So it seems for a lot of people, once they start wearing diapers 24/7 for incontinence issues (bladder OR bowel), the other one comes along not far after. Now I can deal with wet diapers, they're a minor inconvenience, but I absolutely want to do whatever I can to avoid having to deal with messy accidents. Thankfully I haven't had to deal with anything like that yet, but in order to catch it before it becomes a problem, I've looked into it. Now, I'm no sort of doctor, but it's my guess that it happens due to atrophy of the pelvic floor muscles.
When I get a bladder spasm it's painful, and when I let it go, the pain goes away. This sort of setup subconsciously teaches you to use your diaper more and more, and whatever control you have quickly goes away. In order to hopefully avoid this slippery slope, I've started doing kegel exercises for a minute or two a few times a day to keep my pelvic floor muscles in shape. I've also tried holding back during a bladder spasm, but that tends to get painful fast, and (again, I'm not a doctor) I don't think it helps significantly.
I can't say yet how good this might work for the long term, but I've 24/7 in diapers for over 2 years now with not even a close call of bowel IC so far.
Opinions?
When I get a bladder spasm it's painful, and when I let it go, the pain goes away. This sort of setup subconsciously teaches you to use your diaper more and more, and whatever control you have quickly goes away. In order to hopefully avoid this slippery slope, I've started doing kegel exercises for a minute or two a few times a day to keep my pelvic floor muscles in shape. I've also tried holding back during a bladder spasm, but that tends to get painful fast, and (again, I'm not a doctor) I don't think it helps significantly.
I can't say yet how good this might work for the long term, but I've 24/7 in diapers for over 2 years now with not even a close call of bowel IC so far.
Opinions?