I hope this isn't too far OT. It is about hydraulics and I think that's of interest here.
But it's about male urine hydraulics. And I need some advice before I try to talk to the doctor again. I've learned one needs to be informed when talking to a doctor.
Until 2 months ago, I could pee normally, one single stream going just where I pointed it, except once every 6 months or so, the sides of the opening were stuck together for a minute or so, but that was so rare it was no problem.
But recently, I had blood in my urine and the urologist sent a scope up my urethra to look inside my bladder, then on another day something else to do a bladder biopsy (negative), and 10 days after that, a laser to zap a bladder stone, almost as big as a golf ball. .
Between the 2nd and last procedure I had 3 different catheters, and after the last procedure, abother thicker, stiffer one with a bigger channel inside, to allow any remaining little particles from the stone to come out. Everything is fine now, no more blood, except now I almost always pee in 2 or 3 streams going in all directions and it makes a mess if I'm standing up.
In response to this problem, the doctor thought I need a smaller prostate, either with a stronger drug or a laser-sapping (this time the prostate itself, not the bladder stone (which is gone).
But the prostate is several inches from the opening, at the end. Wouldn't any turbulence caused by a narrow opening due to a enlarged prostate(*) even itself out before the exit point, even if we understated the distance as 3 or 2 inches), and doesn't that mean the obstruction is quite close to the opening?????
And not where the prostate is. After all, I was peeing normally until the day before the 2nd procedure, and even though the outside catheter surface is smooth, I can't help thinking it messed something up near the exit point, maybe when one of the four were coming out.
*(which is probably no more enlarged than it was 14 days earlier, before the 2nd procuedure) )Background. The tube leading to the opening is called the urethra, but the tube ends (or starts) where the prostate is, and from there up to the bladder, there is no tube just a space made by the lobes of the prostate. At least this is approximately right, and it's why it's possible to zap the prostate with a laser without cutting through the urethra, or needing to sew it back up.
I don't mind posted replies, in fact they are better because other people reply to them,, but if anyone wants to email, remove the extra r's after onlooker. There should be only one.