Bladder botox is the best decision i’ve ever made ❤️
Just wanted to share my experience because I was really nervous before I got it done but it’s a little over 1 week since the procedure and it’s already changed my life.
My OAB felt like it was ruining me, I couldn’t drink a cup of tea or have a beer without going to the bathroom so many times, I had incontinence so bad I’d wear pads 24/7 to not pee my pants, refused to go to a music festival or anywhere with bathrooms not readily accessible, never getting a full night’s sleep bc of waking up 3+ times to pee, have had to pee outside on multiple occasions and has just overall been so embarrassing.
I was taking Mybetriq 50 every day for 5 years which seemed to help some but gradually it kept getting worse and worse.
Finally pulled the trigger on a trip back to Egypt where my dad is from (mostly due to lower cost). I found a fabulous urologist who reassured me that the risk of self cat (my biggest worry) is so rare and hasn’t happened in his experience doing the procedure.
After discussing it more with him we decided because of my lifestyle of traveling and the severity of my symptoms that we would start out with 200 units of botox instead of 100 that people usually do for the first time, because more often than not people end up having to get more and I won’t be able to come back to Egypt that often. The entire cost was 40k EGP = $800 and, get this, it included general anesthesia!!
So I can’t comment on the pain of the procedure because I didn’t experience it, but post op was totally fine just slight burning and a bit of blood in urine that resolved in a few hours.
Already I can drink tea/alcohol again, go out with my friends, and haven’t had any accidents!! Seriously life changing. If you’re considering bladder botox, DO IT!!