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Acceptance is still an ongoing struggle for me (in my 3rd year). Most days, I just accept it and live as I usually do. Other days, I wonder, if I really need "protection" and doubt myself. Then I'll have a U-IC accident or near F-IC and then confirm, no, I really am IC and need protection. But I still feel weird ordering diapers and having to wash my plastic pants.
I should count myself lucky. I am in my mid-60s and have nerve damage from decades of diabetes type-2. This causes me to have urge incontinence if I am away from a toilet sufficiently long. I used to be able to hold it. Later came the realization that it was not the medication causing my diarrhea. I realize now that I have IBS-d and have to watch my diet in addition to blood glucose levels. Since my U-IC onset, I have had some F-IC accidents. That diet mostly works but I still have days where the diarrhea reins and has me living in fear when I leave home. But overall, I am lucky that my IC is not as bad as many others here.
Even though my immediate family knows, I just hate the fact that I have to keep this secret as if it were some kind of dirty secret.
I should count myself lucky. I am in my mid-60s and have nerve damage from decades of diabetes type-2. This causes me to have urge incontinence if I am away from a toilet sufficiently long. I used to be able to hold it. Later came the realization that it was not the medication causing my diarrhea. I realize now that I have IBS-d and have to watch my diet in addition to blood glucose levels. Since my U-IC onset, I have had some F-IC accidents. That diet mostly works but I still have days where the diarrhea reins and has me living in fear when I leave home. But overall, I am lucky that my IC is not as bad as many others here.
Even though my immediate family knows, I just hate the fact that I have to keep this secret as if it were some kind of dirty secret.