Males: Dribbling Issue
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Fleemoore,
Koigal makes some good points. I would suspect that if you have had normal urinary function from March 4 to now that there is a different underlying reason for your condition.
You are in the right place at the right time. Give the medical staff there a full disclosure of your medical history and any change in medications or supplements you have taken recently.
Please keep us updated on your situation.
Greensleeves
Koigal makes some good points. I would suspect that if you have had normal urinary function from March 4 to now that there is a different underlying reason for your condition.
You are in the right place at the right time. Give the medical staff there a full disclosure of your medical history and any change in medications or supplements you have taken recently.
Please keep us updated on your situation.
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I just had a scan of my bladder and I have 25 milliliters in it. I was told by my urologist I could stop taking Tamsulosin too see what happened. The ER doc just told me to start taking it again. I’m now waiting to see if I’ll need a catheter. I’ll 1200 miles from so my fingers are crossed that positive things will happen.
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I was released from the ER at around 6 PM. The doctor gave me three prescriptions to try to remedy my situation. She told me if they didn't start working and I felt "ill" or developed a fever during the night to return to the ER. Here's to hoping that isn't necessary. Thanks, everyone for caring.
BTW, the prescriptions are: Sulfameth/Trimethethoprim (is a combination of two antibiotics: sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim,
one Fluconazole (for a potential yeast infection), and
Phenazopyridine (intended to relax my bladder)
She also told me to restart the Tamsulosin I have taken for years, but my primary urologist told me I could stop it. Guess it does more for me than I or he realized.
Again, thanks to each of you.
BTW, the prescriptions are: Sulfameth/Trimethethoprim (is a combination of two antibiotics: sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim,
one Fluconazole (for a potential yeast infection), and
Phenazopyridine (intended to relax my bladder)
She also told me to restart the Tamsulosin I have taken for years, but my primary urologist told me I could stop it. Guess it does more for me than I or he realized.
Again, thanks to each of you.
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Has anyone had a bladder stone? That is what was blocking my urethra and causing me to dribble. After leaving the ER around 6 PM and taking the medications prescribed by the ER doc, I urinated at 10 PM and the stone came out. It was about 1/8" (3 mm) across and 1/4" (6 mm) long. I feel fortunate that it passed as quickly and easily as it did. I typically do wear pads to help with leakage and urgency.
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@fleemoore Yep, I’ve had a couple of kidney stones. To this day, the first one (when I was just 17) is one of only two pains that has made me pass out, and that’s really saying something, because I’ve fallen down a cliff and broke my pelvis. The other time was when I cracked my forehead 3.5” across. I’ve had a broken sternum, a skull chip, a 3rd-degree burn, and a bunch of surgeries (23, so far). A kidney stone is a 10 out of 10 on the pain scale. Women who’ve both given labor and birthed a child usually say the kidney stone was worse. So congratulations on it being out of you! And you’re right; you’re lucky it wasn’t stuck for long. One male friend of mine suffered with one for two weeks.
People where I live (at the base of the Rockies) in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake, UT, get kidney stones early because the canyon is made primarily of granite, which contains a lot of calcium. So we get it in our drinking water. Many of my friends had kidney stones like I did in high school.
For some reason on my parents’ street, we also have had A LOT of melanoma. Out of about 20 houses, 9 have had melanoma, including me. I got mine at age 40. That same year, the next door neighbors lost their daughter of 32 to it. Now her mother is dying of it. Weird trend!
People where I live (at the base of the Rockies) in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake, UT, get kidney stones early because the canyon is made primarily of granite, which contains a lot of calcium. So we get it in our drinking water. Many of my friends had kidney stones like I did in high school.
For some reason on my parents’ street, we also have had A LOT of melanoma. Out of about 20 houses, 9 have had melanoma, including me. I got mine at age 40. That same year, the next door neighbors lost their daughter of 32 to it. Now her mother is dying of it. Weird trend!
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