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Bladder Retention,

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anthony2858
anthony2858

Consistently holding 3-400 cc after voiding. Any input for me to consider?

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  • gbhall
    gbhall anthony2858

    Posted

    Clean Intermittent Catheterisation (CIC). Plenty of info available on this site. Check in with poster JimJames. This is the most-commented thread 'Self Catherization. An alternative to Turp, Greenlight, HoLEP...?'

    You actually need to give much more info about your condition's history, what tests you have had, any medication you have been taking and so on.

    • anthony2858
      anthony2858 gbhall

      Posted

      Thank you for the reply gb,   I just had an appt. with my urologist 2 days ago and tried to keep it simple, 1 was I had a Urolift done last summer and my volume and pressure when I void is only slightly better, however a few months afterwards I had very good pressure and volume.   So he set an apt in 4 weeks to do a systoscopy and take a look around,

      2nd is even after I am still retaining 3-400 cc. This last bladder scan showed 383.   So he started me on Bethanechol, he said it helps to compress the bladder to help squeeze the contents out.    So I will see.

           One possible contributor is I also have "low T".  That was just checked last week by my endocrinologist and my free was 41  and total was 240. So she wants to start me on androgel.     I did have a testopel done 4 months ago and it raised my T number to almost 600 but made it hard to urinate,   My dr thinks it may have had nothing to do with it but I disagree.  

      Thanks,,,check back later.   

      Anthony

  • alan1951
    alan1951 anthony2858

    Posted

    anthony2858, if you're the slightest bit overweight (and I surely am), it wouldn't hurt to drop a few (and I surely am).  Take my comment for what it's worth, and good luck my friend.
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