A few days after my last radiation treatment I began to experience a fair amount of pain while urinating and wondered if I had a bladder infection. I felt like Tom Hanks in the Green Mile and I was wishing John Coffey would appear to help “take it back”. Finally, I asked my oncologist to run a urinalysis and some cultures to see if it was indeed a bladder infection. The results were negative. It turned out that the painful burning sensation was a side effect of the radiation treatments. I had experienced some mild discomfort toward the end of my treatments, but nothing quite like this. Oddly enough, when I had to empty a full bladder it didn’t hurt as bad as when the volume was low. Using any abdominal muscles only made matters worse. I had to totally relax and just go with the flow.
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