Bobsled
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But you are neither a physician nor do you have training in urology. All you know for certain is what has or has not worked for you. Your experience with meds doesn't predict anyone else's. So, you are doing a disservice to anyone by discouraging their use. And, you may not have bladder control along with OAB. But I have had OAB for several years, and still have good control. Again, there's no reason to expect that your experience is predictive of mine. Your suggestions for bed pads are off the mark, because as I have said, I am not incontinent, and do not wet at night.PCBaby said:Regardless of what you think about the eventual efficacy of meds, I assume you have no medical training. So I will take my urologist's advice on the appropriate course of action.
I was actually a combat medic with the Royal Marine Commandos, then a paramedic and eventually a paramedic instructor in civvy street so I do have some medical knowledge. Secondly, I have been through just about every med in the book via my urologist as well as having everything from the normal urology run-ups to pet, cat and MRI scans, so again I do have some idea of what I'm talking about. i always find it best never to assume anything about a person.
Pull ups are fine, but if you sit in a wet one for a while it will leak, if you cannot get to the bathroom in time and your penis is pointing upwards they will leak. And yes I have used pull ups. My other options apart from nappies are an in-dwelling catheter and as my body doesn't process calcium normally this would lead to frequent UTI's, blockages and kidney infections. Relaxed I'm too small for a condom cath and the other option is a urostomy which because of other health problems is out of the question.
Regardless, I trust my board-certified urologist to recommend the best course of action to relieve the OAB.
Maybe you like to wear a diaper. That's fine. I don't. I would prefer to pee normally whenever possible, even if it is frequently. But I would like something in place to handle difficult or awkward situations. I think a pull up works best for most of those scenarios. You say a brief can be "retaped at least once", which suggests that the more it is retaped, the more likely is the tape to fail. If I wear a pull up, I might pee normally 4 or more times before either using it or simply removing it. It doesn't sound like that will work with a brief. I expect that I will occasionally wear briefs. That will be when I expect to be in situations where access to a bathroom is unpredictable for several hours.
A lot of folks mention how much more difficult it is to change a pull up. In my situation, it's not really that hard. I normally wear loafers. So I can slip into the handicap stall in the bathroom, where my feet are not visible, and quickly remove shoes, pants and pull up. Since I usually just need it for 1-2 voids, a pull up with that capacity is a lot smaller than say a full Megamax. I can more easily hide a lightly filled pullup than a full brief.
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