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Posted 4/2/2009 1:47 PM (GMT 0)
Posted this yesterday, but got confused and posted it under some other disease forum, and people there probably thought I was off my rocker. Of course, people here might think the same thing...rolleyes

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Something I've noticed for a while, but it was too...odd...to bring up here. But heck, we talk about everything else, and what better day than today. So--

I've done great in the incontinence department, only wore pads for a week, and probably didn't need them that long. One thing I noticed, though, is that somehow, some effort to make the bowels move also pushes out some additional urine. Not a problem if I'm sitting on the pot, trying to do that anyway. But, letting some gas out does the same thing. So I find I have to be even more careful than before in easing the gas out. This has led to only one accident in 3 months, and I continue to get better at control, so I can't complain.

I searched Healingwell.com for "flatulence", and came up with the ingenious idea: underwear with activated charcoal to absorb odors! Guess those Japanese astronauts didn't know about that!

http://www.myshreddies.com/flatulence_filter_underwear_store_for_instant_flatulence_relief/

DJ
Posted 4/2/2009 2:08 PM (GMT 0)
Course being order free isn't going help much in incontinence department but a nice idea anyway cool
Posted 4/2/2009 2:50 PM (GMT 0)
The things we worry about! lol. You have to learn to squeeze them off slowly. At first, every single little snap, crackle, or pop, would make me leak. Learned to control them all, except for the rare one that comes out of nowhere without warning, and even they, just a micro leak. Sneezing hard took a little more work on my part, but no longer a problem.

I still think the long term Japanese underwear solution is gross, but hey, I am an American.
Posted 4/2/2009 2:57 PM (GMT 0)
I use to have that trouble for about a month about a little squirt from the little squirt when I passed, but now I can fart Georgia Bulldogs (UGA) fight song with no trouble tongue
Posted 4/2/2009 3:16 PM (GMT 0)
uhhh...montee....congrats on your ability there bud...reminded me of when as a kid putting my hand under my arm pit and performing a favorite song...but from the back side...is that a gift or what?
Posted 4/2/2009 3:34 PM (GMT 0)
My youngest son, aged 25, can still burp out the entire alphabet, but hasn't helped him on his resume yet!
Posted 4/3/2009 4:12 AM (GMT 0)
Montee,

You remind me of that old joke, which for you would go like this:

"Doctor, will I be able to fart my school's fight song (without leaking) after the prostatectomy?"

"Why, yes, I suppose so..."

"Great! Since I can't do it now."

DJ
Posted 4/3/2009 11:28 AM (GMT 0)

It's kind of like the joke I heard Justin Wilson (cajun cook & story teller) tell one time.

A wino with no money walks into a Texas bar and tells the bartender that for a drink he would do a trick.  Tender tells him he sees tricks all them time, what can you do that I have never seen.  Sir if you give me a drink, I'll fart The Eyes of Texas.  Well the bartender had never seen this and told him it was a deal.  Pours him a drink and wino drinks it, bartender then tells him to do his trick.

He climbs up on the bar, pulls his pants down and craps all over the bar.  The bartender yells at him, what in the world are you dong, you said you were going to fart the "Eyes of Texas" and instead you crapped on my bar.

The drunk says "Sir, even Frank Sinatra before he sings, has to clear his throat"

Posted 4/3/2009 1:54 PM (GMT 0)
Dave,

You offer the true sage advice: "You have to learn to squeeze them off slowly."

Regarding Japanese underwear, I don't know, we get some Japanese, Mexican, etc. cable channels. Can't tell what they are saying, but you can tell they have a different approach to underwear. Game shows are different also.

DJ
Posted 4/3/2009 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
DJ, that only comes with a well seasoned life of depravity and things of the world, lol. Sometimes I do come out with a nugget of wisdom, but only rarely
Posted 4/4/2009 12:22 PM (GMT 0)
You guys just made me laugh. This forum is the best.

thanks
dale
Posted 4/5/2009 8:57 PM (GMT 0)
There are atleast two brands of these "farty pants" that I heard about on a radio station, when they made a few laughs of it. I presume these are 'rechargeable' with new cartridges or such (lol). The old ones should be marked bio-hazard and no flames around this object.

What a great Xmas gift to give with loved ones present gathered around the tree, this year!!!
Posted 4/5/2009 9:36 PM (GMT 0)
It puts a whole new meaning to getting a lump of coal in your stocking.smurf

For those of us who might really be interested, according to the website you can wash and dry them and you're again "good to go". Amazing what technology can do.

DJ
Posted 4/5/2009 11:35 PM (GMT 0)
12 weeks post-op and 99% off the pads now. Yesterday I put one in because I went to the lumberyard and knew I would be doing heavy lifting all afternoon. Never had a squirt. Bragged to the wife about it. Took a shower, had supper, relaxed a while, and in passing a small gas bubble had get up and change underwear. Flatulence is a pride killer in more ways than one.
Posted 4/6/2009 12:14 AM (GMT 0)
Sandstorm,

Sorry about your news. I've been trying to keep the tone light, but this is a problem that I think people haven't felt like bringing up. In reality, there should probably be several pages in a book about it. There must be something about the anatomy that links the two.

DJ
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