I do not cath at all any more. I can clear out my bladder completely. Problem is, I make a lot of urine during the nite and can have problems feeling the urge to get up and go to the bathroom. Bladder is still partially asleep. I clear out my bladder just before getting into bed, and usually get up 2-3 times during the nite to empty the bladder. My lower intake of liquids doesn’t seem to help. But, it is getting better. Janice
From: wim from holland Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:02 PM To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Subject: RE: [TMIC] Bladder I wonder, is your bladder enough empty, before you go to bed. Do you cath before sleeping? My bladder improved also a little after a few years. Before between the cath nothing came out, after a few years I was able to let some out in between, what was an improvement also for the spasm. Wim -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:42:01 -0600 Subject: [TMIC] Bladder Hi!! Seems like things have been really quiet with our group. Hope it isn’t because of health, just busy people. Just wanted to tell those of you still having problems with the bladder that, after 4 years, I am definitely improving. I am having some “dry” nights – not always, but definitely more than before. Actually some are dry and some are drier. There is always hope. Those of you who are worried about the “2-year” improvement time, the improvement still happens after the 2 years. Actually, I wonder if some of the problem is the baclofen that many of us take to ward off the leg spasms. We need the baclofen to be able to sleep, but it puts us into a deep enough sleep that we can’t feel the urge to pee. And, the urge to pee now feels different than the urge did before I got TM. I, for one, am not going to stop taking baclofen. Couldn’t sleep without it and the frustration of the spasms is not worth a “dry” pad. Oh well, just wanted to let you “newbies” know that improvement keeps coming – we just have to be patient. Janice
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