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Hello, all. My name is Harvey. I'm a native New Yorker who was treated for prostate cancer 20 years ago.
Though I had side effects, urinary incontinence wasn't one of them.
In 2022, I started to experience bedwetting but it was manageable. By manageable I mean 2 or 3 times a week and when my urologist recommended Depends brand Pull Ups I thought I had the problem licked. I was wrong.
In 2023 my bedwetting increased to 5 or more nights a week. As I write this, the Pull Ups no longer provide complete relief. Although the pull up holds most of my urine, I wake up feeling wet on my left thigh and on my stomach, above Pull Ups' waistband. Additionally, there's usually a wet spot (4 inches in diameter) on my bed sheet.
When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003, I joined a support group for men diagnosed with the illness and it was enormously helpful. Instead of worrying in isolation, I saw that there were men in various stages of addressing the illness and that made me proactive. Because I was diagnosed early, I had the advantage of researching different treatments and meeting with doctors who offered the different treatments. That helped me choose the treatment that seemed most suited to my needs and also select a doctor whose temperment matched mine. And in January 2004, I had radioactive seed implantation.
I have no idea if my current bedwetting even has anything to do with my 2003 cancer diagnosis. I do know that being a member of a support group provided just that: support. I don't think I'd have made the choices I made back then without listening to and being heard by men who were also diagnosed.
If anyone reading this knows of an online support group for men or men and women with urinary inconotinence that currently meeting will you please reply. I will be enormously grateful. I hope that everyone reading my post is succeeding in their journey to resolve this and other health issues.
Though I had side effects, urinary incontinence wasn't one of them.
In 2022, I started to experience bedwetting but it was manageable. By manageable I mean 2 or 3 times a week and when my urologist recommended Depends brand Pull Ups I thought I had the problem licked. I was wrong.
In 2023 my bedwetting increased to 5 or more nights a week. As I write this, the Pull Ups no longer provide complete relief. Although the pull up holds most of my urine, I wake up feeling wet on my left thigh and on my stomach, above Pull Ups' waistband. Additionally, there's usually a wet spot (4 inches in diameter) on my bed sheet.
When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003, I joined a support group for men diagnosed with the illness and it was enormously helpful. Instead of worrying in isolation, I saw that there were men in various stages of addressing the illness and that made me proactive. Because I was diagnosed early, I had the advantage of researching different treatments and meeting with doctors who offered the different treatments. That helped me choose the treatment that seemed most suited to my needs and also select a doctor whose temperment matched mine. And in January 2004, I had radioactive seed implantation.
I have no idea if my current bedwetting even has anything to do with my 2003 cancer diagnosis. I do know that being a member of a support group provided just that: support. I don't think I'd have made the choices I made back then without listening to and being heard by men who were also diagnosed.
If anyone reading this knows of an online support group for men or men and women with urinary inconotinence that currently meeting will you please reply. I will be enormously grateful. I hope that everyone reading my post is succeeding in their journey to resolve this and other health issues.
