Bladder Ultrasound Scan Results

Back in the middle of July I began the next set of appointments following on from the trip to the National Hospital in January. I noted in a post in June that my appointment had been set up.

I went to the urodynamics part of my local large hospital (Southmead). They used an ultrasound to check my bladder, my prostate and my kidneys. The headline result is that my full bladder had about 550ml in it. I then went to the toilet and they measured again, with there being about 230ml left. This was described as "significant retention".

My kidneys are normal in size and appearance. My prostate is slightly enlarged.

This result then triggered a discussion with my GP, which covered the usual things:

• I have strong urge to go when my bladder is full
• It takes several trips to the toilet for my bladder to empty
• We talked about catheterisation (which I had previously talked about in 2017)
• Referral to functional urology at Southmead for further assessment and discussion.

So, whilst my trip to the National Hospital talked about a referral to a neuro-urology team, I appear to be getting the same information via a different route.