Experiences with

Bladder conditions

I have only been diagnoised with fibro for about 2 years, quite frankly I am pretty much been "left" to get on with it ! I have a question . Do you have cramp ? I have it very severly at night only behind the left knee , and in both feet x I do have quinine sulphate on prescription , any ideas ? Its

Hi everyone hope you’re all well. Just looking for some advice and to see if anyone else been in a similar situation. I have a recurrent UTI that keeps coming back despite multiple antibiotics. I’ve been off Methotrexate on and off because of this so suffering from a dreadful flare. Anyway had a

Hi if any one has any idea or experiences about the prescription drug hyoscyamine sulf if it exacerbates restless leg? I'd appreciate for your reply. Thanks for advance. My doctor prescribe it for my interstitial cystitis flare up.

We found out yesterday mums OC has metastasised to the brain. We don’t have a treatment plan yet although radiotherapy has been mentioned. Does anyone have any experience, knowledge or advice for this diagnosis. I’m devastated for my mum who has spent the last 3 years since diagnosis in relatively good

Hi can anyone recommend any consultants in London for managing urinary incontinence? We are looking to go private because we have had appointment after appointment in Brighton and its such a long wait and my son is getting older (now 10 years old). He has giggle incontinence in the day and bedtime wetting

Talking the other day about daughter’s broken femur, slow to heal after a year. “Broken femur? Definitely the worst!” Nope. Broken femur, ankle, neck, right arm amputation, soft tissue injuries, tbi. Definitely tbi is worst: so many issues and problems, often not obvious. You need real strength of character

Hello Ladies. I wonder if anyone has any advice as to which incontinence product works best. I have a prolapse and wear Always towels which, up to now, have worked well. But now they are not sufficient for night time use. Is is so embarrassing wetting the bed and I'm worried about smelling. How can

I had a proctectomy in November 2011 and Salvage Radiation in starting August 2018. I have been on IADT since July 2018. Recently I had been experiencing more than usual incontinence. Early October 2024 I had a bleeding incident with clotting when I urinated. This occurred on three consecutive trip

since September 19, my husband has been in the ER or admitted 8 times from cystitis: can’t urinate, lots of blood clots necessitating catheterizations. He has had 3 cystoscopes, a blood transfusion, developed lung clots and had to be taken off Eliquis because it counteracted the cystitis problem. So

Hello fellow travellers on this forum . You might remember me pondering long and hard on having an ablation. It’s done and I am back home, all in a day. It was done in Hammersmith and took a bit of organising travel wise. The hospital offers convenient but very basic Housing Association Studio Flats

My wife Margaret aged 75 in November has got a prolapse she has been advised by her doctor because she has had a hysterectomy it rules out one way of repair, pessaries are a alternative but have to be changed and cleaned often to avoid infection etc,she was also told the type of surgery depends on the

I've had am overactive bladder for years think it's genetic but last 12 months more than usual ended up with a uti as my electrolytes were very low prob cos I'm peeing so often not bad in the day. But at night it's awful every 2 hrs and my flow isn't great had a prolapse repair 2 years ago and the flow

Several months after completing radiotherapy and HDR Brachytherapy, I'm still suffering side effects and now getting new aches and pains. Apart from nocturia, which with the help of the urology dept at the hospital I'm trying to deal with, I am severely constipated with peristalsis apparently not working

4 months ago I wrote how nervous I was about having another ablation after suffering a tamponade during my first 10 years ago. I had second ablation under GA on 30th September and all went well. I did have an infection and lump at the groin entry site but that cleared up after a week of antibiotics

I have a thermograph every year (checks breast and upper back). For the first time I was asked if I have a thyroid issue.. it was showing as very obviously inflamed on the scan. That’s not happened before. I wondered if anyone else here has had a thermograph?

Last Friday my son had an accident at school. He has never had any before. I spoke to the nurse at school and warned her about possible future accidents. His doctor has never found anything wrong with him in the past. What is the best way I can help my son?

Hi, so they found a 3mm kidney stone in my penile shaft. They tried to remove it but it wouldn’t come out. They used a catheter to push it back into my bladder in the hope that it would come out naturally later. This was yesterday. Ever since then, my penis is sore and its stings when I pee. Is this

Has anyone in our group tried the antispasmodic Spasfon? Generic name is Phloroglucinol. It is approved and is an over the counter medication in France, Spain and I believe in a few other countries but not in the U.S. The research studies that I reviewed shows promise for IBS-D related pain and

hello! I have three children. One is a teenager and the other two are 9 and 11 years old. All of them have dealt with bedwetting and bladder problems throughout their lives. Their father is not involved in their lives anymore, but both him and wet our beds growing up, but eventually grew out of it.

I had a radical prostatectomy in 2018 with some positive margins and a Gleason 7. At the time it was worrisome for me but my psa was undetectable until May, 2023. Now it has risen to .2, not that high really....I live close to the University of Virginia, and they are wonderful....but they're not current