Question:
Has anyone discoverd that they do not pee as much after post-op

   — GARY A. (posted on April 16, 2003)

April 15, 2003
Caution, are you getting in all your water daily? There are a couple issues. If your pee is real dark and not plentiful you aree likely dehydrated. Now if your diabetic and your blood sugars are now normal then peeing less is normal. You can ask youre surgeon but what color is yours?
   — bob-haller

April 15, 2003
I am peeing all the time.. I drink well over 64 oz of fluid and its seems I am always on the pot LOL... It might be your not getting enough fluid intake...
   — Catherine B

April 15, 2003
Yes, I too have noticed that. Even though I get in all my liquids the urge to go has diminished. Soemtimes I can force it, if I remember to try. Not sure what's up with that.
   — Paula A.

April 15, 2003
Basic physics here: if you're urinating less than before surgery, you're either sweating more or drinking less. In either case, you're not drinking enough.
   — Chuck O.

April 15, 2003
I get all my fluids in and just don't have the urge as frequently as before. I can 'go' if I want to, its in there, but its the urge that has changed. I don't know what is up with that!
   — Cheri M.

April 15, 2003
Pre-op I was always a big water drinker and I would get up 1-2 times each night to pee. Now 6 months post-op, I drink even more water and never get up at night. I don't understand it. I seem to go the same during the day though.
   — Yolanda J.

April 15, 2003
For me, pre-op, I pee'd a lot. I was up 2-3 times during the night. I drink 64+ now and pee less. Why, I think it is because I no longer have the weight pressure on my bladder. My urge to pee constantly stopped just shortly after having the surgery.
   — bbjnay

April 15, 2003
I am the opposite, I never had to go pre-op. Now I am always having to go! I guess it is all the liquid I drink now. **13 mths PO, -200 lbs, crt wgt 125**
   — smedley200

April 16, 2003

   — Jazzy

April 16, 2003
You know, I'm pretty much the same. I don't go as much as I used to. However, as a previous poster noted- the 'urge' had changed. I thought that I was wierd (because what could RNY have to do with my bladder) for feeling that way too. I'm glad to know that someone else experiences it. I do not have the same feeling when I need to go. Sometimes I find that I actually have to go so bad that it presents as pain. When, before, my body would have sent me those familiar signals long before the pain arose. Wierd, huh?
   — LMCLILLY

April 16, 2003
I thought I wasn't drinking enough or something, but even if I drink a TON, I don't pee as much as I used to! I'm glad I'm not the only one!
   — Diana L.

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