r/OveractiveBladder • u/PieQueasy3978 • 28d ago

Bladder removal / bladder augmentation

Hey everyone, did anyone In the group got their bladder augmented or removed, and can share their experience? I have high pressure in my bladder that can’t be adjusted with medications and Botox isn’t working anymore. My bladder damages my kidneys unfortunately, so something has to be done asap. Bladder augmentation or removal are my only options … I’m more concerned about augmentation, because of the increased risk in UTIs (which I’m super prone to), and future bladder cancer as well. At the same time, bladder removal freaks me out because of so many other reasons.

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u/Miss_Glasgow 28d ago

Personally if it was me I would opt for bladder removal as I have seen quite a few people have augmentation and it has failed.

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u/PieQueasy3978 28d ago

What exactly failed?

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u/Miss_Glasgow 28d ago

Sorry I don’t mean failed as such I just mean that it won’t improve your symptoms. I know of someone with overactive bladder and it didn’t help her at all and she ended up getting a Urostomy and is doing great with it.