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Radiotherapy may irritate your bladder.
You may need to pass urine more often.
You may feel some burning or stinging when you pass urine. (This is called cystitis.) If you get it, please tell us. We may be able to give you antibiotic medicine.
You can also help yourself by doing these things:
- Drink more fluids during your course of treatment. This makes you less likely to get cystitis, and can make it less painful if you do.
- Don't be tempted to drink less, so that you pass less water. This will make your urine more concentrated and it will hurt even more.
- Avoid acid fruit juices, alcohol, coffee and smoking. Drinking plenty of tap or bottled water may help.
- Bathe regularly and keep yourself clean after you go to the toilet.
- Tell your nurse, doctor or radiographer if your urine is cloudy or smelly. This may be a sign it is infected. Antibiotic medicine can clear this up.
- If you are leaking urine - for example when you cough or sneeze - tell your nurse. They may be able to help.
