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I used to be a teen-bedwetter (up to 14 & 1/2) with all the associated shame and loss of self-estime back in the sixties, I was the eldest of 3 and my sieblings and same age cousins were not affected by this condition. I was cured by the bell and pad alarm at the time. Unuseful to tell that I allways refused going to boy-scout camps...
3 years ago I got prostate surgery. Just after I was totally incontinent, I mostly recovered with physical therapy.
Right now I control it at daytime (going to bathroom every 2 hours) and about 2 nites out of 3 (going to the bathroom as soon as I wake up even if don't feel i need to). Whenever I have a continuous 7-hours sleep I bedwet : The urgency wakes me up in the morning but i cannot control a full bladder: as soon as I stand or even sit it starts flowing and I can't stop it. In my case watching football games while drinking beer with friends, has an almost certain result the next morning...
The physical therapist has let me know that very little or no hope for a total recovery might be expected. Thus I returned to wearing waterproof pants and diapers to bed.
I have to admit that huge progress were made for confort, discretion and efficiency with PUL pants and disposable diapers as compared to 45 years ago vinyl pants and used towels.
But even if it's less embarrassing it'a a real burden
I used to be a teen-bedwetter (up to 14 & 1/2) with all the associated shame and loss of self-estime back in the sixties, I was the eldest of 3 and my sieblings and same age cousins were not affected by this condition. I was cured by the bell and pad alarm at the time. Unuseful to tell that I allways refused going to boy-scout camps...
3 years ago I got prostate surgery. Just after I was totally incontinent, I mostly recovered with physical therapy.
Right now I control it at daytime (going to bathroom every 2 hours) and about 2 nites out of 3 (going to the bathroom as soon as I wake up even if don't feel i need to). Whenever I have a continuous 7-hours sleep I bedwet : The urgency wakes me up in the morning but i cannot control a full bladder: as soon as I stand or even sit it starts flowing and I can't stop it. In my case watching football games while drinking beer with friends, has an almost certain result the next morning...
The physical therapist has let me know that very little or no hope for a total recovery might be expected. Thus I returned to wearing waterproof pants and diapers to bed.
I have to admit that huge progress were made for confort, discretion and efficiency with PUL pants and disposable diapers as compared to 45 years ago vinyl pants and used towels.
But even if it's less embarrassing it'a a real burden