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7 weeks after Prostatectomy and still waking up a lot to pee.

Posted by albcan @albcan, Feb 15 1:33pm

Hi Everyone,

It’s been seven weeks since surgery now and everything is going well, pretty much all healed up and back to normal daily activities etc but still wake up three of times a night to pee.

I do drink a lot of water during the day but stop at 5PM, I was wondering other people’s experience ie is this normal and just the way it is now going forward or what has your experience been.

Not complaining just had assumed once the prostate was gone this wouldn’t be the case anymore.

Thanks in Advance.

Al

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jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | 17 hours ago
In reply to @kjacko "My situation is somewhat different. After my surgery in 2023, I had ZERO incontinence issues. My..." + (show)
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My situation is somewhat different. After my surgery in 2023, I had ZERO incontinence issues. My surgeon said I was one of the “lucky” 10%. However, even today I still pee a lot. Sometimes I will get up 3 times a night. I will say I don’t have that urge feeling like I had with my enlarged prostate. That feeling got in the way of my normal daily routine . My surgeon says it could be a number of issues: some people just produce more urine(I have since I was a teen), or the bladder can be weakened slightly after surgery. He told me to really try and pee less, especially while sleeping. It has been helping. I really believe some of my problem is psychological. BTW I’m 73 and doing well. Hope this helps. Best wishes.

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You might try Myrbetriq or Gemtesa to stop that urgency and need to get up three times at night. I get up one time since I started taking those pills. They also help with incontinence..

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kjacko | @kjacko | 11 hours ago
In reply to @jeffmarc "@kjacko You might try Myrbetriq or Gemtesa to stop that urgency and need to get up..." + (show)
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@kjacko
You might try Myrbetriq or Gemtesa to stop that urgency and need to get up three times at night. I get up one time since I started taking those pills. They also help with incontinence..

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@jeffmarc Are those OTC or prescription. BTW, I hate taking pills.

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jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | 11 hours ago
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@jeffmarc Are those OTC or prescription. BTW, I hate taking pills.

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They are prescription drugs that are used to stop the urgency at night. I found Myrbetriq really helpful. It does cost about $1300 a month but if you have hit the $2000 Medicare limit, you pay nothing.

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oldoz | @oldoz | 9 hours ago

I was getting up a lot to pee at night (small amounts), both before and after my RALP, and medications were no longer helping. Two things that helped me was avoiding foods and beverages that are listed as bladder irritants. The 2nd was I had occasionally taken a Benadryl tablet or a Tylenol PM at night, I stopped taking those completely and that helped as well. Only getting up once a night instead of 3 or 4 times.

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