Problems with daytime urination

I had an hip replacement 7 weeks ago. Before this I was diagnosed with Vaginal Atrophy so lots of Vaginal Soreness, Bladder soreness and problems with urination etc.

Anyway I came out of hospital on May 1st. Still felt like I wanted to wee all the time, even though I'd just been, but rarely managed anything more than a trickle.

In the early hours of May 2nd, I had a really powerful urge to go to to bathroom but I fell in my panic getting out of bed and in struggling to get up with my new hip, I ended up wetting the floor. No way was I going to get to the bathroom on time. I was shocked and totally panicked.

Since the above mentioned incident, I have lost my urge to wee although I still go to the bathroom at regular times of course. Trouble is, during the day, my urination output is minimal. So I end up retaining, till the early hours when normal services resume. I can get out of bed easily now so I usually get up twice after midnight and my output is usually 300ml or more!

The doctor knows about this and suggested I drink more in an effort to bring back normal day time urination. So instead of drinking 1250ml a day, which she said wasn't enough, I now drink 2 litres a day. For the first few days my urination came back to normal during the day. I was so relieved.

But now, a few days later, I'm back to square 1. Drank a litre today between 8.30am and 12.30pm. went to bathroom soon after 12.30 and only managed 75ml. Plus it was dark coloured meaning I'm dehydrated. But how could I be dehydrated after drinking a litre of fluid?

Perhaps I've got it all wrong and don't understand how things work, but having drank a litre of fluid I would have expected an output of at least 300ml and for it to be the right colour too. Yes I know some of it goes into our system but surely not most of a litre. This is scaring me now. Not only that but I don't want to think I am retaining a lot of fluid either.

Thanks for listening.

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