u/Rude_Owl_6901

For the last three months, I (31F) have been having what feels like “I could pee” all the time. It’s not an emergency urge, it’s just the sensation that I could go pee at any time even after I’ve just gone. I can hold it, it doesn’t feel like a sudden emergency.

The weird part is, I do actually go. Like I can pee, and immediately after feel like I can pee again, wait 20 minutes and when I do I do actually pee. So I feel like I am actually producing a lot more urine than usual. I’m not hydrating more than usual (I’ve actually been dehydrated a bit for the past few times I’ve gotten blood work).

I have a large fibroid (3 inches) that I had a procedure done to shrink last year (it was previously 5 inches). None of my doctors seem to think that’s related though, including the urologist, gynecologist, and my Interventional Radiologist doctor who did my fibroid procedure.

Ultrasound showed I am voiding completely but the urologists scanner was being thrown off by my fibroid and their scanner thought I was retaining urine.

Urologist insists I try medication for OAB but I don’t feel like I have the classic symptoms of OAB. It never feels urgent, and if I go to pee I do actually pee quite a bit (not dribbling or leaking, not waking up at night to go, etc).

I don’t want to take medication if I don’t have to (I’m already on other medications for other things and I just don’t want more if I don’t have to).

Looking to get thoughts/hear about other people’s experiences

I wasn’t thinking about it until after. Today I fed a couple of wild chipmunks out of my hand while on a trail. I know it’s not good to. How much risk am I at?

Made an effort to not touch my face or anything but now I’m paranoid.

I am in New York

I’ll try to keep this short because otherwise it could be very long lol. Basically I went to the doctor in spring of 2024 because I was having lower abdominal and bladder pressure. After a ton of tests, it was found that I had a huge (5inch) fibroid on the outside of my uterus. I had a UFE done in June of 2024.

After that initial UFE, my 6 month follow up MRI showed only extremely minimal shrinkage because they missed one of the main arteries feeding the fibroid. In June 2025, I had the UFE done again. That time, it was extremely painful afterwards and I ended up in the hospital for a night due to excruciating pain that was making my physically ill (vomiting).

After that I did feel better. No pressure on my bladder anymore. MRI showed it shrunk by over an inch.

Now, almost a year later- I am having bladder pressure again for the last two weeks. I feel like I have to pee all the time, even if I just peed. Getting to sleep at night is not fun either with feeling like my bladders full but it’s not. Feels like it did before I got the UFE… I read it’s pretty rare for a UFE fibroid to grow bigger again after a UFE but idk how true that is.

Anyone experienced recurrence of symptoms months after UFE? I’ve been calling my doctor who did the procedure and monitored the progress but I haven’t gotten a call back yet.