![]() That means they are going to take a picture of my urethra with something going into it the wrong way (retrograde). It is also short, in urological terms, for retrograde urethrogram. It turns out it means they are going to do something against the direction of normal flow. My appointments kept showing up as “retrograde.” I was always confused by that. With no other context, it just means “forward.” Retrograde means the opposite – “against the direction of normal flow,” or simply “backwards.” Antegrade means “in the direction of normal flow,” in urological terms. Anyway, I started this post by asking if you knew what an antegrade urethrogram is? For me, I first needed to look up the difference between antegrade and retrograde. See? even urethral stricture is not clear right away. ![]() Do you know what an antegrade urethrogram is? One thing I’m finding out is that in urology, there are a lot of terms that just need looking up, because they are not common to lay people like me, who is just trying to make it through the many months I have to wear a suprapubic catheter and prepare for an attempt to fix my urethral stricture. ![]()
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