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@sicernon3 Yes indeed...one thing I told my urologist is that shortly before my first PSA in four years, and before my December biopsy (surgery was April), it was roughly September of 2024 that I started getting up to urinate between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. It had never happened before, and I asked my urologist if that is a sign of prostate cancer. he said "no...as we age, our bladders get smaller." I said/asked: "What...I've been in health care...hospital-based clinical health care...for forty years and had never heard that!" He said said "yep...that is an additional reason why so many women wear "pads"...urinary incontinence pads after 50 years old (some earlier). I was dumbfounded. What doesn't "fit" is that prior to my surgery and in those nightly urinations, I never had the anxiety/distress that I now have post-surgically. It is like my continually, slowly shrinking bladder is signaling my brain which sends an anxiety message to me, that is not relieved until I get out of bed to pee. Weird.
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15 years after surgery and 12 years after radiation, I get up at most once a night to pee. I take Myrbetriq Which reduces the urge to go and also helps with incontinence. Gemtesa Is another drug that does the same thing. If you’re getting up too many times at night, this may help you, It sure worked for me.