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Hi there, sorry to learn of the problem. Even though I’m female I had a lot of urethra pain too while doing BCG. What we eventually figured out was that I had two main problems. I was born with a very narrow urethra that was corrected by stretch surgery at age 4. Even though that surgery essentially corrected the problem I think but can’t prove is that my urethra is still a bit smaller than normal. Secondly due to all the invasion of scopes and catheters and menopause my urethra is drier than normal and has prolapsed making the insertion of a catheter a bit trickier than usual. The nurse solved this by inserting anesetic gel into the urethra, and using a pediatric sized catheter plus she lubed that up as well before inserting it. It was still painful after the anesetic wore off but as least I didn’t hit the roof when she was administering the treatments.
Your urethra is also probably very irritated from the BCG. Mine sure got that way. I found that drinking lots and lots of water for the whole treatment period and avoiding caffeine really helped. I also suggest follow Jack’s advice and check with your dr because you shouldn’t pass a lot of blood with BCG and if you do at all it should be minor and clear up within 48 hours of treatment. Copious amounts of blood can cause urethra pain too. When I was first beginning my BC journey I passed what seemed to be a ton of blood into the toilet. Like many I had no pain, no prior warning. My urethra was really sore after voidng all that blood mixed with the urine. Keep in touch and let us know how it goes. Best wishes.