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Posted 03 Mar 2026 at 17:44

Hi

im 61 yrs old with low PSA but with an enlarged prostate which gives me very bad  flow when peeing. I’ve been on tamsulosin for 4/5yrs. Docs just put me on finasteride. But for the last 6 months I’ve had really bad aching kidneys. Both ache in the morning. Sometimes it’s the left one sometimes the right one. I only seem to get it in the morning. Doc said it’s not my kidneys. I’m convinced it is as I get some kind of back flow issue maybe. Is anyone else experiencing the same and what’s been your diagnosis?

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Posted 04 Mar 2026 at 12:24

Fitch, I have CKD3, so my kidneys are not fully working. I do get kidney aches with a water infection. I also have a suprapubic catheter which sometimes gets blocked and that can also cause pain in the kidneys. When flushing the catheter I have managed to push urine back into the kidneys, that is not an ache it is an excruciating pain. 

Thanks Chris 

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Posted 05 Mar 2026 at 20:20

Thanks Chris for replying. Much appreciated. 
sounds like you’re properly going through it. Sorry to hear that. 
I’ve a docs appointment tomorrow so I’ll see what the verdict is.  I think I get some kind of back flow in the mornings from a full bladder but no one knows how to prove this. It’s frustrating. But my pain is not as bad as yours so maybe it’s something else. 

 
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