Cureus Journal of Medical Science
(, Wed 9 Feb 2022, 14:05, Reply)
Edit: Dammit, I can't resist the wtf rabbit hole...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020300322#fig2
(, Wed 9 Feb 2022, 14:49, Reply)
I know, from experience, that catheter removal is done with a speed that is presumably considered preferable/necessary but seemed like the doctor was making up for not having chosen to pursue a career as children's magician/entertainer complete with a 'ta-da' when showing the deflated balloon catheter like some limp, soiled, soggy rabbit pulled from a hat.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2022, 15:07, Reply)
Not particularly painful, but as uncomfortable as you might imagine having a tube pushed up your urethra, squeezing past your urethral sphincter (easily the worst bit) and then manually filling your bladder to bursting point with saline solution would be.
The assisting nurse was kind enough to give me a prostate exam at the same time, though. Really took the edge off.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2022, 18:29, Reply)
And a gastroscopy (mouth, throat, stomach, small intestine) in the same year.
I don't recommend either, but as you say, they're not painful - just **intensely** uncomfortable.
(, Thu 10 Feb 2022, 12:02, Reply)
(, Wed 9 Feb 2022, 16:53, Reply)
so the genie started by giving him a cloaca
(, Wed 9 Feb 2022, 18:24, Reply)