Unsilenced Blog

A guide to understanding dissociation before and after pediatric VCUGs.

Learn more about the Unsilenced Movement and explore resources for VCUG trauma recovery.

In this supportive guide, we discuss practical tips for sharing VCUG trauma with family, friends, and loved ones.

In this blog, we discuss the elements of VCUG trauma in pediatric urology.

Real pediatric VCUG experiences from parents and patients.

In this blog, we explain the traumatic nature of VCUGs and why this test can be so detrimental to children’s emotional and psychological well-being.

In this blog, we discuss safe and available alternatives to VCUG, the gold-standard test for diagnosing kidney reflux (VUR) in children.

In this blog, we review tips for processing anger after VCUG trauma.

What is VCUG trauma? In this blog, we break down the potential health effects of voiding cystourethrograms (VCUGs) on patient welfare.

Learn more about the different therapy options for VCUG trauma recovery in our new blog.

VCUG trauma recovery advice for survivors, by survivors. Learn 6 tips for your VCUG trauma recovery journey in our new blog.

Learn 10 signs of dissociative amnesia after VCUG trauma in our new blog.

In this blog, we unpack the different layers of VCUG trauma that patients experience in childhood and adulthood.

Learn about the health effects that former VCUG patients share in our new blog.

In "The Haunting," Derek shares a courageous story of coming to terms with the anger and grief of VCUG trauma.

In this blog, we discuss how age affects children's memories of pediatric VCUG.

In this blog, we discuss 7 reasons why pediatric VCUGs are painful for children.

A piece about feeling like you need to prove your suffering to people, and how I overcame that feeling.

This blog explores the legal principles of VCUG, medical malpractice, and informed consent in pediatric urology.

In this blog, we discuss medical malpractice during pediatric VCUG and legal remedies for pursuing justice.

In this impact statement, Riley, an Unsilenced survivor, courageously shares the life-altering impacts of VCUG in childhood and adulthood.

A VCUG survivor shares her experience with prizes after VCUG. Read more in our blog.

A brief breakdown of the ethics of voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG).

Who is responsible for disclosing the risks of VCUG? Learn more in our blog.