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[twoolard]

Can anyone offer some advice on this? My husband is lucky in that he has a lot of control of his bladder and bowels,however at night he uses a condom catherer attached to a bag. If not I would get no sleep due to the fact he goes all night long. We have tried cutting back on caffiene. He still sleeps in a hospital bed and we would like him to move to a regular bed.However he is either waking me up each hour or he sleeps through having to pee and waking up wet is no fun. I guess he is so use to the condom being there. Any ideas?

[qbounce]

How about trying Kegel exercises, since he does have some control (look it up if you aren't familiar).

Or, bladder spasm medication. I would recommend talking to your primary doctor to see what's out there, but he may only need a very low dose and only taken at night.

[mellowgator]

he could try not having anything to drink past 6pm. that will make for dull evenings but it will keep him from waking up all through the night.

if the condom catherter is working out and accomplishing the task why change? couldn't he still sleep in a normal bed with a leg bag?

mellowgator

Edited by mellowgator, 11 August 2010 - 01:41 AM.

[Ches]

Yes why cant he get in the normal bed with you? They make piss pads, mattress covers and all kinds of stuff to keep you both dry all night. Is he leaking or steadily pissing all night? And why isnt he waking up to go use the restroom in the middle of the night if he pees that much? Some things are just a fact of life for people. My mother is a healthy AB and shes had to get up in the middle of the night to pee all her life..sometimes its just the way it is.

[Millard]

twoolard, on 11 August 2010 - 12:20 AM, said:

Can anyone offer some advice on this? My husband is lucky in that he has a lot of control of his bladder and bowels,however at night he uses a condom catherer attached to a bag. If not I would get no sleep due to the fact he goes all night long. We have tried cutting back on caffiene. He still sleeps in a hospital bed and we would like him to move to a regular bed.However he is either waking me up each hour or he sleeps through having to pee and waking up wet is no fun. I guess he is so use to the condom being there. Any ideas?

Has he been tested for bladder pressure? If not, he may have high pressure causing the leaking. Ask your doctor about Detrol or Detrol LA which will lower the pressure. There are several other drugs to do the same thing but I am familiar with this one.

Good luck.

[twoolard]

We have used the leg bag in our bed,he would just like to get away from using it all together. As for getting up to use the restroom,he can't safely get up without my help. He has little to no grip in his hands,especially right one and our house is not handicapped friendly,I can't afford to make it that way. He really doesn't have leakage, he has to pee about every hour,especially after 2 in the morning.Thanks for the info on the medication. That may be the anwser.He can use a hand held urinal and a bedside commode.Its just the constant waking up at night that is getting both of us.

[Gleno]

Hi Twoolard

Just thought I'd give some input from my side and what I've done to enable me a good night's sleep.

Firstly tho--does he use a catherter at all? If so or even if he doesn't it's not a problem to use a foley (sialastic) catherter just for nights. The easiest way for me to do this is add a pic of what I've done using a 5l bottle, a pipe cut off from one of the bags and a couple of the plugs/tapered ends from the pipes. The end of the pipe gets inserted into the foley and voila!--away you go ;)
I drilled a hole in the bottle cap just big enough for the recess in the top of the plug to clip into without coming out. Perhaps you can get someone who knows a bit of DIY to make it up for you.

Anyway--if it will work for you--good luck!

Just want to add that the pipe from a standard urinal bag is long enough for me to even turn onto my side. I stand the bottle next to my bed inside a square plastic icecream container just in case it happens to overflow during the night.

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[tyvin]

All good responses especially the kegel exercises. So have you talked with your doc about trying meds for an overactive bladder? I was going every 2 to 3 hours. It was horrible, I couldn't go anywhere knowing I would have to use the bathroom and wearing diapers was freaking me out.

If his kidneys are fine then talk to your doc about medication for an overactive bladder. I was put on Detrol and let me tell you I am a different person. I pee normal like I use to and it's a God send. It's not for everyone but definitely something to explore.

Good luck

[roykelly2]

twoolard, on 11 August 2010 - 12:20 AM, said:

Can anyone offer some advice on this? My husband is lucky in that he has a lot of control of his bladder and bowels,however at night he uses a condom catherer attached to a bag. If not I would get no sleep due to the fact he goes all night long. We have tried cutting back on caffiene. He still sleeps in a hospital bed and we would like him to move to a regular bed.However he is either waking me up each hour or he sleeps through having to pee and waking up wet is no fun. I guess he is so use to the condom being there. Any ideas?

I started noticing this problem last year that beside not being able to sleep because of the constant pain and muscle spasms that I had an increase in urination. I didnt think anything aboutit for awhile until I noticed I also had developed an increase in thirst.Has he been checked for diabetes type 2 recently? This could be a reason for the increase in urination?