This is just a rant and all that can be done is being done for the P thing.

One of my main things MS is doing to me is playing around with my bladder and while I have been on some differing medications to help it as well as practicing the usual techniques, last night I almost lost it getting out of my car. The urge was so severe I fully expected to wet my pants right there, but I didn't. I got back into the car out of instinct to hide from people and I did leak a bit when I sat back down, but nothing I was expecting it to be.
All I know is it scared the hell out of me and got me pretty mad, plus a now needing power washing of my car seat Looks like the bladder thing is coming back and it is making me mad. I was praying of all the symps yo ucan get with MS, please leave my bladder alone, but nope.
So last night I got my sack of pads back out and started wearing them again for in case...I am THAT scared I may have an actual accident, so those will give me some time to flee the scene if I have too. So far no more incidents, but I hate wondering when one may hit and I may not be as lucky that time as I was last night.

I hate the thought of having to do the cathing thing, but it is looking like that will be a reality pretty soon. Seems th meds are stopping working. I'll ask my doctor to see what else can be done, but I hate calliing them for everything like this.... It'll just be the same thing...we'll adjust your meds....Well how do I know that some day I won't **** my pants in front of everyone? I hate trusting the meds. Pads for a dude may seem weird and all that, but I trust that a hell of a lot more than the meds, but I don't want to go that route as a permannent fix.

I've been looking at Male clamps too. Also the Botox procedure. that doesn't seem as intense as I thought.

Sorry this is happening, Eric.

Rant away!

ANN

I'm sure everyone wanted to know, heh.

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.

That's why we're here for each other Eric.

I hope you can find a doable way to nip (pardon) this in the
bud and make it go away. The fear of this happening while
I am out, keeps me a hermit crab.

1)Do you get UTIs? Is this maybe a symptom of a UTI?
2)Have you tried Sanctura yet? It really takes care of most of my urge incontinence (unless I have a UTI-then all he77 breaks loose).

Hope you can avoid cathing, but if you need it, thank Heavens it's available...

I had one about 3 months ago which also caused some "trickle" Haven't done Sanctura, just some form of Detrol or is it Ditropan....one of those. It works and along with doing the exercises and timed urinations, I had no problem....till now.

Bad morning....woke up wet TMI? gets better. I merely started to laugh as I called mom to tell her I gotta get to the docs. Heck with it, why get bent out of shape? Yes it did shake me up a bit, but it was short lived as I was feeling good otherwise, so I just shrugged it off and thought to myself "well MS, gonna throw this in my face now eh? But yes, I have been pretty drippy all morning to the point I figured I'd better get some of the bigger, you know whats until I get my doctor appointment.

You know what? I think God really does have a plan and it was meant for me to have MS(I now have proof) I stopped at a local thrift store before anything, because I was suddenly feeling thrifty... Well was I surprised to see two packs of Depends, underwear for men sitting on the shelf I got so excited, excited at finding discounted Depends for men and I am only 38 years old...hmmmm well since they would of cost me 12 dollars each from the pharmacy, I decided to choke on my machoness and just bag em and get em. One dollar each pack, 32 total, not bad...savings of 22 dollars. So I took the rest of the money and got myself half a tank of gas and some Arbys I just thought it was weird to find exactly what I needed at the thrift store exactly when I needed it most. I truly believe this is god's way of helping.....thanks, God for my discounted packs of bladder protection garments SO yes....a young guy with a cane walking up to pay for discounted Depends for men....geez could I be more obvious? I don't care anymore TBH and I could care less what anyone is thinking...So tired of worrying.

Anyways I now believe in finding humor in everything....even uncontollable trickles... So I am proud of my purchase today and my savings....take a look, LMAO!