berrt said:
Little bit of a rant and embarrassment here....So I am a 30 year old male and have had excessive thirst and urine output for about 3 years now - drinking an average of 200-250 oz a day. I never said anything to my Dr before, because all annual blood tests came back normal. Last week I went back to my General Practitioner for my even more increased urine and urges/accidents (again did not test for high glucose). On Thursday we did a 24 hour volume test and consumed 6700ml of water and had an output of 4700ml of urine. Still waiting further testing.....
My family and I went out for dinner of Friday night and I had to get up 2 times during dinner to use the restroom - it was a full release each time and an emergency. When at Walmart we were looking at shampoo and I told her I was going to get some pull ups for the first time so that I wouldn't have to worry about making it to a restroom in public again. I got a pack of depends real fit for men. It was the most embarrassing thing I've done outside of telling my wife when I didn't make it to the bathroom after back to back meetings. I did find that after putting one on and wearing all day that I was "leaking" and not even knowing it until I went to the bathroom later on - I didn't notice this beforehand.
A few of my questions are:
1) If you are at home with mild and only sometimes accidents do you wear pull ups or diapers - and if you do, do you still try to make it to the bathroom if you're up every 30 minutes to pee? Sometimes it's painful and other times I have plenty of time to get to the bathroom.
2) How do you handle public events or going out to dinner with friends? Do you still drink alcohol or tell people why you're not?
3) How do you get over the embarrassment of wetting yourself in front of your wife or family even if wearing protection?
4) Does it ever get better? It just seems like it's getting worse and it is taking a toll mentally.
In a way I can very well relate to the embarrassment that you are experiencing, but in a different way.
Some time back I had an accident on the job. Waking up several days later with all sorts of tubes coming out of me with my wife standing there crying.
Realizing after I returned home and knowing that I'd either have a catheter or that dam sock and tube fine if it's temporary but long term that's another issue. Then the #2 starts happening because your eating again there's only one solution for that logically.
After starting to be put into that and in reality not wanting it because as you'd see it made you less of a man. I was made to move around from chair shower and etc. All I wanted to do was to stay in bed under the covers.to hide the fact. Then came the bed sores. Those are a pain and even more embarrassment. I'd go on but I was made to become as active as possible because I was still in the learning curve of taking care of myself. Then there was the Dr appointments and the physical therapy appointments and my wife doing the grocery shopping. No matter what I wanted to go back to my bed.
I experienced all sorts of emotions the worse that it would be known to everyone that as a grown man I was wearing a diaper.
I can relate what you are feeling about going out having to wear protection. It's not easy. But it took a lot of work from my wife to get me to understand that who cares it's none of their business. In actuality those ppl have more issues than you have. The fact that they make it of their concerns and in the first place beside they've got no idea their nothing to you. Your taking responsibility for "your life". That's the most important thing. Taking charge of your life and doing what any responsible person should do. I'm guessing that your young an single story if im wrong. You may have the feelings that your life is over in some aspect. But not in reality. Your going to be your own worse enemie if you let paranoia take over.
Now I'll be honest being this site and others there are so many here that are looking for excuses as to how to get these things in their lives and how to get excepted. Well those ppl will never get a grasp on reality.
Now if in reality this is sincere you've got a major wall to break down in front of you. It's up to you to make yourself and convince yourself that you have become a responsible person to except that there is a issue and your owning it.
I wish you luck in your adventures and hope your health issue doesn't become that bad.
