# Woman, 31, left peeing 40 times a day due to chronic bladder condition

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/woman-31-left-peeing-40-times-a-day-due-to-chronic-bladder-condition/
- Published: 2026-11-10T17:15:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T17:40:42+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/10/health/woman-31-left-peeing-40-times-a-day-due-to-chronic-bladder-condition/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Bladder pain syndrome left Frost needing the toilet up to 40 times daily.
- An implanted pacemaker reduced her urgency and pain.
- She later gave birth to her son.

## Summary

Melissa Frost, 31, has bladder pain syndrome, which caused severe pain and an urgent need to urinate many times a day. After years of symptoms being treated as possible urinary infections, a diagnosis and implanted bladder pacemaker brought substantial relief, highlighting the impact of the condition and the challenges of getting it recognised.

Diagnosed at 16, Frost said she sometimes went to the toilet 30 times a day and ten times at night, and spent nine years taking painkillers. A pacemaker fitted in July 2022 blocks some signals between her bladder and brain; she now urinates about 15 times in 24 hours and no longer needs painkillers. Despite concerns that pregnancy could be difficult, she gave birth to her son in September 2024.

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