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Some of you may know I had surgery in April. I had the dilation done because of the meatal stricture. I went TWO months with a 95% decrease in my bed wetting issue with it only happening once in April and twice in May compared to the 3-4 times a week. However this month I called myself trying to drink a gallon of water because I started working out and I noticed I wasn’t sweating as much as I should and when I tell you that day I finished my gallon…. I went to the bathroom a total of 13 times and almost everyday since then it’s like my bladder has been aggravated. I have had accidents almost every night since then. I revisited my doctor and because there is anything wrong with my bladder. He says it’ll go away in time and to cut out water after 6 and set alarms and to do some kegel exercises. He doesn’t want to put me on medication because I’m only incontinent at night and I go to the bathroom a normal amount during the day which is typically like 4-5 time during the day with no serious urgency. This night time issue is my only problem. I didn’t drink anything after 6 last night and ate noodles mostly dry ramen noodles before bed… I double voided… and wore an incontinent pad and I STILL pissed myself. Like full on. Soaked the pad. It like my body is not really shutting down like it should at night. During the day I typically go about every 2 hours. Although I can hold it for much longer than that. And at night my bladder fills every 4 hours. So whatever time I go to sleep. It’s a 90% chance that I’ll piss 4 hours from that time. I’m trying to do the alarms I forgot to set one last night but does anyone else deals with this????
 
My personal opinion is spread your water consumption during the day. I would try not to eat Ramen noodles or anything with sodium. Try staying away from salt if you can. It holds water in your body. Do your kegels 2 a day if possible. I try to do mind once at least, sometimes twice. I would eat as close to the ground as possible, meaning lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, limit or avoid red meat, Good for you and good for your environment. Try eating rice more if you can with fried vegetables. I like eggs, I try to eat one every morning. I know egg whites have lots of protein. See what happens, small changes. Everything takes awhile to work. Your bladder was irritated by so much water. Could be too much salt also in your diet. Look up and research the causes of not sweating so much when working out. I am just starting to sweat more now at my age of 69. I never did that much before. I was not worried about it either. Relax, breath deep and wait to see what happens. Try to sip your water during the day at an even pace. I know I do not drink enough water and I am trying to drink more. Also I took care of my Dad after he had a brain aneurysm and stoke. He would be up all night going to the bathroom even cutting him off drinking at 6 p.m. He was depressed also. He felt sorry for himself I think. He was a functioning alcoholic before his stroke and surgery. So the body is complicated. One size does not fit all. I have heard that when we sleep our bladders work better, if this is true-I do not know. Be well -of course I believe in prayer big time.
 
@BarbaraDrabek Sorry, that link didn’t work, just goes to their newsletter registration page. Can you repaste it, please? Or maybe copy the text from the webpage, and paste it here? Thank you.
 
@Jmoss90 I’m sorry your surgery isn’t helping any more. Very disappointing. I can’t believe how little urologists can do to help us.

I fell down a cliff and severed most of the nerves to my bladder, specifically the ones that shut down the bladder at night. I pee urgently and often with spasms, every 15-60 minutes during the day. At night it’s every 5-60 minutes. If I don’t eat or drink anything after 6:00 p.m., it sometimes decreases the frequency and urgency and leaks. Closer to sunrise, I urinate less. Maybe I should quit eating or drinking after noon!

I think you should probably get some diapers and bedpads. It’s challenging to accept that, but you can get through it.

Take care.
 
Barbara: tried putting in the URL by copy-and-past and my browser couldn't find the site, so I went to Harvard medical school using search, entered "healthbeat", and got the archives, can't figure out the article. Know the correct name or month of issue of healthbeat?
Sounds like good newsletter.
Then I finally thought to try using "search" for "Incontinence" and got:
Special Health Reports
Better Bladder and Bowel Control: Practical strategies for managing incontinence
It's a book. Wide ranging, including extensive chapter(s)on coping.
The book's table of contents seems to be what a lot of us want.
It costs $18.00 to download.
Did I get the right one?
 
yes-it is a book or download-I buy the ones I need-try using the save20-promo code to see if you get the discount-I subscribed to a couple of the magazines on line to keep up to date on the latest health news that I can trust, Good Luck, I don't own this one so I can't send it to you. I am glad you found it-I deleted the email after I sent what I had. Blessings-keep the faith and let us know how you make out.
 
Snow-I would still drink water though out the day-the rest of your body needs it-maybe by researching with digestive foundation which used to be located in Chicago, my old neighbor when I lived in IL. used to be the executive director. She has since passed away unfortunately. We have to constantly be aware of all our needs and work on them.
 
Barbara & all. Got the book. Too new to have reader reviews, I guess, but Barbara's endorsement is all we need. Just go to the Harvard Medical School site, start searching for "incontinence".
The save20 didn't work for me, but Oh Well.
As the son of a librarian and book editor, I'm a little sensitive about copywrite, so got my own. If you get it, write a Review.
Good luck, Jmoss90
Grew up in ChiTown, partially. Good place for that, then (1940s-50s). Glad I'm not there, now, though. Didn't recognize it; last visit 1999.
 
J...,
To address your immediate concerns, here's a story I've told before that you have probably missed: "the easy answer is just stop the leakage and the management issue goes away... the difficult detail is how does one do that? In my case, I'm more reliable; I leak all day and to a lesser degree every night. I've solved my issue, not with any device that is presently on the market, but with a soft silicone device that my engineer partner and I have designed and filed a patent on. While we are no longer actively seeking volunteers for testing, I would be happy to include you in our test group and forward one for you to try. I often wear mine up to 22 hours in a day, if I have hydrated, one way or another, in the evening. Because it is of flexible material, it is to be used with a backup pad for the occasional moments of stress leakage." Let me know if you have an interest and would like more info. Best wishes. Fynlee amhelp@comcast.net
 
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