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Pre diagnosis function considerations
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 18 12:22pm | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
@psychometric
Did the urgency requiring you to get up multiple times at night go away after the surgery? Do you think this is because you couldn’t empty your bladder so it kept filling up giving you the urgency?
Has any doctor discussed what caused the problem initially. You would think that if there is no blockage in the prostate then removing, it wouldn’t change the urgency problem.
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@jeffmarc
It has improved greatly, and would probably be a non-issue if I hadn't started drinking coffee again after surgery. My urologist put me on Oxybutynin for overactive bladder prior to surgery (after he did the cystoscopy). He and others thought my prostate was exerting enough pressure that my bladder was overworked and not as elastic as it should be. I should probably quit drinking coffee but...