Impotence Support - What is a Duplex Scan?

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What is a Duplex Scan?

Terry

2006-04-29, 12:59 pm

Ok I have some idea - but I am looking for someone to tell me what I should
expect...

Does an ultrasound technician just have you take off your pants and sit
down, and then they scan the actual shaft?

How long should it take?

I guess I just want to know what I'm facing when I go in for it. I'm not
worried at all, I'd just like to go in knowing what is going to go on

Thanks

Jim

2006-04-29, 6:00 pm

Terry wrote:
> Ok I have some idea - but I am looking for someone to tell me what I should
> expect...
>
> Does an ultrasound technician just have you take off your pants and sit
> down, and then they scan the actual shaft?
>
> How long should it take?
>
> I guess I just want to know what I'm facing when I go in for it. I'm not
> worried at all, I'd just like to go in knowing what is going to go on
>
> Thanks

>
> T

________

You'll be given an injection in your penis that will cause either a
full or partial erection. The injection is virtually painless; don't
worry. And don't worry either if you don't get a full erection as they
don't need that to happen necessarily. Either the tech or the doc will
slather your shaft with some KY type goo and run a hand-held scanner
over your shaft so as to gauge the rate of blood flowing in and of that
flowing out. Whole process takes minutes.

You may be given the flow results at the finish of the read. They
won't mean anything to you so ask the meaning of any results.

Good idea to wear baggy pants that day; they can't predict exactly how
long the erection or partial will last and you'll find it easier to
exit the clinic later.

LMac

2006-04-29, 6:00 pm

>

Mine was both lying down and standing. It took a about two hours from
check-in until departure. If you normally wear boxer shorts, carry
along a jock to wear when you leave the office. It's not supposed to
happen but I had an unexpected erection about an hour after leaving the
clinic (shades of being 15 again). {:-)

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Lmac

Jim

2006-04-30, 1:01 am

That sure isn't the old algebra class way to get one, Lmac.

Jim

Terry

2006-04-30, 11:01 am

>You'll be given an injection in your penis that will cause either a
>full or partial erection.

When I spoke with my uro and he mentioned this scan, I got nervous based on
his description... I asked him specifically if I needed an erection, his
response was no

Not really looking forward to this

LMac

2006-04-30, 6:01 pm

Jim wrote:
> That sure isn't the old algebra class way to get one, Lmac.

>
> Jim
>
Hmmm, you're right it usually was in Algebra.

Hey Terry, if you're still following this thread: You'll probably get
blood pressure taken several times -- left arm, right arm, sitting,
standing, lying, before the shot, after, etc. Pulse too, ankles,
wrists, neck etc.

--
Lmac

LMac

2006-04-30, 6:01 pm

Terry wrote:
>
> When I spoke with my uro and he mentioned this scan, I got nervous based on
> his description... I asked him specifically if I needed an erection, his
> response was no

>
> Not really looking forward to this

Sorry Terry, if we "sandbagged" you too suddenly with this. None of us
want you to leave here, "wounded."

You've got an O.K., understandable mental issue and you are not unusual
in feeling the way you do. Try and remember that the office staff does
a couple of hundred of these scans every year and, most staff are very
understanding when it comes to the emotions that first time patients
experience. My wife is an RN who worked on Uro clinics in a couple of
hospitals. She notes that they were usually friendly places with lots of
chatter. I've found that to be true of the two clinics I've visited.

Everyone's mindset is different and, in my book, most Uro procedures are
somewhere between a dental checkup and a root canal. The bladder scan
for retained volume is like the checkup. Getting scoped is pretty close
to a root canal--just quieter. My first penis scan was difficult since
I was taught from a young age not to expose myself to others, etc., etc.
Showing an erection to other than a sexual partner was considered a
perverted act, etc. The good news is that it got easier once I could
could look at it objective diagnostic procedure like an MRI of a knee or
a stress test on a treadmill. Right now, you probably can't see a
forthcoming penis scan in that light but take a deep breath and give it
a try.

I don't know the reason for your getting scanned but think it would be a
good idea to not shortcut the diagnostics. Get all the information you
can out of this scan. If it means getting injected, do it. Today's HMO
& insurance situation is such that clinical procedures, once paid for,
don't get repeated very often. When they do, the doctor usually has a
lot of tough questions to answer.

Hope this has helped rather than irritated.

....Lmac