03-02-2012, 01:32 PM
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Overactive Bladder Syndrome
http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Over...r-Syndrome.htmThis link has proven very helpful to me. I have suffered with myi overactive bladder now for a couple of years. I take medication but I have found the retraining of your bladder to be helpful
03-02-2012, 02:03 PM
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Re: Overactive Bladder Syndrome
They say 1 in 6 adults have this syndrome both men and women are affected. I thought it was my age, weight and the fact that I had had three large babies that caused my problem and just accepted it. Then I spoke to my doctor and he gave me some medication which I take at night.After my hysterectomy I was hoping things would improve but the surgeon said my bladder was fine and just needed retraining.
By the way Tenna Lady do some free offers of incontinent pads if your mum needs that support.
03-02-2012, 02:50 PM
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Interesting Cate
I have a slight problem and seem to go to spend a penny every couple of hours and at least twice in the night.I fear I have made this worse by going 'just in case' whenever I pass the loo
I think I better stop this and make myself wait longer.
03-02-2012, 02:56 PM
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But I do that too Meg, especially if I am going out, I am trying to make my bladder hold on and I am drinking more water and that is certainly helping, to be honest I feel so much better so I think I was a bit dehydrated.It seems odd that the things we have been doing to help the situation drinking less and just in casing has made the situation worse.
Anyway am trying to retrain my bladder which isn't as easy as training the dog.
03-02-2012, 03:39 PM
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Re: Overactive Bladder Syndrome
Originally Posted by Cookiecate
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But I do that too Meg, especially if I am going out, I am trying to make my bladder hold on and I am drinking more water and that is certainly helping, to be honest I feel so much better so I think I was a bit dehydrated.It seems odd that the things we have been doing to help the situation drinking less and just in casing has made the situation worse.
Anyway am trying to retrain my bladder which isn't as easy as training the dog.
I drink a fair amount, I have had a lot of problems with cystitis so am aware how important it is to drink plenty to 'flush' things through. Something I have joked about, other people have problems giving a 'sample', I can go anywhere any time
Me too. I am often reminded of when I had my babies.
03-02-2012, 04:55 PM
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A great link thanks a lot for posting it. I was always making night trips but now if I go to bed around 11pm I can usually last till betweeen 5 and 6am. I drink as normal through the day but I drink nothing after 6pm. If I do go down the Pub with my Friend I only have one small drink, but that's not often as neither of us are Drinkers and prefer to be out and about in the nicer Evenings.
03-02-2012, 06:55 PM
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I am pleased that this might prove helpful.For a long time my mother in law would not go out with us in the car and I noticed she never finished a cup of tea, one day I asked her and she said that she was in constant fear of wetting herself. When I told her that I felt that way myself often she was very surprised as she thought it was her age.
She was getting seriously dehydrated to the extent of becoming forgetful and confused in the late evening.
I hope this link will help people to understand the really debilitating syndrome.
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