Alright!! This is my issue right now. I went back to my OB after having my ovaries removed this past January. I had my uterus removed two years ago. I saw my OB because I was having severe cramping. He referred me to a urologist who I saw yesterday. We thought that maybe I have interstial cystosis. I urinate aroudn 7-8x an hour, with our without anything to drink. To make a long story short, it's because my bladder apparently isn't empting everytime I use the restroom. Or at least that's what they think. I just starting taking uroxatral and it makes me sick. Not a common side effect, so we're not sure. I quite possibly have endometriosis of the bladder. That may be why I am cramping. I would love to hear other thoughts on this.

ohmigosh, I have the same problem! I don't go that many times but it is unusually frequent - maybe 4 times in an hour. In the beginning I couldn't wait till I get to the bathroom. I am leaky all the time. Fortunately I am wearing pantiliner for post-op spotting/ bleeding (that ended 3 days after surgery, more than a week ago). Now I am wearing it because of this leaking problem. Less frequent now but still.... After urinating, I sometimes still leak. I don't experience any burning sensation so I never suspected UTI until I rang the doctor. I went back to the hospital this Mon and was given anti-biotic for the UTI. Hasn't helped the leaking problem though. Help!

I had a complete hsyt 2 weeks ago, I do have some leakage, mostly like after unrinating. Its either pantiliners or those incontance liners. I remember after surgery, the next day after my cath was taken out I could not release all I had in my bladder, so I went home on antibotics..and I still have an issue with leaking here and there.

My case is DEFINIITELY pelvic organ prolapse not so much UTI. Wonder why the doctor didn't mention it? He had to return to the hospital on Memorial Day. Maybe the beer had something to do with the judgement:P I could hear a party going on in the background.

Oh yes! Not incontinence, but pressure and a sense of needing to urinate very frequently. It's distracting. Lots of incomplete emptying of the bladder and weak stream.

I also experienced cystocele and rectocele after the surgery with and ever increasing weakness of the pelvic floor muscles.

I'm glad that someone in the medical community is interested in what happens post operatively.

I know since my hysterectomy on Sept.5 I have had more problems with leakage then I had before.I feel like if I don't go to the bathroom right off when I feel I need to I will have an accident.Haven't yet but close.I was thought to have a UTI but came back negative and was on antibiotics but they still think something in going on.

I had a complete hyst in Dec. Because of breast cancer treatment last year, no estrogen replacement for me. Now I am having a big problem with bladder prolapse. It is so uncomfortable. Incontinence is not so much a problem, just the feeling of something falling. I want to cry when I think I might have to have another surgery. (4 in the last year).

I've had a lot of problems with stress incontinence since my hysterectomy, but that problem is helped by Kegel exercises.

What is really bugging me is that I have problems emptying my bladder completely -- I think I am done, then when I stand up I think I have to go again! I am seeing my ob/gyn in a couple of weeks and I am considering surgery if it looks like it will help.

oh thankyou so much for broaching this subject.
I had a hysterectomy 7 years ago (due to the lining of my womb being full of fibroids),i was left with one ovary.
cystitis is something which seems to run in our family ,but since my op ive had almost continuous bouts ,sometimes its come back as infection ,other times not.but im getting up numerous times during the night ,and i never venture too far during the day as my bladder just doesnt want to hold alot of fluids.and its the usual run ,drible ,run ,over and again.
any advice would be greatly appreciated!!(have tried the cranberry and otc meds ,passing water before and after sex etc.just wish i could get rid of this ,as its getting me down.thankyou.

Yes, yes and it's horrible. My bladder recently fell and I now need surgery to put it back in place, the pain is unbearable most of the time, and now have colon problems as well. I have horrible pelvic floor pressure almost all the time, just horrible.

I had a full Hyst Jan of this year and am too suffering from bladder weakness. I had my Hyst to improve the quality of my life as years of insufferable periods had me at my witts end. I now find I can't go anywhere with planning my toliet stops and am dreading returning to work. I have had my urine checked for a UTI which came back all clear, I just feel like i need to sit all the time and hold everything in. I am throughly miserable and wish i had never had this operation. I would love to hear from those who have suffered as above and know what it is and how to i stop it.

I am scheduled for an hysto. next month. The I asked my dr about organ prolapse and incontinences.and adhesions prevention. . He just said nothing to worry about. I asked for preventative care and he was said it was not necessary. I think some preventative care would be a good idea. I feels like dr.s do not really listen but i think part of it is that medicin is also not that advanced in the care of the female organs. I am at the point that the best medicinal I can receive is a hysto. I am so upset and mad. I am very concerned about having organ prolapse after surgery.

Happychi. I wouldn't accept a glib answer like that from a doctor. You have the right to know what the possible complications are and what can be done to help prevent them. You have the right to make an informed choice about YOUR body.

My sense is that a surgeon who was very competent in this area would readily answer your questions. This would most likey be someone who is able to do reconstrutive surgery.

Also, I'd advise you to seek more information on your options. You can always decide at a later date to have this surgery, but once done, that's it.

This is just my opinion....not a doctor, but most of the women I know that had a hyst absolutely loved it. The few that had the complications had also had very big babies (stretching out ligaments that they re-attach everything to) or chemo (which also weakens some ligaments. I had both...hence the challenges. If you don't have either of these and aren't overweight, chances of not experiencing any problems are pretty high. The problems occur when organs don't stay attached to their new spots. I popped my internal stitching 3 months after my surgery overdoing it. That is when my problems occurred. If I would have listened and not tried to be such a superstar....I would still be loving my hyst outcome. Hope this helps:)

Thanks Jodyb, Alot of what you have said is probably true. Although for the first 5 weeks i was very good and did as instructed after that i did start to do prehaps a bit more than neccessary. However I didn't have big babies although i did have two c sections. My cons was going to open up a couple of inches above the scar area (same place for both sections) but changed his mide on the day. Three times now i've been opened up in the same spot. The other thing is that the cons said afterward (8 week check) that my bladder had stuck itself to the side of the womb probably when i had my last section (14 years ago) and proved awkward as my womb was high. In otherwords it was pulled off sending the bladder back into trama. I'm not sure what the answer is but have managed to get appoint,ment next week with my cons. I'll let you know how it goes.