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Well, not being a urologist I can only go by my own experience and what my uro has told me. Oh, first, welcome. OK, well, I had 8 rounds of BCG and the urethral pain was pretty bad end lasted quite a while. Insertion of the catheter with lots of lube is important but even if done perfectly the BCG, being an irritant, can certainly cause urethral pain and irritation. My hunch is that the cause of the problem. I would certainly speak with your doc about it though. I assume he or she is using lots of urogel. My doc injects some, the waits about 10 minutes and then lubes the cath. Then it is inserted just a little way, retracted more urogel added, inserted a little ways more, retracted and more urogel added etc. until it is fully in place. this insures that the urethra is well lubricated.
Kiowa