{"id":10244,"date":"2024-08-13T22:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T05:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=10244"},"modified":"2024-08-13T22:12:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T05:12:00","slug":"annual-uro-checkup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2024\/08\/13\/annual-uro-checkup\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Uro Checkup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240813-cysto-setup.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240813-cysto-setup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240813-cysto-setup.jpg 800w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240813-cysto-setup-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240813-cysto-setup-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240813-cysto-setup-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Damsel and I drove down to the West Valley today for what has become and annual checkup of my bladder. The urologist and crew use a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cystoscopy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cystoscope<\/a> to take a peek into my bladder via the urinary tract to examine for any possible recurrence of the cancer that was resected a little over 10 years ago. The image above shows the monitor where the video is displayed when the &#8216;scope is connected to it and inserted into the urinary tract. <\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s procedure went well and detected no cancer recurrence. I do have a sub-optimal condition in my right kidney and the size of the ureter (tube connecting that kidney to the bladder) was a bit smaller than the left side ureter, but the Urologist seemed to think this was no big deal.<\/p>\n<p>The procedure was quick and mostly painless save for a little discomfort during the exam itself and the slight burning sensation when urinating the first couple of times afterwards. I have had this procedure many times (I estimate 15??) since the original diagnosis and never have had to been anesthetized. At any rate, we&#8217;re done with it for another year.<\/p>\n<p>I am still working on my US Naval Service History and will be posting those blogs sometime soon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damsel and I drove down to the West Valley today for what has become and annual checkup of my bladder. The urologist and crew use a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medix","category-notions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10244"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10248,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10244\/revisions\/10248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}