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987762 tn?1671273328

Incontinence, urgency, frequency, UTI's and all that jazz...

Hey Guy's and Doll's

As i work out the right words to get this topic open for discussion, my focus is totally distracted...... you guessed it, by the need to urinate. I'm dealing with the lot, incontinence, urgency, frequency and UTI so speeeeeeecial lol lucky me (humf) UTI's are nothing new if your a woman, sexually active, had vaginal births etc etc kind of goes with the territory right, but talking to girlfriends about your water works can get a tad frustrating, there are only so many times and ways you can explain, that for you, incontinence has nothing to do with coughing or laughing......

Incontinence - bladders lack of foresight that you need to go potty, the new warning signs that you need to go..... would be the urine running down your leg, that or having a wet sock again. lol

Urgency - normal signals that you need to go but NOW, HURRY UP I SAID NOW, trampling over everyone and their dog to get to the loo in time.....er is not so normal lol

Frequency - bladder OCD, urinate and exit bathroom, turn around urinate and exit bathroom, repeat, repeat, repeat

UTI - natures way of letting you know you have a urethra, typical signs are weeing acid, wee that looks like should have its own bio-hazzard warning label and repeating OMG OMG OMG OMG as you wee pause wee pause wee pause wee

A typical day for me starts off with...... 10 9 8 - HURRY - 7 6 5 4 - HURRY FASTER - 3 2 1 seconds before OMG OMG OMG OMG, followed by a mack truck parking in my urethra, running the tap to fill the kettle for my morning coffee 10 9 8 - HURRY - 7 6 5........OMG OMG OMG OMG, mack truck now reverse parking repeat repeat repeat ohoh there's urine running down my leg again argh STOP RUNNING THE TAP 10 9 8.........

............i'm seriously thankful I don't wet my self when i laugh! :D

Cheers, hugs and incontinence pads............JJ  

  

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987762 tn?1671273328
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Oh ess, that must of been rough! I'm the opposite, and have only experienced fecal incontinence from the more than recommended stool softeners, i took trying to get something moving, lesson learned...

Hugs...........JJ

PS I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed for you too!
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Glad the sun is shining, birds are singing and things are looking up for you. Here it's still summer, despite being September, and as I'm at the beach I will soon head out for a mini-frolic, if not a swim. Autumn will not even start till October, with leaves at their glory around Halloween. So life is good here too.

MS is ever present, though. Yesterday I had my first episode of fecal incontinence, which I thought I'd been spared. I wasn't sick, all was normal on that front, or so I thought, when I got that familiar 'Run, ess, run!!' thing, but from the area just adjacent to the usual. And I didn't quite make it. Just possibly this was a one-off and had nothing to do with anything, except maybe age. I'm hoping for that with all fingers and toes crossed. The idea of being permanently diapered is too depressing to even consider.

ess
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987762 tn?1671273328
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I heard this song on the radio this morning, and i instantly thought of you guys and dolls.....

"Que Sera" by justice crew

At the end of the day, some you win, some you don’t
So I’m glad that I’m here, with some friends that I know
Always there with a smile, saying you’re not alone
Singing la la la la.....Que sera

Yesterday is history....you gotta get through it
Tomorrow is a mystery, so let’s just do it!

***********

Well i've really been testing if i'm dealing with 'stress incontinence' too, hubby's shared his flu bug with everyone, i've been sneezing and coughing for the last few days..........the gods have got to be smiling, cause i absolutely know for sure that i don't have that particular problem too!  YEEEE HAAAAA lol

Today the sun is shining, summer for us over this side of the world, is well and truly on its way, things are surly going to be interesting this ski season ....er....awkwaaaaard lol

Hugs.........JJ

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1168718 tn?1464983535
Also wit the urodynamics, did you find when they kept AKSING , well, anytime would be good, should be put on the water, oh no, not a good idea, just made me hurt and become more embarassed....... well, they kept this up for about 45 minutes, then they said "BARE DOWN THAT TA GIRL" ..... AGAIN ..... then me, ( trying to lighten the room yelled ....... IS IT HERE YET !!!  CAN YOU SEE IT !!  ...... well, I SO shocked them that at first they didn't know what to do, then they saw my quizzicle look, and they just cracked up .  

At the end of the tubes and cameras,, and water, and more poking, we all agreed that it could have gone better, but my humor was so funny, they loved it, and wanted me back .    I felt like opening my gown, and baring my behind and say NOPE ........ but, well, we won't go what they did next.  LOL

Just thought another funny thing that happened, and wanted to share...

We have to face this with humor, or we would go INSANE !!!

((HUGS)) to all
Candy

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5265383 tn?1669040108
Oh yes, and add to this the indignity of any sort of urodynamic test ... "Do you feel like you need to go yet?"  "No." "No." "No."

"Now cough."

Oops.  (The splat reverbrates throughout the room). "I am SO sorry."

"Do you feel like you need to go now?"

"Noooo .... "

(Yes, this was my last Friday.)

Thanks for the funny thread, JJ :).

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5509293 tn?1428531475
you are all too much. Too, too funny, and too, too cool that y'all can laugh! hoping your bladders give you a break !! Ess, I had my doc tell me that stress incontinence can occur without vaginal birth - mine were Csections, but I have to say I thought this was a little weird, and kinda overreaching on the part of a young, uppity male primary. Where is Quix when the bladder stories come out??????? that's what I want to know!
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987762 tn?1671273328
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Oh i forgot.....

Nocturnal - The interrupted sleep pattern of bladder urgency members know as B.U.M-Mers, proficient sleep walkers and usually sporting eye-bags big enough to have their own zip code.

Bladder issues - Medically recognised exercise program with 1/2 hourly sessions of hopping, jogging, sprinting, hurdling, lunges, leg squats, stomach crunches and pelvic floor strength training.

I love the idea of asking DH what he thinks of me giving botox a go, it would be a hoot, for sure he'd be looking at my wrinkles and wondering if this is the modern version of "does my bum look big in this?" lol

Botox might be a better option for me than self cathing if it gets to that, my tremor(s) and double vision, would probably turn it more into a game of pin the tail on the donkey, now that would be fun......err not!

Apparently the stats on bladder issues are up around 80%, (i haven't found a split for gender yet) most of the tips and tricks i've found are focused more on women but men definitely deal with bladder issues too, maybe its doesn't happen as often but it still happens.

lol You know you've got a problem with your plumbing... when your 'teenager' can point out every toilet within your wobble distance, you dress for fast clothing removal and ignore current fashion trends unless it comes in elastic, and it really makes your day, when you discover the mobile phone pocket in your hand bag, is the best hiding place to stash your emergency undies :D

Keep on laughing people.............JJ
  
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1168718 tn?1464983535
OMG I have missed your JJ !!!   You could NOT have put my situation any better , I have needed the POISE pads now too.  I thought using a catheter was supposed to make that part of my life easier.  But, NO, I bump into the walls, trip on the stairs, and the dog yelps as I stand on her, and still you think you are almost good, you just stop to undo your pants and you are to late , it is flooding out, and as you try to sit down, you do so so hard you almost crack the toilet seat.  then you swear under your breath, YELL at hubby to get some new undies, and he doesn't answer so, you think the house is clear, and you run bare bummed to your room to get new ones, and then it is time to do it again.

OHHHHHHHH ............... it hurts !!!  

Well, hope to chat again soon,
Will let you guys know how my uro specialists appt !!!

((HUGS))
Candy
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1831849 tn?1383228392
It's not just the XX set that are beset with bladder fun! Us XY club members also have our share.

Luckily for me incontinence is not an issues. I do have major hesitancy issues and have had two UTI's in the last 12 months. One doc, at a Doc-In-The Box told me that men don't get UTI's. I asked how many men with MS he'd treated :-)

Kyle
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Avatar universal
JJ, you are a true hoot!

I recognize myself in so much of what you've described. And since I've never had children, I can readily say no, it's not stress incontinence. Laughing, sneezing, etc. do not bring this on for me. MS craziness does, and my uro-gyno agrees.

ess

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572651 tn?1530999357
you just made me pee my pants laughing!  LOL.

The countdown image is so true -thankfully the use of botox has given changed that countdown for me to start at about 28....

thanks for the laughs.
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5887915 tn?1383378780
Oh JJ, you have hit the nail on the head with this one and all with giving us a good chuckle in the process. The urgency one is my personal favourite & I have stormed around with my 4 wheel walker yelling at my dog & furniture to get out of the way, coming through. When I get to the loo I sometimes only do a few spoonfuls & sit there cursing my bladder for making me nearly break my neck for that.

When you get the spasms during a UTI I find myself saying a prayer as I'm about to go. The anticipation is agony in it's own right.

Thanks for that JJ...I can relate to everything you have put there. I hope your UTI is on it's way out.

Hugs,

Karry.

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4943237 tn?1428991095
JJ, you have such a way with the words that I always have a good chuckle when I read what you've read.

You've about summed up our urinary issues perfectly, couldn't have put it better myself.  :-)

The look you get from friends when you tell them you've been to the potty AT LEAST 20 times in the day really is priceless.  No, I'm not from another planet lol.  

I told a couple of close friends this week about my new issue (incontinence) and luckily was met with nothing but compassion and understanding.  Of all the issues I've had over the last couple of years, this is probably the one that's got to me the most.  

On a lighter side, my children are at that age where they send away for all things free, getting some sent to friends as a joke, and have been sending away for adult size nappies of late.  I think the look on their faces would have been priceless, had I told them their mother was having thoughts that one of them might come in handy about now!!

Best wishes

Poppy
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