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my bladder can't squeeze urine out.

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frank444
frank444

prostate cancer diagnosed 8 years ago ; and has not spread. jan 10,2014

i had painful urinary retention ; hospital emergency inserted catheter. late

feb i had t.u.r.p. surgery. for 2 to 3 weeks in march all was well re

urination. then came retention and inability to urinate. emergency room

inserted catheter, and i took a sulfa combination for 9 days for urinary

tract infection culture found. i am still with a catheter.  i'm told my BLADDER

is inactive. what can be done to stimulate my bladder to do its job ? do you

know a medicine or nutrient or exercise or procedure ?

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  • bob120
    bob120 frank444

    Posted

    Frank, 

    A relative of mine also had a turp but a few years later he was told his bladder had lost elasticity, so he has self cathed every 6 hours since then. He has no sensation that he needs to urinate so he self caths on a schedule. If you have no sensation of needing to urinate then this could be the case for you as well.

    I had a laser turp 2 years ago and after 6 months started to have retention again. I self cathed every couple of weeks with an 18Fr cath to "keep the channel open" after my urologist removed some tissue blocking the bladder neck. After a year I started bleeding (maybe from the cathing) and needed a bladder neck resection and removal of bladder stones and cauterization of bleeders in the prostate and bladder neck. For 6 months I have been OK, but take flomax two nights a week (Mon & Tues) just to keep my stream good.  I don't know if you tried flomax (actually I take the generic, tamsulosin) but it relaxes the bladder and prostate to improve the flow. If it doesn't work for you then your problem may either be an obstruction, a tight bladder neck or stones, or maybe your bladder muscles don't contract as you were told. However a cystoscope would find any obstruction or stones if they are there.  Good luck.

    • frank444
      frank444 bob120

      Posted

      thank you, bob.   your response was most informative.

              frank444

  • frank444
    frank444

    Posted

    is there anyone else out there who can help me with my problem ?
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