Agree with Peter. Took me 4 months and pelvic floor therapy to become only slightly incontinent. As in one/two pads per day vs 6-9. Having said that, stooping for various work that I do or playing...
First, let me say that I too cringe when these ads come on. In San Diego, it's pelvic mesh, this drug, that procudere, etc. Having said that, I have been on the other side. About 15 years ago my...
Ola (just back from Cabo)...
Appleseed, I think of you fairly often as we seem to be in the same incontinence threads. I'm truly sorry that you have to deal with this, but your attitude is wonderful. I'm not a religious guy, but...
What Steven said. ...
As a general rule, I don't believe in censorship. I do appreciate that this is not my clubhouse and not my rules or guidelines. I'll probably never have to be scolded or reminded. Having said that, I...
What's an orgasm?...
Tony, I was all over Italy last summer. Could think of about 100 reasons to have stayed there. At least 90 of them had to do with the food. Especially calamari....
My surgeon is the most experience davinci guy in the San Diego area. I wouldn't call him rude, but you have to pry information out of him with a crowbar. In deciding on radiology vs. surgery, the...
Pasayten. Please listen carefully. Do NOT put the iPad in your shorts. I repeat, do NOT.[b]...
So, out of curiosity, what has kept you from getting the sling or the AUS? Or ASU. Or whatever the artificial sphincter is....
And that ammonia smell! It's a miracle that nobody gets the odor of that wafting out of the undies. 142, you may be the only person I've heard to date who leaked worse than I am. How are you doing...
Wow. Just. Wow. Maximum safe and leakage values? You definitely need to establish your own department at one of the better universities. I mean, thanks for sharing this, and I am charting and all,...
As to the meds deaths, been there, nearly done that. My neuro prescribed an SSRI and an MAOI concurrently, which is a big "Duh!" Got Serotonin Syndrome, and eight day coma, and nearly died. Second,...
First day of retirement yesterday. I celebrated by leaking only 222 grams (isn't it sad what some of us have come to posting). Just shows what alternating between laying down and watching a movie and...
Peter, I am starting physical therapy for pelvic floor next week. I don't know whether or not they use biofeedback. I hope so....
Hey, Peter. That's pretty good news. If I could get down to one pad a day (where my brother is at about 1 1/2 years out) I would be happy. I'd even consider it continent. It's just shocking how much...
Yes, iSpark. I feel as though my surgeon's office, and to a certain extent my surgeon, are running a medical factory....
Yep. In fact, I just fired my PCP a couple of weeks ago. I could have just gone to another doctor in the practice, but I thought he should know the reasons I was canning him. 1. He said the first...
At the advice of Worried Guy, I have begun keeping track of my daily leakage. I have a scale accurate to one gram. I know what a pair of Depends diapers weighs dry. Likewise with Depends or Tena...
As the others have said, David, great post. I love that type of open self-reflection. Personally, I have really given a lot of thought to the AUA guidelines. As I've really battled some psychological...
That's odd, as people have Emailed me from the PCa forum. It was set as hidden. I've reset it to show. Thanks much for the heads up....
Thank you for that one. Made my day L*AO...
Appleseed, I'm exactly the same, except for the burning. And now when I get into bed, for some reason, despite bearing down, there's a leak. A good day is 6-7 pads. I won't even go into a bad day....
I'm right there in the mud with you, Appleseed. If things don't improve I'm going to have to get in touch with my feminine side. And still leaking a lot. How about you?...
Great news on the PSA. I can relate to taking some time away from the forum. I have had cluster headaches, the worst by a mile, and would spend a good deal of time on the clusterheadaches.com forum....
You're welcome. Anyone my contact me through my Email if they have further questions. Sadly, I've learned a lot about CHs....
Hey, David Nice to run into you over here. Or not, as it's the chronic pain forum. As you may remember I'm on the PCa forum. I'm not currently in chronic pain, but after years and years of chronic...
Sorry. I thought it was a fresh thread and didn't look to see multiple pages. I was responding to a post on page 1....
Yes, they put capsaicin (pepper juice, the main ingredient in Tobasco) on Q-Tips to block the nerves. I believe it reaches the sphenopalatine ganglion, although I may be wrong. It sounds a lot worse...
Without going into the politics, this is one person who will really benefit from ACA....
I find myself somewhat torn after reading the above. Limited resources always mean reexamination of expenditures. On the other hand, how expensive was it for part of a server and bandwidth costs?...
Hi, all. I'm posting some information about cluster headaches at the request of straydog, forum moderator. I'm on the Prostate Cancer forum, but I have had my share of chronic pain. The below was...
This is so me! Every word of it. I too never had a lot to begin, at least in a flaccid state. Have definitely lost some and told my wife that if this keeps going, I'm going to end up with a vagina....
I can't think of a better example than Todd. His story and his attitude are so inspirational. I hope you can see some light there. Please hang in there and keep us informed. There are lots of people...
This makes me wonder about the genetic factor. My father had PCa, my brother had PCa, and I have it (or did before the DaVinci). So, is the genetic factor the deterioration of the valve? There's a...
It's not for nothing that it's called the "suicide headache." I won't own a gun for that reason. The amount of pain has been described as the third worst a person can experience while still remaining...
Not true about the characteristics of CH. As I have had thousands and done a great deal of research, I can state the following are characteristic. 1. Pain is of much shorter duration than migraine....
Hi. I'm visiting from the prostate cancer forum. I have had cluster headaches since 1985, ranging from chronic to episodic. I've been fortunate to be in remission for 3+ years. They say that some...
I just got this for snorkeling and boat trips in Cabo this summer. Have not tried it out yet. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GX2KTG/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1...
Long baggy shorts?[/quote] I have so many pair of those exercise??? pants that I could open a store. You know - the nylon ones with an elastic band. When you go to the bathroom 30 times a day, it's...
Thanks for the encouragement, Aimzee. I'm not giving up hope. I'm just adjusting to the logistics of working (and later traveling) with my workshop bag holding pads, a diaper, plastic bags, a spare...
As a newbie, and speaking only for myself, I am not befuddled or confused the way things are set up now. I'm on one giant research project about my disease and benefit from ALL of the discussion...
Will that work with shorts?...
So here is one of my fears about Cabo. Several years ago I caught a striped marlin. It took an hour and 15 minutes to land. So, I'm picturing myself in the chair. Marlin breaching and I have to get...
Today marks the 3 month anniversary of my DaVinci surgery, a milestone. Two results: 1. Pass - The big one - PSA undetectable at the threshold of <0.1. Can I join the zero club? I wasn't nervous...
Yeah, Tony. I understand where you're coming from (I think), even though I'm new here. There is a continuum of reaction when one's opinion is attacked. On the other hand, I found the threads you...
As one of the "newbies," I find this a fascinating conversation. I lack the experience to know what this forum used to be like, so I can only opine on what it is now. I find it highly ironic that...
It's because in our society, if a group is to have any collective power, there needs to be a group advocating for them. Sure, it can be done one doctor at a time. Since USPSTF and AUA are setting...
Redwing, This is such an important topic. I have written here about how my wife has problems with empathy, so I really can't share much of the emotional stuff with her. She is, however, a problem...