etc...

The Editor said...

The Prickoscopy is concerned only with the bladder.

Women tend to be impressed by other women's attempts at skincare, choice of handbag shoes etc...

The Incredible Bulk said...

Are you suggesting that to move things along with C that I should moisturise?

The Editor said...

Eventually you'll realise that women are so self- absorbed with ageing, skin care, hair, clothes etc.

What they can really only respond to is flattery.

Looking at women's behaviour example:

"What have you done to your hair?!!"

"Where did you get your bag?!!"