WHAT HAPPENS DURING A TRUS?
A TRUS (TransRectal UltraSound) uses ultrasound to check the prostate for tumors and cysts. This is a common test which you may experience at your doctor’s office. Really not much worse than a DRE. The following is an excerpt from a posting to the newsgroup in which a fellow sufferer shares his experience: Jim: I went in the room with the ultrasound machine, and the nurse asked me to sign a consent for the ultrasound and another for a biopsy. I said, wait a minute, I’m a motivated patient and I’ll undergo any pain, but a biopsy doesn’t seem appropriate. We want to try to get rid of bacteria already in the prostate, not introduce new ones. She went and spoke to the doctor and came back and said, OK, no biopsy. She said usually when they do the ultrasound, they’re looking for cancer, etc. I mention all this because it speaks to two newsgroup themes: the nurse is not accustomed to taking prostatitis seriously, and the more the patient knows and speaks up, the better. In this case, I don’t
