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So I've been dealing with this for the last 3 years or so. For anyone who doesn't know, it pretty much means what the acronym says. The bladder thinks it's full all the time but it's not, so I have to urinate a lot. I can't drink a few sips of something or eat without having to go, and the urge becomes very intense. It's difficult to hold it so I have to keep close to a bathroom. I may get up every hour at night to go pee, so I don't sleep much.
I've taken at least 5 or 6 meds for this and none of them have done anything for me. So the urologist suggested a couple procedures, and I think I'm going to do one. There is a procedure where they fish a catheter up the penis into the bladder that has a telescope and needle on it, and make about 20 injections of botox into the bladder. The theory is that it relaxes the nerves in the bladder decreasing the urge to go. The downside is that I may have the opposite problem - not being able to urinate and having to use a catheter for a period of time.
I know this is probably a long-shot, but has anyone done this before, or have this issue with OAB? The other solution is to live with it, which really sucks. The doc makes it sound like it works OK, but when I read online about it, it doesn't sound so promising.
I've taken at least 5 or 6 meds for this and none of them have done anything for me. So the urologist suggested a couple procedures, and I think I'm going to do one. There is a procedure where they fish a catheter up the penis into the bladder that has a telescope and needle on it, and make about 20 injections of botox into the bladder. The theory is that it relaxes the nerves in the bladder decreasing the urge to go. The downside is that I may have the opposite problem - not being able to urinate and having to use a catheter for a period of time.
I know this is probably a long-shot, but has anyone done this before, or have this issue with OAB? The other solution is to live with it, which really sucks. The doc makes it sound like it works OK, but when I read online about it, it doesn't sound so promising.