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Old 12-29-2009, 02:59 AM
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Lady, I found the test embarrassing too. Actually it was pretty traumatic. they never told me what to expect ahead of time so I was not prepared for all the catheters and trying to pee practically standing up in some weird contraption with 2 people standing right next to me!! They also tried to do the test a second time because I couldn't go which made things so much worse.

Anyhow I was told that I had really high tone to the pelvic floor but bladder was normal--like the muscles were squeezing tight and wouldn't let go. To tomorrow I go to see a nurse to do sone kind of biofeedback thing to learn which muscles to relax. I guess it's like physical therapy for your bladder and urethra. I feel like I'm a little kid who has to learn how to pee all over again!! The doc. also said I basically have pelvic floor dysfunction--everything tightens up. It could be from MS or from psychological issues (anxiety, leftover PTSD related stuff).

They have you come for 1 hour 4 weeks in a row and said that 70% of people improve.
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