RE: Urinary problems Jerry

[Guest guest]

Hi Jerry.

Carol certainly gave you a wonderful reply. Not knowing what your brother's

problem is, be it the inability or go or control the urine, I can only add that

a urologist can be especially helpful if it is bladder retention.

My husband suffered from this, and, as Carol mentioned, he was initially

advised to self-catharize. Unfortunately, he was not willing to do this and so

we had many trips to ER to have his bladder emptied. If your brother is able

to self-catharize, it will be a great aid to his overall health. It's not

difficult; both and I were " trained " in our urologist's office. But for

whatever reason, mostly because of 's stubborness, we did not have success

with this. It's pretty quick, simple and painless....but men (especially young

men, john was in his 40's) tend to be very protective of that 'area' and conjure

up these images as to what is acceptable and what is not. decided this WAS

NOT, and the result was many infections and ER runs.

I hope your brother has an easier time of dealing with this problem, which is,

as Carol mentioned, all related to the two muscles involved.

regards,

kaye

[Guest guest]

Hi Jerry.

Carol certainly gave you a wonderful reply. Not knowing what your brother's

problem is, be it the inability or go or control the urine, I can only add that

a urologist can be especially helpful if it is bladder retention.

My husband suffered from this, and, as Carol mentioned, he was initially

advised to self-catharize. Unfortunately, he was not willing to do this and so

we had many trips to ER to have his bladder emptied. If your brother is able

to self-catharize, it will be a great aid to his overall health. It's not

difficult; both and I were " trained " in our urologist's office. But for

whatever reason, mostly because of 's stubborness, we did not have success

with this. It's pretty quick, simple and painless....but men (especially young

men, john was in his 40's) tend to be very protective of that 'area' and conjure

up these images as to what is acceptable and what is not. decided this WAS

NOT, and the result was many infections and ER runs.

I hope your brother has an easier time of dealing with this problem, which is,

as Carol mentioned, all related to the two muscles involved.

regards,

kaye

[Guest guest]

Jerry,

Your brother must feel so blessed to have you in his

life. :-)

in OK

--- Jerry Cash wrote:

> Kaye,

>

> Yes, his problem is retention. But if he's as open

> to

> the urologist's recommendations as he has been to

> the physical therapy and speech therapy, I expect he

> will be willing to self-cath if that's what is

> recommended. He sees the urologist on Monday.

>

> I drove him to the hospital for another sleep

> study last night. His wife doesn't drive at night

> and he has to walk so far when he drives himself

> and parks at the hospital that he gets exhausted.

> I got to his house about 8 pm and I was really

> surprised to find that he seemed to be a lot

> stronger/steadier than I had seem him lately and

> his speech was better than usual -- even that

> late at night. He walked around the house with

> out his walking stick and he really just seemed

> more energetic than he has anytime lately (I

> had not seen him for about 10 days since he lives

> about 35 miles away from me. He's been having

> his P/T during that time and he says he feels

> like he's benefitting from the P/T and he really

> seems to believe that if keeps the P/T and speech

> therapy up he can remain independent longer. He

> says his therapists have commented on his progress

> since the therapy started.

>

> We've gotten so accustomed to new disappointments

> about his condition that it's nice to have something

>

> positive happen for him for a change. I'm sure

> everyone on this list knows how that is.

>

> Jerry

>

>

>

>

>

> Re: Urinary problems Jerry

>

>

> Hi Jerry.

>

> Carol certainly gave you a wonderful reply. Not

> knowing what your brother's

> problem is, be it the inability or go or control the

> urine, I can only add

> that a urologist can be especially helpful if it is

> bladder retention.

>

> My husband suffered from this, and, as Carol

> mentioned, he was

> initially advised to self-catharize. Unfortunately,

> he was not willing to

> do this and so we had many trips to ER to have his

> bladder emptied. If

> your brother is able to self-catharize, it will be a

> great aid to his

> overall health. It's not difficult; both and I

> were " trained " in our

> urologist's office. But for whatever reason, mostly

> because of 's

> stubborness, we did not have success with this.

> It's pretty quick, simple

> and painless....but men (especially young men, john

> was in his 40's) tend to

> be very protective of that 'area' and conjure up

> these images as to what is

> acceptable and what is not. decided this WAS

> NOT, and the result was

> many infections and ER runs.

>

> I hope your brother has an easier time of dealing

> with this problem, which

> is, as Carol mentioned, all related to the two

> muscles involved.

>

> regards,

> kaye

>

>