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sparklebright62

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Insulin
I have been to see the Diabetes Consultant this Morning and she is Putting me on a GpL 1 to help with my Weightloss along with Gliclozide and a 6ml of insulin to get to my Lower Rate of Glucose as I am having a procedure on the 25th of April for Urgency or Frequency Botox in my bladder for Urgency & Frequency it's doing my head in alltogether for Overactive bladder I have an SPC catheter in my bladder as I cannot urinate on my own.

Dolphin500
 
What are your blood sugars like @sparklebright62 ? My understanding is that extreme thirst (and hence urination) can be caused by overly high bgs.... IN any case, whatever the cause, it sounds like you need to talk to your GP about it. Good luck.
 
sparklebright62 said:
Hi to all,

I will have to go to the doctors i am making too much urine every night all night urine bag full up all the time & wearing tena pants and also leaking on to my bedding as well really annoying only thing I can think of is Diabetes Insipidus I am really thirsty all of the time.


Sparklebright62
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As an old bloke who has to get up during the night,
often a few times, in order visit the loo, I can empathise
with you as it can be extremely disruptive to your sleep
patterns—particularity regarding your vital REM sleep
stage.

I can't offer you any specific medical advice as such, as
the forum disallows it.

Treatment for central diabetes insipidus often involves taking
a synthetic form of the hormone vasopressin to restore urine
output to normal. Desmopressin (Minirin, Octostim) or vasopressin
(Pitressin) are the medicines used here in Australia.
 
sparklebright62 said:
Hi to all,

I will have to go to the doctors i am making too much urine every night all night urine bag full up all the time & wearing tena pants and also leaking on to my bedding aswell really annoying only thing I can think of is Diabetes Insipidus I am really thirsty all of the time.
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I have experience with urine bags. My (late) husband had to have a catheter and urine bags for several years because of Multiple Sclerosis. You can get night-bags to attach to the urine bag. Urine will flow from the day-bag to the night bag without leakage. However, you must check that the tubing from the day-bg to the night- bag is not kinked, to allow drainage. This is important. A few times when my husband was staying in a care home to give me respite, the staff couldn't be bothered to check the drainage, resulting him being in such agony with a full bladder that he pulled the catheter out. I can only imagine the pain. Then in the morning, when the day staff discovered all the blood, they phoned me to say that he had been taken to A&E by ambulance.
These night-bags are prescribed to people with catheters the same way that you have day-bags prescribed.
 
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