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Dad had prostate cancer 20 years ago and had his prostate removed. He now has recurrent prostate cancer, but the urologist assures me his bladder is emptying. I take him to the toilet every 2 hours throughout the day, until bedtime. I make sure Dad has his coffee in the morning early, and about 2 full glasses of water before 3pm. I give him about 4 ounces of water with his evening pills at 4pm, and NO MORE liquids after that. I'm baffled. He gets up once or twice each night to urinate. In the morning I discover sometimes the bed chuck is wet, and his disposable brief is soaked. Where is all the pee coming from?? The expense of disposable briefs and guards is outrageous. He goes through 6-8 guards a day in spite of being taken to the toilet.

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Yes, it is. It generally happens in the end of the middle stage to the end stage, but may happen more or less quickly dependent on overall health. As your Dad has already had some problems this wouldn't be unusual.
Do discuss all of this with the doctor to rule out anything that may help with the situation.
This is easily, by the way, researched online with your favorite search engine. Just type in "incontinence and dementia" on the search bar.

I wish you the best.
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It is possible that when he goes to the toilet he is not fully emptying his bladder.
Sometimes a change of position will help with that.
If he is sitting in a recliner about 15 minutes before you get him up to go to the bathroom sit the chair up a bit. If he is on the couch or upright chair get him up and walk him a bit before going to the bathroom. Just this slight change might help.
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