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Posted 5/19/2010 1:52 AM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone, since my operation, as a precaution, I have always slept with a waterproof mattress cover under the bedsheet, I have taken it with me on holidays, to friends houses, and hotel rooms, just as a precaution. In the nearly 3 years since my op I have only had 4 "accidents" requiring changing the bed, this has ONLY happened in my own bed at home, never anywhere else, I go for months and months without a problem, then suddenly last night it happened again, I wake up in a wet patch.

I am fully continent at all other times, no problems at all, this has not happened since October last year, maybe my bladder just relaxes under certain conditions? Curious, maybe I am just getting old.

Regards Mal.
Posted 5/19/2010 1:56 AM (GMT 0)
Mel: that is a new one for me. I do have a buddy that just told me this past wk we was working late and had closed the office and the gates opened so to speak. Got home soaked. Just a random act.

Go figure. Nothing makes much sence of all this.


Cajun Jeff
Posted 5/19/2010 2:16 AM (GMT 0)
Mal,
Did you dream that you were peeing? Few weeks ago, I was dreaming that I was peeing and if I didn't wake up in time I would have had a wet bed.
Posted 5/19/2010 2:22 AM (GMT 0)
Is there any correlation to beverages drunk before going to bed? Wine, iced tea, etc. ?

I am a sound sleeper, and sometimes I barely wake up in time. I have trained my bladder to make it through the night.
Posted 5/19/2010 2:39 AM (GMT 0)
Mal, I have been completely conitinent after about 6-8 weeks after surgery. about one year now. One month ago I was completely surprised to wake up in very wet bed. That night I had 3 or 4 drinks that night, and a bottle of water before bed. I chauked it up to going to bed with a very full blatter and sleeping soundly due to the alcohol. I am watching myself more closely moving forward.
Posted 5/19/2010 3:15 AM (GMT 0)
mal,

that can happen to the best of us. it happened to me only a couple of weeks ago, but for different reasons, its hard for me to sleep all night on one side only, and i must have turned over in the middle of the night and the catheter tube came loose from the cath, and i woke up to a very wet environment. probably no exact reason it happened to you, but if it is that seldom, i would just change the bedding and not let it get to me. one good thing about all of us getting older, is we can start blaming things on our age, lol. i am still 57, and already use it as an excuse when needed.

you are doing fine.

david in sc
Posted 5/19/2010 6:19 AM (GMT 0)
Mal
Not had it happen to me yet. All my life I have had dreams about needing a pee which wake me up, and thus far it's still been okay.
I have had a few small leaks at random moments when I'm awake (but I'm only 10 months since surgery) and on only one accasion was it bad enough to need to change my underpants.

I was however warned about the possiblility of unexpected "floods" and this is one reason I have delayed buying a new mattress (it was due for replacement).
It was also said that the flood risk would be there for ever, so I guess I will have to look for a suitable new mattress soon anyway.

Alferd
Posted 5/19/2010 12:51 PM (GMT 0)
I hate the dreams about needing to pee. Seems like I dream I'm in someone elses closet and pee in a shoe...Have no idea why...but I always wake up and hit the toilet.

Posted 5/19/2010 1:19 PM (GMT 0)
Mal,

It happens to me on rare occasion but only when I spend the night at my elderly parents home. I do think part of it is I have to sleep in a different position than when at home. Hope it ends soon, but there are worse things that could happen.

Michael

Posted 5/19/2010 11:30 PM (GMT 0)
Mal,
I'm fully continent now after a slow healing. I recently drank 4 beers about 3 hours before I went to bed. I was shocked when I woke up wet. That was the only time I had a problem with bed wetting. You can be sure I won't do that again.

Regards,
Bob
Posted 5/20/2010 12:24 AM (GMT 0)
Thankyou for your replies, I have come to the conclusion that after removal of the prostate, interference with the bladder neck and uretha you are never the same, but if all I have to worry about in the future is the occasional "accident" I can cope quite easily with that.

Regards Mal.
Posted 5/20/2010 12:32 PM (GMT 0)
Fluids before bedtime can make even those with perfect genourital systems have an accident. Worst culprets are cola, beer and coffee. I guess dreaming of peeing could also make one's bladder empty (now dreaming of peeing is definetely a sign of getting old! cool )
Posted 5/20/2010 4:16 PM (GMT 0)
Mal,
I have been continent since surgery (8 months ago). I have woke up in a wet spot two times (both at home). The first time I had "several" beers before bed and I figured O.K. that was the problem. Then about a month ago I woke up in a wet spot after a normal night of sleeping. I don't know why it happened and it hasn't happened since. My worry is that it could happen at work, since I am a pilot and share a bunk room with the other crew on long flights. Now I put a pad down on the bunk just in case. Other than those times, things are fairly normal. ED, now that's another story.

crew
Posted 5/20/2010 7:01 PM (GMT 0)
I have mentioned this before, I have also had this little problem involving dreaming about going for a pee, but apart from a small dribble I managed to wake up and stop myself. I could never link it to the quantity or quality of drink before going to bed, although a few beers will most often need a nocturnal trip to the bathroom.

All the best from England.

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