Neobladder

16 years 10 months ago #5479 by lemkebunch
Neobladder was created by lemkebunch
Fortunately, I do not have Bladder Cancer. I am 36yrs old and I have severe Interstitial Cystitis with urgency and frequency of pee'ing about 17 times a day. I have tried all in-office therapy treatments, medications, 25 hydro-bladder distentions and also the Medtronic Interstim implant. My next step is to have a neobladder surgery done on June 07th of this year. Currently I live on a handfull of percocets on a daily basis.

What can I expect immediately after surgery? I'm nervous about the drain tubes!!?? How much weight is normal to expect to lose? How severe is the pain? The only other major surgery I have had was a hysterectomy in 2003, which I was cutting the lawn 2 days later.

Anyone who can answer anything for me, it would be GREAT!

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