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KatrinaGrace    56

KatrinaGrace
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So I'm beginning to wonder if my surgeon decided to take as much of my bladder with him as he did my stomach...and made it dysfunctional in the process. Seriously, anyone having baby bladder issues? I'm not drinking very much. Never have been able to come close to the required amount. Just a 15 oz Protein Shake and a 20 oz bottle of Water is all I get in in a day except on a rare occasion when I have two shakes. (I know that's a whole separate issue, but I'm doing ok per my doc as of right now.) Point is, my bladder thinks I need to pee every three minutes (not really that often, but a lot). And if I don't go, it's going to just go for me. It will literally let itself go with absolutely no warning and without me even knowing I needed to go. I have no infections or irritations, so I can't figure out why this is happening. I'll tell you it sure is sexy walking around with a paper towel between my legs to prevent embarrassing mishaps while in public. Forget Victoria ' s Secret. Show me the Depends!

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Noragretz    28

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Could you have cystitis? Irritation of the bladder lining. Can be from something your eating or drinking or medication you are taking. Not drinking enough Water can also irritate the bladder. Sounds like you are just out of surgery, maybe get some poise pads to wear for the leaks until it gets better.

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CanyonBaby    1,852

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If you haven't seen your PCP for this yet, you may wish to. Are you absolutely certain you don't have a UTI? Get it checked before it reaches your kidneys. And force yourself to drink more, try the Water Enhancer drops with your Water. It does help a lot. Good luck to you and keep us informed!

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TammyDTM    391

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It sounds like you have a bladder infection.

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KatrinaGrace    56

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I'm sure no infections. I see doctors of constantly because of all the complications I have had so I know for sure that there's no infections going on. I'm assuming I've simply lost the muscle control there as well since I've lost it everywhere else. I have a neuromuscular movement disorder, so that very well may be taking a toll on my bladder now. Surely the boat load of muscle relaxers my neurologist has me on can't be helping. Just wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing this before I resigned myself to the fact that my neuro stuff was getting worse even though I knew it was. *sigh* At least I have a lot less weight on my body now when my muscles stop working and I fall to the ground. Makes for a lot less heavy fall ;-)

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CanyonBaby    1,852

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@@KatrinaGrace

Well, NO WONDER you have incontinence! I'm glad it isn't an infection, but with the situation you have, keep an eye on it so it doesn't turn into one. Will you be able to stop the muscle relaxers soon? I sure hope things get better for you soon, I think I'll have me a little chat with the good Lord above, and see what He can do for you...you're in my prayers!

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sandyb68    46

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I experienced the same thing and I ended up with a kidney infection. Antibiotics cleared it right up.

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amazon    579

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So sorry to hear. I actually had the opposite result. I had a rather urgent bladder prior to surgery and wrote it off to getter a little older.

It's totally gone with the weight loss.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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