bladder feeling full

[sullidog]

About a year after I went on dialysis, I still had good urination, not like someone normal but still good, a lot came out, however I would never have some much that I would feel the urg to go, I could hold it and just went to the bathroom out of habit to pea, however lately I've had felt the urg to go like my bladder is full and I'd go drain my bladder and go, then it would be fine, then I'd go throughout my day then have to go again. I probably now go 3 to 4 times a day. Do you think this is a fluke or what? Have any of you that have been on dialysis experienced something like this? I'm not getting any hopes up but it's just something to look into. I guess we'll see how the labs look.

[fearless]

what is the cause of your kidney failure?

[RightSide]

I never lost the ability to pee regularly while I was on dialysis.  I still had about 9% residual kidney function and so I peed regularly throughout the day.  The problem was that my kidneys weren't filtering toxins into my urine, instead they were dumping protein into it.

So I still needed dialysis--not to take fluid off, but to remove those toxins from my bloodstream and rebalance my electrolytes.

[sullidog]

I'm on the center waiting list for the clearence test I guess they don't have enough jugs to go around so gotta wait my turn.

[jojosmommy]

I know EXACTLY what your talking about.  I've been on dialysis a little over a year as well.  I still pee, but like you said, I've sort of lost the feeling of a full bladder. I was assuming that it was just because it doesn't get as full as it used to.  However, there are times that i need to go a LOT!  Just this morning i nearly wet the bed because I couldn't tell how full my bladder was... and it was REALLY full!    My best guess is that it's a "use it or loose it"  type situation.  Maybe since we don't use our bladder as much, it starts to lose the sensation... or maybe our brains just don't recognize it?  Just guessing here. 

As for getting to pee more... I don't know about that one either.  I always run through the possibilities with myself... could it just be from more fluid intake?  Could it just be that my function has momentarily increased?  (I know pre-dialysis my function would fluctuate) Could it be that I just relaxed enough to let my body work better? (I do have a lot of stress)

I don't really have any good answers for you, but I do relate.  If anyone has any good answers out there, I would love to hear them as well!