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I wound up in ER last night due to bladder retention. I was in a lot of pain as my bladder doesn't tolerate my own urine.
Well to cut the story short I've been told it's likely I may now need to learn to self catheterise myself since this bladder condition is doing this to me. I had a discussion before about this with my doc and he wasn't keen on it at all because he said I'm highly susceptible to getting UTI's doing that. But here's the kicker, I'm also prone to UTI's and possible bladder damage if I put up with the retention. ugh.
I'm going to see if there is any other way they can help me. But now I have to see a specialist nurse, and I also have to get referred back to a urologist. They explained to me that retention is an emergency to me last night and how it can damage bladders left unattended. They said acute retention can be life threatening (that's not what I had exactly as tiny bit coming out). But still they said it's not good either way.
I see my doc this Monday and will have to have this discussion again. Is there anyone else on this forum that is in the same boat? Are you already having to regularly catheterise yourself? Do you get the infections or not? I was assured last night by a more highly trained nurse that it can be done to avoid infections... I hope so.
Well to cut the story short I've been told it's likely I may now need to learn to self catheterise myself since this bladder condition is doing this to me. I had a discussion before about this with my doc and he wasn't keen on it at all because he said I'm highly susceptible to getting UTI's doing that. But here's the kicker, I'm also prone to UTI's and possible bladder damage if I put up with the retention. ugh.
I'm going to see if there is any other way they can help me. But now I have to see a specialist nurse, and I also have to get referred back to a urologist. They explained to me that retention is an emergency to me last night and how it can damage bladders left unattended. They said acute retention can be life threatening (that's not what I had exactly as tiny bit coming out). But still they said it's not good either way.
I see my doc this Monday and will have to have this discussion again. Is there anyone else on this forum that is in the same boat? Are you already having to regularly catheterise yourself? Do you get the infections or not? I was assured last night by a more highly trained nurse that it can be done to avoid infections... I hope so.