Re: Comical Ulstrasound Story - Good News in the End

[Guest guest]

Hello ,

I also had a bad ultrasound appt. well not as hectic as yours, but I was

unable to get my ultra sound, and after drinking all that dang water, for

nothing

really makes me feel this isnt even worth it... as I said before I have not

resceduled. I even think of taking a drink and I am in that bathroom peeing!!! I

hate it, that and headaches (mygrains) are really my only symptoms, so I

really dont see the urgency in getting another appt.

Thanks for the story,

[Guest guest]

,

When it rains it pours doesn't it? I was smiling as I was reading your

story, but at least you had good news about the fibroid in the end. I've had 4

or

5 u/s's so I know that horrible and painful feeling you get when you drink all

that water and then have to hold it in. How did you hold it for over 2 hours

I want to know? I couldn't even hold it once for 1/2 hour and I had to use

the bathroom. The tech was not happy with me, so she made me drink more water

until my bladder filled up again. What we women go through. Take care.

[Guest guest]

Related to ultrasounds, for transvaginal ultrasounds (using a probe

wand up your hooha) you don't have to drink as much water.

Years ago I had the standard belly type u/s and they told me to drink

5 - 8 ounce glasses of water an hour beforehand. I tend to be

dehydrated and don't get thirsty and as a result my body has adapted

somewhat to operating with less H2O than average. That much water in

that much time went right through me and I was in so much pain from

my bladder being full at the end of the appointment that they had to

help me up from the table because I couldn't lift myself.

So as a word of advice, if you know that the quantity of water they

are advising is A LOT compared to what you are used to, drink

somewhat in moderation. Besides, these are standards that they use

across the population and a 5'2 " woman and a 6'3 " man don't have the

same ability to hold their water.

On a related note I found out a few months ago that it is the brain,

specifically the hypothalmus and the pituitary, which determines how

quickly water passes through the system. You know how some days you

can drink massive amounts of water and don't have to pee and other

days you have a sip of tea and you have to run to the bathroom just

to let out a dribble? Tea is a diuretic so that is partly to blame,

but some of it is just based on how much the salt to potassium to

water ratio.

Here are a few links

Water And Sodium Metabolism

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section2/chapter12/12b.jsp

" TBW volume is regulated by thirst, antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

secretion, and the kidneys. Osmoreceptors in the anterolateral

hypothalamus are stimulated by elevation in plasma osmolality and

stimulate the adjacent thirst centers. Stimulation of thirst results

in the cognitive perception of thirst and subsequent increased water

intake. The osmoreceptors also respond to hyperosmolality by

stimulating ADH release by the posterior pituitary. ADH secretion in

turn results in increased water reabsorption in the distal nephron by

increasing the permeability of this otherwise relatively impermeable

segment of the nephron to water. "

Water Balance

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual_home2/sec12/ch158/ch158a.jsp

Control of Urine Volume

http://www.nsbri.org/HumanPhysSpace/focus4/ep-urinecontrol.html

Perhaps this is helpful for the LOL with fibroids pressing on

bladders?

--Ann

P.S.- My back is feeling much better today, just some lower back

discomfort, and the headache is nearly gone as well. Thank you for

the well wishes!!!!!

[Guest guest]

There's no question of me waiting with a full bladder for

ultrasound. The pain is just too terrible with the pressure from the

fibroid. I pee before I go, then start drinking water only once I'm

in the waiting room. If they make me wait too long--I simply empty

my bladder again! I refuse to suffer for their convenience,

especially if they don't examine me on schedule! Strangely, I've

never had a technician even notice, and then they always tell me to

go empty my bladder, even if I just went before the exam! Go figure.

[Guest guest]

When I had my last U/S the tech did an U/S with my bladder full then

told me to empty it and she did another U/S. I discovered it was to

check my kidneys. Apparently it's standard procedure for a fibroid

>8cm. Good thing they checked because they found out that my kidneys

weren't emptying properly due to my fibroid pushing against my

ureter. (Hydronephrosis)

3 more days till my myo!

-- In uterinefibroids , " Parvis "

wrote:

> There's no question of me waiting with a full bladder for

> ultrasound. The pain is just too terrible with the pressure from

the

> fibroid. I pee before I go, then start drinking water only once

I'm

> in the waiting room. If they make me wait too long--I simply empty

> my bladder again! I refuse to suffer for their convenience,

> especially if they don't examine me on schedule! Strangely, I've

> never had a technician even notice, and then they always tell me to

> go empty my bladder, even if I just went before the exam! Go

figure.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the information. I always get a transvaginal ultrasound

due to both a fibroid pressing on the bladder and intersistial

cystitis. Your research was very interesting. I always wondered why

some days I go a lot and others not so much!

Barbara

> Related to ultrasounds, for transvaginal ultrasounds (using a probe

> wand up your hooha) you don't have to drink as much water.

>