does anyone experience this?

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Hi All,

I have gastroparesis (vagal nerve damage to stomach) as a result of getting

my gall bladder out. I also have sphincter of oddi dysfunction - my last

ERCP w/sphincterotomy (both biliary & pancreatic sphincters were cut) and

placement of a pancreatic stent left me with pancreatitis.

I've been having problems keeping food & water down, let alone pain pills

or antinasea pills. My stomach gi thinks it's either the gp getting worse

or maybe it's chronic pancreatitis (my pancreatic & liver enzymes are all

normal) - so I'm scheduled for a gastric emptying scan on the 8th to see

if it's the stomach that's been acting up.

GP is one form of neuropathy (it's autonomic), and I have peripheral neuropathy

in my right leg (which started about a year or two after the gp).

Since the pancreatitis, I've had trouble urinating - meaning I can't go all

the way - it's like I can't empty my bladder completely, so I go all the time -

at least 3 times a nite I wake up to go.

I wound up at the ER on Fri - w/severe upper abdominal pain - they said it's

not pancreatitis since my levels were normal (yet I know they don't have

to be " off " to have pancreatitis - and my stomach gi dr agrees). They said it

was the SOD, gave me IV painkillers and sent me home. I told them about

the urination problem, and they said I should mention it to my stomach gi.

I searched on the internet to see if underactive bladder can be related to

neuropathy - and it appears it can. I'm worried that the neuropathies I already

have are just going to get worse and that I'm going to wind up with more of them

affecting more organs/body parts. What can I do to help prevent this from

happening?

Does anyone else have this bladder symptom? What do you do about it?

I'm drinking lots of water and lots of blueberry - juice, tea - to make

sure I'm flushing the urinary system as best I can, and I'm taking

Uva Ursi hoping that'll help too.

Any advice/input would be greatly apprectiated.

Cathie in PA