Posted by Bea on 2/3/2009, 10:25 pm
I'm 23 and have suffered urinary retention since childhood but it was never treated in childhood. When I saw my GP age 16 he was baffled and said he'd never come across it. I went to A&E a few years later after not going for over 36 hours and was catheterized and for several months I couldn't go at all without the aid of a catheter. Now I can go usually after one or two attempts but I am told my bladder doesn't ever empty properly even when I can go it only partially empties. They said it was psychological cause although I never went for all the tests (just ultrasound and urodynamics...yeuk!) I am meant to catheterize regularly because of this. But as I dislike catheterizing and find it extremely painful I avoid doing it unless I can't go for an EXTREMELY long time. I told my continence nurse this a couple of years ago and she told me off saying I would get back flow to my kidneys causing scarring that could seriously damage them in around 5 or 10 years time. Since then I've read on the internet that this is not the case. Does anyone know if there is a possibility of kidney scarring/backflow? I don't want to go back and ask the urologist for fear of more invasive tests!
interesting forum, thanks! It is very inconvenient not being able to pee aint it? Having to worry about where you can go and what transport you can take etc. I don't work now partly because of it but mostly because I have other mental health problems also, but when I was working my boss told me off several times for my frequent and long trips to the loo and demanded proof from my doctor to say I had a problem! How humiliating. And the pressure didn't help things either! Anyway I'm going on a bit so I'll stop there. Pleased to 'meet' you folks
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