Sorry Eric about what's happening. Using a catheter is not bad at all. My brother, who also has MS, uses them each morning to empty his bladder completely and before he goes out. I also do because I don't empty my bladder and am prone to UTIs. By doing this it helped retrain my bladder to "squeeze" itself to empty completely. I also limit caffeine, otherwise its bathroom trip all the time. I can go 4 or more hours on an empty bladder and limiting my fluid intake. Sometimes I get the urge but I know I can hold it because I just emptied with the catheter.

I hope you finds something that works for you, I just know that by doing the "cathing thing", gave me back control and confidence to go out somewhere and not worry about locating the bathrooms first thing and not wandering too far from them.