Friday, Jan 26, 2018

Thoughts on incontinence.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I experienced my third bout of incontinence in 2017, after spine surgery and having a catheter in and out for the month of August.

After surgery my first efforts at recovery involved a lot of walking. After a while (it seemed like forever to me) my surgeon agreed to physical therapy for my back, which was very stiff. When that was completed my back felt much better and I then concentrated on incontinence.

I started physical therapy for incontinence in late November and while I am still not 100% continent, I am much improved.

2018 will be a year where I continued to work on my back and my bladder. I will continue to walk, do stretching and strengthening exercises, and do my Kegels as instructed by my therapist.

I'm not a patient person by nature. My surgeon says my back won't be fully healed for another year and a half. My urology therapist says it will be months before I'm fully continent. The important thing is to keep at it - what other choice do I have?