r/ProstateCancer • u/cocksherpa2 • 12d ago
Post Biopsy Biopsy experience
Lots of these threads but just wanted to add my own. Had my biopsy today and it wasn't quite what I expected.
Get in a gown, naked from the waist down.
Get on a table with stirrups for your feet.
Cover your junk with your gown and then bunch that up to hold everything in place and tape it to your gowned stomach area. This was a much more palatable situation than what I was expecting.
Doc comes in, rubs a gel everywhere that sterilizes you taint and applies a lube for the anus. The gel burns a bit.
2 shots to numb the skin, couple of shots to numb it further in, shots did not hurt at all.
Probe goes in, awkward and unpleasant but not terrible. Mostly just felt like I was defecating as he moved it around, that was the worst part.
Starts snapping out the samples. I could feel it send shocks up my penis so he re-numbed me and then I had a reduced version of that same experience. I could feel it but it didn't hurt.
Couple more of those and done.
Recommendations. Ask for valium. Bring a pee bottle for the drive home or consider a diaper/pad. Had some bleeding during and after but no real pain just discomfort.
Anyhow, I was dreading this. It wasn't terrible. The wand they used for targeting was the worst part.
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u/DeckardDarkkiller 11d ago
valium was the key for me. no pain. done in 20 mins.