Has anyone suffered from any form of urinal incontinence / issues after chemoradiation?
It's been 1.5 years since my pelvic radiation targetting a tumour at the rectum. I first complained about my frequent urination a couple of months back, the first suspect was simply UTI (urinary tract infection). Did a urinal analysis and found some bacteria growth, took antibiotics and got sorted out. However I am feeling a bit of leakage now and again when I thought I had finished doing number 1. They did another urinal analysis and it was inconclusive. The doctor wouldn't call my situation an incontinence one at the moment as it has not gotten to anything serious as yet. I could still control my bladder on most days apart from the wee leakage now and again.
They did however suggested that I go check myself in with a urologist as he is concerned that the radiation might have caused collateral damage and affected the urethra sphincter muscles! (Didn't realise urethra had sphincter muscles as the discussion on this board is often of the rectum) He mentioned that the female urethra sphincter can be quite close to the rectum sphincter.
I know I have to get round to checking in with a urologist soon but just wondering if anyone had anything similar to share? Thanks !