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Mild thickening of the bladder wall
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Apr 9, 2023 | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
I had thickening of my bladder wall when I was experiencing severe urine retention, where my bladder was forced to hold up to 1000 cc's of fluid. I believe the thickening was related to this. Have you had a bladder scan to see if you are retaining urine? If you have to urinated that often, it seems likely, as you are not emptying your bladder when you urinate. For me, this led to kidney disease, etc. All due to an enlarged prostate. Yours may be a completely different situation but worth checking it out.
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I already have one kidney due to cancer back in 2017. Which I’m so scared it will led to that.
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Hi Paul,
I was told that I had been retaining excess urine for so long that it thickened the bladder wall and when this happens the bladder doesn't contract the way it used to. This is what caused me to urinate often, even though I was still not emptying fully. This resulted in a reflux back up the ureters into the kidneys hydronephrosis. The hydronephrosis was causing the dizziness, elevated blood pressure. After the catheter was put in, the blood pressure eventually returned to normal, but kidney function has been affected. My function fell to 55, but then with diet it went up to 75.
Recently, I had a urodynamics test. This torture showed that I was retaining more than what I was sensing, but I wasn't able to pee on my own for the Flowmetry, past the thin catheters, because of the prostate. Surgery has been offered as the only option. Which kind, has not been determined. I've yet to have a face to face with THE surgeon.