Hi gals.
I was wondering how to tell if you are retaining urine after you pee? I keep a journal and keep track of what I eat and drink. I have went to my urogyne on a couple different occasions and had my PVR checked and those times it was ok, except for one time before I had an instill, I had to pee in a cup for her to check for infection, and when she came to do the instill 10 minutes later she still got out about 3 to 4 ounces. Now I am not sure if my bladder just produced that urine within that 10 minutes or not, or if it was left in there.
I have my period now, and I feel alot worse right now. I always feel like I am not emptying my bladder all the way as I feel like I got to pee 5 minutes after I go and could get a small amount out if I tried. I have catheters here and could check to see if I am retaining, but am so scared to give myself a UTI from the catheter. But this is annoying.
When I feel like I have to pee, I will go and have no trouble starting the stream at all, and it is a normal stream, just that after I get out so much it will completely come to a halt. It does not even get lighter towards the end like where when you normally empty your bladder, towards the end, the stream usually gets lighter and lighter. Is this normal to happen with IC? I mean do any of you pee and then have to go 5 minutes later and can actually get more out?
Also, is it safe for me to cath myself to check how much I am retaining? I have cathed before. When ever I have the instills, I get a reaction and cant pee the stuff out and have had to cath it out( actually my husband did it for me), so he knows how to do it. I am just worried about risk of infection. Also I have my period now. Does that make it more of a risk to get an infection? I mean even if I use the betadine wash first? Also I do have some low dose macrobid antibiotics that my regular doc gave me that are suppose to be used before I ever have sex since I am prone to getting UTIs as it is. Any thoughts on this?
Jen
I was wondering how to tell if you are retaining urine after you pee? I keep a journal and keep track of what I eat and drink. I have went to my urogyne on a couple different occasions and had my PVR checked and those times it was ok, except for one time before I had an instill, I had to pee in a cup for her to check for infection, and when she came to do the instill 10 minutes later she still got out about 3 to 4 ounces. Now I am not sure if my bladder just produced that urine within that 10 minutes or not, or if it was left in there.
I have my period now, and I feel alot worse right now. I always feel like I am not emptying my bladder all the way as I feel like I got to pee 5 minutes after I go and could get a small amount out if I tried. I have catheters here and could check to see if I am retaining, but am so scared to give myself a UTI from the catheter. But this is annoying.
When I feel like I have to pee, I will go and have no trouble starting the stream at all, and it is a normal stream, just that after I get out so much it will completely come to a halt. It does not even get lighter towards the end like where when you normally empty your bladder, towards the end, the stream usually gets lighter and lighter. Is this normal to happen with IC? I mean do any of you pee and then have to go 5 minutes later and can actually get more out?
Also, is it safe for me to cath myself to check how much I am retaining? I have cathed before. When ever I have the instills, I get a reaction and cant pee the stuff out and have had to cath it out( actually my husband did it for me), so he knows how to do it. I am just worried about risk of infection. Also I have my period now. Does that make it more of a risk to get an infection? I mean even if I use the betadine wash first? Also I do have some low dose macrobid antibiotics that my regular doc gave me that are suppose to be used before I ever have sex since I am prone to getting UTIs as it is. Any thoughts on this?
Jen
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