Intro
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:41 am
Hello!
I've been stalking the boards for a while now and thought it was time to join the conversation. First, this site is pretty incredible; I'm so glad I stumbled across it. I've not seen a more encouraging and helpful group that was able to stay (mostly!) focused on incontinence needs.
My wetting issues started when I was young (I'm 31 now) I had a congenital urethral valve that was discovered and removed when I was 11, that caused overflow and some urge incontinence. Up to that point, I wet every night and had regular daytime accidents. After the valve was removed, the wetting tapered off over the next couple years and by the time I was in High School, the bedwetting had stopped and only very occasional daytime accidents. It continued like that until about a year ago, when the daytime urge accidents started increasing again. Because the valve was there while by bladder developed, it doesn't function quite normally. I have very little feeling in my bladder and typically only know that I need to go by the strong urges when it starts to get full. I've been able to hold the urges for years (way too many Kegels as a teen!), but now i'm struggling to hold them and have had more frequent leaks (a few times a week).
I have a stricture due to the valve and the work they did on my urethra as a kid. I've had to have that repaired once a few years ago, and am hoping that I won't need a Urethroplasty, which is a MAJOR surgery. The urethroplasty might help with the urge incontinence, but it seems like overkill if there is no retention.
I've gone back to wearing some type of protection anytime I leave home after having several big public accidents. I mostly use pullups, but also mix in some regular diapers if I am going to be away from a bathroom for a long time. While diapers were a part of my life for a long time, I'm still getting used to needing them again after almost 15 years out of them.
Sorry to be long-winded! I look forward to getting to know some of you!
-Scott
I've been stalking the boards for a while now and thought it was time to join the conversation. First, this site is pretty incredible; I'm so glad I stumbled across it. I've not seen a more encouraging and helpful group that was able to stay (mostly!) focused on incontinence needs.
My wetting issues started when I was young (I'm 31 now) I had a congenital urethral valve that was discovered and removed when I was 11, that caused overflow and some urge incontinence. Up to that point, I wet every night and had regular daytime accidents. After the valve was removed, the wetting tapered off over the next couple years and by the time I was in High School, the bedwetting had stopped and only very occasional daytime accidents. It continued like that until about a year ago, when the daytime urge accidents started increasing again. Because the valve was there while by bladder developed, it doesn't function quite normally. I have very little feeling in my bladder and typically only know that I need to go by the strong urges when it starts to get full. I've been able to hold the urges for years (way too many Kegels as a teen!), but now i'm struggling to hold them and have had more frequent leaks (a few times a week).
I have a stricture due to the valve and the work they did on my urethra as a kid. I've had to have that repaired once a few years ago, and am hoping that I won't need a Urethroplasty, which is a MAJOR surgery. The urethroplasty might help with the urge incontinence, but it seems like overkill if there is no retention.
I've gone back to wearing some type of protection anytime I leave home after having several big public accidents. I mostly use pullups, but also mix in some regular diapers if I am going to be away from a bathroom for a long time. While diapers were a part of my life for a long time, I'm still getting used to needing them again after almost 15 years out of them.
Sorry to be long-winded! I look forward to getting to know some of you!
-Scott
Collectively we probably represent just about any kind of incontinence problem you could think of. Do read the New Diaper Primer and the Introduction to Adult Diapers. Then just browse through the archives of old messages. There is a lot of very useful information there.