What is your daily routine like?

Hello everyone, hope everyone is doing well.


Well it's been a year since I had my surgery, now I've been wondering about my goals. I want to go back to school, & go back to competing in sports again, the problem is, I go to the bathroom in the afternoon & evening, & something it feels like I'm about to have an accident (don't worry, I'm wearing depends). So I just probably just need to change my diet. I was wondering what is your daily routine like? How many times a day do you go to the bathroom? Thanks


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After surgery, you really shouldn't be feeling like you are about to have an accident. Getting checked out is a good idea. I personally never wore diapers, but diet definitely impacts how often, and the consistency when I go. That said, I don't think it's a "cure all". If you feel that your life is impacted in a way that makes it impossible to achieve your goals, something is not right. I live normally. I go more often, but no more often than I pee. I empty my pouch when I am in the bathroom. Other than that, I can do everything.

notsosicklygirl said...
After surgery, you really shouldn't be feeling like you are about to have an accident. Getting checked out is a good idea. I personally never wore diapers, but diet definitely impacts how often, and the consistency when I go. That said, I don't think it's a "cure all". If you feel that your life is impacted in a way that makes it impossible to achieve your goals, something is not right. I live normally. I go more often, but no more often than I pee. I empty my pouch when I am in the bathroom. Other than that, I can do everything.

I think the only thing I can't do and don't think I'll ever be able to do would be things like for example go on a day long boat excursion on smaller boats without a bathroom. I know a lot of my friends go to 4th of July celebrations along beach shores in GA/AL/SC where everyone pulls up in their boat and drinks on the shoreline for the day. That I don't think is in my future anymore, but most everything else can be planned. I find the pouch to be very predictable, for me usually 5-6 hours after I eat I have to go.

I wouldn't go on a long day boat trip without a toilet either. Honestly, I have no interest in doing that anyway. I hate feeling like I have to hold it, even if I have to pee. I'd be the person who rented the boat with a bathroom... Just like I'd rent RV if people went camping.

I can go a long time without too, but I don't like to feel obligated to "hold it". I try to avoid places without toilets. I don't go camping or on boats without bathrooms (lost interest in that type of stuff when I was a kid). I guess I am "high maintenance" compared to many people. I have friends who do all that stuff, but I am not interested. I wouldn't stay in a hotel/motel with a shared bathroom either. I know some people will do that, but I don't. I don't even like staying with family if it means sharing a bathroom. I get a hotel room if I visit family. Probably an old habit from living with UC for so long.