Pain with full bladder .

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Posted 28 May 2025 at 16:42

Hi everybody I had a prostatectomy about five months ago. I’ve started to gain some control on my bladder but I’ve noticed at night when I’m laying down asleep sometimes I’m waking up assuming my bladder is quite full with a degree of pain downstairs, after urinating it goes off but not completely tends to stick around then for a few hours but a lower degree this is happened a few times. I just wondered if this is normal ?

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Posted 28 May 2025 at 18:16

Hi Karl.

At one stage I was getting a crippling pain, doubling me up, when I had a full bladder. Probably my own fault drinking too much, too early. Sometimes it was very difficult, although I felt desperate to urinate, and I had to really force it.

I did mention it on here, Dave, one of our regulars mentioned that he'd had a similar problem and was told it had something to do with excessive bladder pressure. I'll see if I can find the post and add it.

I hope you get it sorted, mate.

Edited by member 28 May 2025 at 18:51 | Reason: Typo

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Posted 28 May 2025 at 18:30

Karl, have you measured how much urine you are passing when you get up in the night.

Thanks Chris

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Posted 28 May 2025 at 19:46

Hi I’m 10 years on now , and if my bladder gets full it can be excruciating for example if I’m stuck in a traffic jam. It’s because during surgery my bladder neck was resectioned slightly. I guess the scar tissue still hurts under pressure. It’s early days yet for you so good luck

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Posted 29 May 2025 at 10:57

thank you for your replies. I haven’t really measured the amount of urine because when you get up at night and you need a wee you’re half asleep so you just go.

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Posted 29 May 2025 at 11:18

To give me an idea of how much I was peeing at night I used an old Pyrex measuring jug, but I did wash it out before using it for gravy. 🙂

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