Ask for a flexible cystoscopy. I had repeated "UTI's", after the 3rd in 5 weeks my Doc fast tracked me, turns out I have 7 tumours in my bladder...thankfully small but still a helluva shock. Op in about 4 weeks to remove them.
Unpleasant procedure where along with the camera insertion, they remove any shred of dignity you may have had. Best to go in laughing and relax.
I wish you all the very best with the upcoming procedure. I also have to agree with your very last comment, it's worth more than an emoticon in this case.
When I had my cystoscopy, I thought I was being attacked with a tomato sauce bottle from McDonalds, it was identical. The effect of having lubricant/anesthetic all over the place (I mean ALL over the place) and the doctor's struggle to hold what he had to hold to place the camera where he had to place the camera had me in fits of laughter and the doctor had to tell me to stop laughing as it was making his job even more difficult.
Thankfully the tumour was benign but the doctor decided to do a prostate exam, as I was there and lying down, and he found something that might have otherwise gone un-noticed for some time. Although that little lump turned out to be malignant, my PSA is low (was 1.1, now 0.8) that there's no treatment, just regular checks.
