Posted by Steph on 28/11/2008, 8:03 pm, in reply to "Re: pee shy and the urology department"

My AP pretty much started when I was around 12-13 after a uro-dynamics test as I was asked to pee naked in front of nurses and doctors and a big X-ray machine so I know how scary it can be (especially for a 12 year old)... It eventually took me an hour to start after 10 trips to the cubicle. Although my AP got much better over the last ten years (am now in late 30s) I had another uro-dynamics test 6 months ago and unfortunately once they had filled my bladder with 750ml of water, I was unable to empty it,even when left empty in the xray room. I felt a bit stupid but they told me that it happens all the time and that they can still get valuable information on how your bladder works even if you don't empty in front of the X Ray at the end. So don't worry too much about it. You won't waste anyone's time, valuable data will still be collected and no-one will blame you for anything if you don't void. You should ask them if you can start peeing for 3 secs in a separate cubicle and come back in front of the machine when you are more comfortable. I didn't think of doing this time and I regret it a bit. Good Luck.

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