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A member asked:

Do the doctors usually sedate you when they put a catheter inside your penis?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

No: Usually it's not that uncomfortable, although you wouldn't ask for it by name because you enjoyed it.

Dr Hoepfner agreed

Answered 4/1/2013

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