Wanted to make this post because other posts on reddit make cystoscopy way more stressful than it needed to be
Once you're prepped and in the room with the camera a nurse comes in a squirts numbing cream in your urethra, this burns a bit but not much more than getting soap into your urethra, while thats taking effect they are wiping down your area with brown liquid I think its called bacitracin.
Doctor came in and I didnt know we started for a sec, looked at the screen and seen her navigating my urethra.
When it gets to the prostate im not gonna lie, that ducked, it burns and hurts but it is so fast that before you have a chance to react to the pain she's past that part and the pain is gone
Scope hits bladder, she looks around and removed the scope
Entire procedure over in 30 seconds tops, took longer to check in and get changed for the appointment
Cant tell you what the pain is after yet, just got home but ill check back and update this post.
Hope this helps anyone else dealing with cystoscopy fears, its not bad
Update: maybe I've been lucky or maybe its the norm but I've had zero issues since the appointment. No blood burning or cramping like the discharge paper work and other stories I've read have said. I feel completely normal and have since the appointment and its going on 30 hours since. I have taken no pain meds since I got home yesterday so they certainly wore off before I woke up today. I hope my experience helps anyone feeling anxiety due to one coming.