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Hello new friends. I'm new to NAFC (obviously)and would like to introduce myself. I am Chris. I'm a 57 year old pharmacist. I am uhappily married to my love of 27+ years. We met a church and had a wonderful courtship. We have two grown children in college.
As a child, I wet my bed until well into JR high school and continue to very sporadically. I did not believe I had any pathology just what I described as a golf ball sized bladder. When I finally had urodynamic testing, my golf ball analogy was not far off. My bladder spasms at one-tenth of its capacity. Usually I can hold it but there is always those times. I remember my first public accidents vividly. I was walking back from lunch and no bathroom in sight. Bam! I soaked my front end and even filled my shoes. In line to valet park at a hotel. I had to hide my front side with a backpack and buy dry clothes. At any number of malls. And of course at home. I started with Depends Guards at work to catch leaks. Then cotton underwear with built in guards. I read everything I could find and tried several medications. I retrained my bladder or so I thought. I could write a urology treatise....
Fast forward few years. I watch how much of what I drink, that is when and where, and wear a diaper accordingly. I think of them as underwear and I'm over most of the embarrassment. Early on, I tried condom catheters. They were awful. I hated the tube banging around. So I now wear a diaper at work if there is a chance I cannot get to a toilet in a timely fashion. On trips, at the mall, and at home after my second leak. There are usually more to follow. Speaking of more to follow that is all for now.
As a child, I wet my bed until well into JR high school and continue to very sporadically. I did not believe I had any pathology just what I described as a golf ball sized bladder. When I finally had urodynamic testing, my golf ball analogy was not far off. My bladder spasms at one-tenth of its capacity. Usually I can hold it but there is always those times. I remember my first public accidents vividly. I was walking back from lunch and no bathroom in sight. Bam! I soaked my front end and even filled my shoes. In line to valet park at a hotel. I had to hide my front side with a backpack and buy dry clothes. At any number of malls. And of course at home. I started with Depends Guards at work to catch leaks. Then cotton underwear with built in guards. I read everything I could find and tried several medications. I retrained my bladder or so I thought. I could write a urology treatise....
Fast forward few years. I watch how much of what I drink, that is when and where, and wear a diaper accordingly. I think of them as underwear and I'm over most of the embarrassment. Early on, I tried condom catheters. They were awful. I hated the tube banging around. So I now wear a diaper at work if there is a chance I cannot get to a toilet in a timely fashion. On trips, at the mall, and at home after my second leak. There are usually more to follow. Speaking of more to follow that is all for now.
