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I can not find any useful information about frequent night toilet trips with respect to prostate cancer. So far my cancer is zip, 8 months out from EBRT. I called the Arizona Mayo clinic, they said that they did not have any doctors with experience in that area and to try the MN Mayo, have not called them yet. Have appt with my PCP later this week to see if my HMO is going to do anything about not getting sufficient sleep, am taking two naps a day, especially with exercise, just plain tired. The only thing that I could find on the web was a paper (by my HMO!!!!) "Evaluation of Nocturia in the Elderly" that suggested using desmopressin, which my doctors say is a bad drug that can upset the electrolyte balance in the body. And no doctor in his right mind would prescribe this drug. Of course the manufacturer of this drug does not have any bad things to say!
Aloha Patrick,
Things were very bad, third week into EBRT, the Oncologist gave me Flomax & Oxybutynin. Both gave me bad sinus headach. (Only used one at a time, twice to verify that was causing the headach.)
Thanks,
Joe
I finished EBRT 9 months ago. My PSA has been zero since then, but I am still on hormone shots. I usually get up at night every 2-3 hours to pee. If I exercise a lot in a day, I can sometimes make it through all night, but rarely. I just chalk it up to the PCa and am glad I am still here to get up at all. Alan
Like Alan, I finished IMRT a little more than 5 months ago.
I have been on Flomax almost the entire time since I was diagnosed 11 months ago.
I had to double up on it about 3 weeks into the radiation and by the time the therapy was over I could still barely urinate despite the drugs.
That got better after a few weeks and I am now trying to get off the Flomax.
I can get by for about 3-4 days without it and take one then just to loosen up the flow.
I still seem to need to get up 2-3 times a night with or without the Flowmax.
It depends on how much fluid intake I have before bed time.
I've learned to live with it.
I'm just glad that when I get to the toilet I can take care of business like a normal human being.
I finished IMRT 11 years ago. The past 6 months I need to get up at night every 90 minutes to pee, just like clock work. Most times it is productive, occasionally a dry run. Not looking forward to a TURP. Have appointment with PCP soon. If dead tired from hiking mountains I could go almost all night last year. Have not been dead tired this year yet. Any ideas?
