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I've had several significant scares recently.
In no way am I bowel incontinent, but due (I hope) to a series of illnesses I've found myself on quite a few occasions facing sudden and urgent needs to void them. As I am at present fairly inert (I hibernate in winter), I'm usually only yards from a bathroom. Still, there were a couple of times when I barely made it.
I'm not at all looking forward to any time when I don't.
Some days I sit on the toilet for an hour just to make sure I'm OK and I am still pretty certain when I leave that I am not.
About fifteen years ago, because I went to see her for help in determining what was causing some minor anal leakage–not enough to discolor my undies but enough to make me need almost continual wiping if I didn't want to itch like crazy all day–my doctor did list me as having fecal incontinence. I thought that was a pretty severe overstatement of the case. (And remember this is more than a decade before I actually became IC.) For no reason at all, the issue resolved itself after about a year; neither I nor my doctor could figure out why. But every time I see her I see that old notation on her chart.
I do not want it to become true.
Bladder incontinence is hard enough, thank you. I have nothing but respect for those of you who have to deal with the other every day. Despite lengthy conversations with some of you, I have no idea how you do it. I don't know if I could. I hope I never have to find out, but these last couple of weeks have been very disconcerting.
In no way am I bowel incontinent, but due (I hope) to a series of illnesses I've found myself on quite a few occasions facing sudden and urgent needs to void them. As I am at present fairly inert (I hibernate in winter), I'm usually only yards from a bathroom. Still, there were a couple of times when I barely made it.
I'm not at all looking forward to any time when I don't.
Some days I sit on the toilet for an hour just to make sure I'm OK and I am still pretty certain when I leave that I am not.
About fifteen years ago, because I went to see her for help in determining what was causing some minor anal leakage–not enough to discolor my undies but enough to make me need almost continual wiping if I didn't want to itch like crazy all day–my doctor did list me as having fecal incontinence. I thought that was a pretty severe overstatement of the case. (And remember this is more than a decade before I actually became IC.) For no reason at all, the issue resolved itself after about a year; neither I nor my doctor could figure out why. But every time I see her I see that old notation on her chart.
I do not want it to become true.
Bladder incontinence is hard enough, thank you. I have nothing but respect for those of you who have to deal with the other every day. Despite lengthy conversations with some of you, I have no idea how you do it. I don't know if I could. I hope I never have to find out, but these last couple of weeks have been very disconcerting.