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Pete

posted 02/27/2009, comment (1)

Doctors and Disappointments: Frustrations at Dealing with the Medical Community

I'm sure many of you, like me, have been dealing with incontinence and the associated issues for a long time. And, like me, I'm sure you have had your share of disappointments in trying to obtain medical care for it. I don't think doctors and their staff mean to be uncaring or insensitive. I know they are very busy. But that is no excuse... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/17/2009, comment (1)

Foley Woes

(I should have titled this post "Catheter Woes" but I think "Foley Woes" is a more memorable title!) Although it has been almost four weeks since my Botox procedure and "Foley" left about two weeks ago, my bladder has not fully recovered so I still have to self-catheterize to empty. "Foley" left some scar tissue at my urinary opening... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/08/2009, comments (0)

Urge Incontinence and Botox Redux

As many of you who have read my SharePosts know, I have access to intravesical Botox (which is "fancy" way of saying Botox injections into my bladder!) for my urge incontinence (UI). My UI developed as a side effect of a TURP to remove some infected tissue that was thought to be contributing to chronic UTIs. I was hoping that my doctor... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/01/2009, comments (26)

Daytime incontinence

Our son Alexander is 10 years old and has severe incontinence problems. He wears cloth diapers and plastic pants to bed and it is no big problem for him. However he suffers from daytime bladder and bowel incontinence too which is a much bigger problem for him. To cope with his daytime problem he wears diapers during shopping trips and car trips,... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/29/2009, comments (2)

Questions about Catheters for Incontinence

I received a message from a member of IncontinenceNetwork.com asking me several questions about catheters. Specifically, this individual suffers from overflow incontinence and is considering using a Foley catheter at night to keep his/her bladder empty, preventing nighttime accidents. Although I have written many times about catheters, I... Read more Chevron

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