Hi Guys,
My Prostate cancer isn't currently a problem, last invasive treatment was 2015 and I have been knocking along just fine on intermittent hormone therapy. BUT scan picked up a large kidney stone, doctors pestered me to treat it with laser passed up through the penis and bladder a simple day procedure they said. It didn't go to plan scar tissue in the urethra got in the way, they had to put in stents etc, and I spent a few weeks in and out of hospital in 2025. So I have spent the last 12 months getting along just fine, continent enough to get along without pads, and capable when necessary to do a 2 hour car journey without a comfort break. But outpatients kept pestering me to self catheter, a program of 12, 14 and 16mm catheters, once a day for weeks ahead. It seems they are worried about a stricture on my bulbar closing up? I am currently on day three and already I am dribbling at the least sound of water. My temptation is to cease the treatment on the basis that if it ain't broke don't fix it, but I would love to hear the experience of others with a similar predicament.