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Posted 17 Oct 2022 at 12:53

11 weeks after finishing rt and brachytherapy. 


I feel quite normal during the day in regards to going for a piddle. Maybe 4 times a day.


I stop drinking liquids around 7pm.


However i can get up 4 times a night. Proper wees too! I've no idea where it all comes from!


I thought kidneys went into sleep mode but mine seem to be working overtime at night.


I am on tamosulin 


Doesnt seem to be improving. Any ideas?


I'd  love an " allnighter"


 

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Posted 17 Oct 2022 at 14:21
Hi John, I'm also taking Solifenacin (5mg per day - though you can increase to 10mg if advised by Doc) for an Overactive Bladder (I'm also on Tamsulosin to improve flow); generally I still get up at least once a night but, like you, it was previously 2 or 3 times a night, and sometimes I was going 3 or 4 times over a couple of hours in the day....I think the combination has definitely improved things for me as I was often struggling to start before Tamsulosin too. Any other q's ask away. Cheers, Nick
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Posted 17 Oct 2022 at 14:46
Ask your GP or allocated nurse specialist (if you have one) whether there is an incontinence clinic in your area - you might benefit from some bladder retraining
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
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Posted 17 Oct 2022 at 17:05

Hi John,


I had brachytherapy 6 years go and had much the same as you don't worry it does get better but i can still get up twice a night but with no urgency i just go as it helps to get back to sleep.I took Tamulosen but gave it up after six months as i felt i no longer needed it.


Good luck with the brachytherapy as not many of us on here.


John.

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Posted 17 Oct 2022 at 14:21
Hi John, I'm also taking Solifenacin (5mg per day - though you can increase to 10mg if advised by Doc) for an Overactive Bladder (I'm also on Tamsulosin to improve flow); generally I still get up at least once a night but, like you, it was previously 2 or 3 times a night, and sometimes I was going 3 or 4 times over a couple of hours in the day....I think the combination has definitely improved things for me as I was often struggling to start before Tamsulosin too. Any other q's ask away. Cheers, Nick
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Posted 17 Oct 2022 at 14:46
Ask your GP or allocated nurse specialist (if you have one) whether there is an incontinence clinic in your area - you might benefit from some bladder retraining
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
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Posted 17 Oct 2022 at 17:05

Hi John,


I had brachytherapy 6 years go and had much the same as you don't worry it does get better but i can still get up twice a night but with no urgency i just go as it helps to get back to sleep.I took Tamulosen but gave it up after six months as i felt i no longer needed it.


Good luck with the brachytherapy as not many of us on here.


John.

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Posted 07 Dec 2022 at 08:27

Hi John,


I had brachytherapy approximately 2 1/2 years ago and this was the one issue that wouldn’t go away for me, I only drank decaf drinks and avoided all sorts of other drinks but wasn’t seeing much improvement, I may have been up 5/6 times at night, I then spoke to my specialist nurse and we went through a few things to try and the biggest success was taking my tamsulosin at around 6 pm, it has greatly improved things for me, most nights I only get up once and the odd night I sleep right through. 


Regards


David

 
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