No Sleep due to night time urination

[anickstairs]

Now that I have the most uncomfortable mask for Sleep Apnea (found after a black out and ran into a tree) I have enough trouble sleeping. Being a diabetic I always make sure (With Lantus, long lasting insulin) my blood sugars are below the thesh-hold of 200 mldl to prevent that diabetic want to rid extra sugars. So, Now I am still urinating over one and a 1/2+ liters every evening waking me 3-6 times a night. What a nightmare. I do have an elarged prostate (can anything else go wrong?) and used to take a medication for that extra urination but it was not more than 1/8 to 1/4 liter. the ones now are at least 1/3 to 1/2 a liter at a time. What to do? I have got to get sleep soon. I did make a "Urologist" appointment for this tuesday. But what if I stop this with meds and it is really caused by some underlying "Other" complication...and I would only worsen it by stopping it?

Thnak you ... Anickstairs

[anickstairs]

I will absolutely Do that...Kapalbhati pranayam, I just read it is a type of yoga...I never did that I will get right on that, Thanks, Hava..
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and Mammo...Great that you know this, how important it is for me for my age at 61 to get these things in order

You guys are Outstanding!

Thank you Mammo and Hava

Anickstairs

[hava]

Dec 12, 2010 To reduce the prostate, do this pranayam daily for 30 minutes, twice a day.
Let me know how you feel after 28 days.
Build up your timing gradually.If you feel tired or dizzy, stop and resume after one minute.
Kapalbhati pranayam -(Do it before eating) Push air forcefully out through the nose about once per second. Stomach will itself go in(contract in). The breathing in(through the nose) will happen automatically. Establish a rhythm and do for 20 to 30 minutes twice a day. Children under 15 years – do 5 to 10 minutes twice a day.
Not for pregnant women. Seriously ill people do it gently.

[mammo]

Be careful of what you eat in the evenings to make sure your sugar isn't going up.  With an enlarged prostate, your bladder is probably not able to empty completely and this means you will have to go often.  Your prostate is pressing on your urethra only allowing a partial emptying, so as soon as your bladder get a just a bit more urine in it, you have to go again, because it's never empty.  Your bladder is probably becoming very muscular from having to work harder at eliminating the urine. This can cause bladder and kidney problems, so it's good that you are seeing a Urologist.  Take care.