I have an enlarged prostate and I hafta 'go potty' rather offen. To top it all, my bp meds had a diuretic, which made me pee even more. So I told my PCP and she changed that med, and yes, my loo travels have diminished.
BobbyJim in Elvisland From: Dalton Garis To: wim from holland ; [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 11:57 Subject: Re: [TMIC] Bladder I am in the exact same situation. Sometimes I feel a sharp pain rather than an urge to go, then void a great quantity of liquid. I think the meeds, which make my mouth dry, are probably working as diuretics. Dalton Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Office: +971-02-607-5070/5297 Mobile: +971-50-668-5760-- From: wim from holland <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:11:01 +0100 To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [TMIC] Bladder Resent-From: <[email protected]> Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:11:12 -0800 Maybe, I am no expert. But is it an idea to drink not less, but a lot more during the day. Your bladder get streched more, capable to have more inside, then maybe after a while you reach the early morning. Wim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] Bladder Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:39:13 -0600 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
