Dr. Appointment.

I'm thinking about telling the nurse practitioner at my Dr. office about my night time issues when I go in for my next visit to have my blood pressure and cholesterol checked. To go along with them I can't seem to wait as long between bathroom visits during the day now, I have to pee about every 2 hours. I used to be able to hold it for at least 5-6. What can I expect her reaction to be and what tests will she do, if any ?

I'm thinking this is stress related since that was a trigger in tha past, along with certain medicines, and it will clear up when things settle down.

Absolutely tell her. That's her job. While this probably isn't a serious medical issue, it probably will not clear up on it's own. So be honest with her. Because you are only there for a B/P and a cholesterol check, you may only be in a 5 minute time slot and she may ask you to reschedule. Please don't think she is pushing you away or doesn't think your problem is important. She's just trying to stay on task and on schedule because as you know, it's highly annoying as a patient to have to wait after you are already back in an exam room for the doc.

So tell her what's going on. Good luck and happy peeing...but not so much, lol.

Leo time i agree with mash here. If you are urinating that much it could be a sign of diabetes. I remember when i was peeing every two hours thru the nite and didnt bother to get things checked then. Well turned out it was type 2 diabetes and after all that time of frequent urinating and accidents i happend to damgage my nerves from neglect.

Had i bothered to get it checked then i probably wouldnt have become incontinent and saved me from alot of embaressing things thru life. SO get it checked and make sure they check blood sugar also. But its easy you pee in a cup and they tell you whats up health wise.

And they might even give you a blood sugar test. Little pin prick you barely feel and a drop of blood onto a glucose monitor and you will know in 5 seconds whats up.

Thank you, I just need to get over the embarassment of telling someone other than the woman I love that I wet the bed and wear diapers because of it.

Wish me luck.

I wish you luck. I know it may be embaressing to tell your doctor your wetting the bed , however with the symptons your telling about id say suffer the one minute embaressment to save you a life of it. You will see leo that its not as embaressing as you think it is to tell your doctor. Remember he/she has seen this a thousand times before. Way more embaressing to havea accidnet around someone or in public then to tell your doctor about it.

I mentioned the nurse practitioner because I think it easier to talk to a woman about this than a another man. I don't know why, other than I feel more comfortable with her. Will she be able to make any decisions without consulting the Dr., or will he want to see me too.

She can make decisions on her own unless it's out of her scope of practice, which at this point it isn't. The will be able to give you all the prelims you need in order to trouble shoot what the cause of your urinary issues might be.

Hope this helps!

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I'm thinking about telling the nurse practitioner at my Dr. office about my night time issues when I go in for my next visit to have my blood pressure and cholesterol checked. To go along with them I can't seem to wait as long between bathroom visits during the day now, I have to pee about every 2 hours. I used to be able to hold it for at least 5-6. What can I expect her reaction to be and what tests will she do, if any ? I'm thinking this is stress related since that was a trigger in tha past, along with certain medicines, and it will clear up when things settle down.

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What is your fluid intake like? And do you have a problem healing in your lower extremities? None the less you must always consult your Medical Professional.

I agree you should tell her about you wetting problem . If it hasn't been looked at . She is a professional an things like that can be do to several medical problems. My problem was I never told my doctor for many years because I was embarrassed want he would think of me. But I finally told a new doctor an by that time . Nothing could be done for me then. I had a old compression fracture of my lower spine . An it put pressure on the never going to my bladder. So now I don't have any control. I recently had a Dr. appointment to see a new doctor. I am going to a VA clinic for care. So they now have in my medical records I am incontinent of my bladder. Well I had a bad diaper rash going on . An didn't know what to put on it to clear it up. So I had to show him what it looked like . I have had a few doctors in the past see my diapers . But for some reason it's still a bit embarrassing for me to show a new doctor my diaper. When I finally had to drop my pants an he saw my diaper. I just said I'm sorry about this . But "he just said don't worry about it ".

The medical profession are very matter of fact about incontinence and enuresis. I am glad I saw my Doctor about it when my bedwetting came back as I wouldn't have found I was diabetic. I was refered to both a urologist and a continence nurse and they were very good and it wasn't in the least embarrassing My incontinence cannot be cured but at least I get a supply of pads and slips via the NHS continence service. . My medical notes state I am incontinent and I am usually asked how I am coping at my diabetic check ups. I see the continence nurse every so often to make sure I am OK and getting the most suitable pads available.

My advice is if you are bedwetting or having daytime incontinence is to see your doctor. In most cases it can be cured.