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First time I had AP was in hospital recovering after having a general anesthetic.
Just wondering if anyone else remembers a similar thing.
Is there a link between general anesthetic and AP? Any AP people out there who have never had a general anesthetic?
Many thanks
Greg
Re: Anesthetic and AP
Posted by Mark L on 15/7/2010, 8:57 pm, in reply to "Anesthetic and AP"
Hi greg,
Not heard of the link myself, but AP can caused by many means! For whats its worth Iv never had a G/A.
Mark
Re: Anesthetic and AP
Posted by Ronnie on 17/7/2010, 10:03 am, in reply to "Anesthetic and AP"
I believe some difficulty urinating after surgery is quite common, but doubt it is usually "AP", more a physical consequence. I think it would normally right itself after a few hours or at most days, although I understand it is not unusual for catheterisation to occur to assist with the difficulty. I had a problem in the hours after laparascopic hernia surgery, and was beginning to panic thinking it was my AP affecting me while trying with a bedpan urinal thingy under the covers in a six-man ward with others present in the other beds. But managed to go OK in a toilet when allowed out of bed, about 15 hours after the surgery, still don't know if it was the AP or the 'normal' after-effects of the surgery that had been affecting me earlier.
You're message resonated with me and my experience. The first time I ever had difficulty urinating was when I was aged 11 and had had an operation for the removal of my appendix. Some time after I came round from the anaesthetic I went to the toilet and suddenly felt that I could not pass urine. I can remember vividly how frightening this was at the time. I spent an awful long time in the cubicle struggling to go and must eventually have managed it. This is all a long time ago I'm now in my 50s!
I have had similar experiences since. I had an operation about 15 years ago called a Patti Plat - to stop my right shoulder dislocating. When I came round from the anaesthetic I, again, found that I could not pee. Of course, by then I was a regular paruresis sufferer, so at least knew what it was all about. On that occasion I did not manage to pass urine for some 30 hours.
I was told by an anaesthetist that opiate based anaesthetic can cause difficulties with peeing.