Thank you from Dawn!
A thank you to everyone for your thoughts about urinary incontinence. Today we
are working on some of your ideas. For example, Celeste needs a place close to
home (the medical center that treats her is 30 minutes away in the downtown
area) where we can drop a urine specimen and have it tested for infection.
Hopefully, then when we suspect one I can just drop it off and get the diagnosis
rather than trying to figure out how to get her downtown etc.
Also we have another trick for others who are able. It only works for people who
are pretty mobile. We bought one of those small (about 3 feet in diameter) mini
trampolines. When Celeste is going out of the house somewhere and she doesn't
want to wet herself, she jumps on the tramp for a couple minutes and believe me
all the urine she has comes out in the diaper. Just going to the bathroom
doesn't work because she thinks she has emptied her bladder when she really
hasn't. This is a great little trick and will afford a couple hours of more
confidence. Also this is a way to keep yourself hydrated. Drink a lot during
the day but every couple of hours jump on the tramp and empty yourself. That
way you have some control over your messes. I know for many many people on this
list this is impossible but for some it may work. Don't know if it will work
for the men. I don't know enough about men's plumbing to say. We got the tramp
at Meijer's for like $25.00. Good luck, D!
!
awn
PS I am not as active on the list as I use to be because my home computer is on
the fritz so I have to read and send e-mails from work. I feel guilty spending
much time doing this so I try to keep it to a minimum. Someday I will get my
home computer fixed. My best to all.