hi folks - i'll chime in on this one because i've often wondered myself
about the capacity of the bladder size.
i started wondering when i first came down with the BPH because of the
frequency and thought i would losing the capacity of the size.
i did find out that the prostate was so large and it had pushed into the
floor of my bladder and caused a ring to form and i was holding back
about 20 ml from each pee.
then i was dx'ed with prostate cancer.
had the RP done and they remove the bladder valve because it is part of
the prostate network and sew in the other valve, but in the process they
have to shrink the opening and size of the bladder in order to get the
new bladder valve to fit since it is only about half the size of the
other one.
ok - now they want to measure the output of the urine flow and amount
over time. that is when i first got my taste of numbers.
then, i had excess scarring and the best way i can explain it is that i
had all those wonderful symptoms we had with BPH except i don't have a
prostate. i did find that the scars produced lesions on the bladder
wall and as the bladder started to expand as it filled up, that is how
you have the feeling you have to go. the lesions wouldn't allow me to
expand without the feeling i had to go 'RIGHT NOW'.
so, i was measuring my output and it was 50 to 100 ml. and that was it.
day or night. no sleep. constantly up. it got so bad at one time that
i had to go to the bathroom 16 times in 2 hours.
i had to wear a catheter for 22 days after surgery and i had the
overnight bag. just for your information, since the bladder is not
holding any fluid back and you might want to know just how much liquid
leaves the body by the kidneys and not absorbed back into the body. my
nightly output was from 1200ml to has high as almost 2000 ml overnight.
i've had 2 surgeries since the RP because of excess scarring and the
last one did the trick. he also did the hydro extention of the bladder
to stretch it too.
when i first got the catheter out - which i had to wear for 5 days. i
slept all night without getting up :) first time in ages. bladder
output was over 600 ml.
but dreams don't last, and the bladder did shrink back, but it averages
about 300 to 400 ml with an occasional gut busting emergency hold all
you can type pee of about 500ml.
so, the reason i'm writing this is to informed everyone that there is
life after all of the this, the BPH, the prostatisis, the prostate
cancer. and that i have got my bladder size back, from what you folks
are reporting.
it's been 9 months since my surgery and i feel like i did before any of
this happen with the except that i can sleep most night all the way
through or get up once. but life is good. and for what's it worth
dept. the cancer was gland contained and the outlook with very good for
a normal life. and my psa was 6.35 at time of surgery.
i hope this information is helpful and which everyone a small prostate,
a good health pee, and low psa's.
~ curtis
knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional