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   CJ Bellwether (siege@octodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 04:35:06 JST CJ Bellwether

   can bladders actually shrink? like i found out during surgery recovery due to a blocked catheter that was ignored by a nurse on shift, the following shift nurse who actually acknowledged my point that itw as blocked said my bladder held 3x the normal bladder limit, but now due to a change in urethral gravity i cant sleep longer than 7 hours without my bladder deciding its time for action. Am i just doomed to a super sized bladder that wont ever see its full potential again or might it shrink from nonusage?

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     CJ Bellwether (siege@octodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 05:03:32 JST CJ Bellwether

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     • Senemura Cutler

     @epiceneVivant thank you, its ok, fortunately not an overactive bladder scenario, just not being able to ignore needing to wee when i first wake up anymore and having to do somethinga bout it rather than just going back to sleep.

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     Senemura Cutler (epicenevivant@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 05:03:33 JST Senemura Cutler

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     @siege So this is something you can see a urologist about. I've had the same problem the last few months, I saw mine yesterday, & they're doing some tests. "Overactive bladder" is one possibility, and there's treatments for that. So yeah you can try and get this treated (assuming that Drs don't routinely deny you care as some unprivileged ppl have to deal with).