Retired from the military 12 years ago. Enjoy doing woodworking projects and when I'm bored (Quite often) you can find me fishing. I suffered major trauma to my groin area by sitting on a coffee table counter-topped with 3/4" glass. The table and glass broke and cut my colon in 9 different places, my lower intenstine, my bowel and destoyed my bladder and external schpinter muscle. The restuctured bladder developed a very large diverticula which sits lower then the actual bladder, so I get frequent UTI's and is why I take Macrobid. I didn't care to have a bag hanging on my leg or anything inserted, that is why I were diapers. The doctor say's the Uroxitral is to strenghten the muscles of the bladder and maybe someday I'll give up the diapers.


Hello Joe,
Welcome to our community. I'm glad you've found us. Thanks for sharing your story. Who knew that sitting down could cause such serious health problems. I'm sorry to hear of your injuries. It sounds like you're managing your incontinence well.
I'd like to connect you with another community member here on our site. His name is Pete, and here's a link to his profile where you can read about him, see the SharePosts he's written, and contact him if you'd like to chat: http://www.healthcentral.com/incontinence/c/2288/profile/. Feel free to connect with other members anytime as well. That's why we're here.
I hope to hear more from you. Write again soon. And if I can help you find other resources or information, just let me know.
Best regards,
Maria
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