Monday, September 5, 2011

Overactive blader

About a week ago I went to the urologist, because I have been having some urinary frequency, and difficulty holding my urine in the morning until I get into the bathroom. of course not being able to get into my wheelchair very quickly can make this even more of a challenge. First the nurse asked a bunch of questions, one was how many times do I get up at night I said she (my mom) says once but because I'm on Ambien I don't remember. Had an ultrasound of the kidneys and bladder, which were fine. But while they were looking at that they noticed that I have gallstones. They don't bother me, so nothing needs to be done about that. Anyway, the main reasons I’m writing this post is to make A-T parents aware of gallstones and overactive bladder are possible at a young age. He was thinking about puting me on meds for my bladder but he said its not worth the side effects. One thing we liked about this doctor is he took the time while we were in the office to look up A-T, he actually admitted he had never heard about it, how about that a doctor who admits he doesn't know everything.
PS- I just started wearing protection at night.