Stress Incontinence!

I've found that caffeine makes my urge incontinence worse. A year or so ago, I bought an electronic pelvic floor exerciser from Amazon. It took a few goes to get the hang of it but then I used it regularly and it made a huge difference. I do have to keep going with it or the incontinence gets worse, one of the many binds of getting older.

my dd had the mesh hammock and we so wish we could turn the clock back. The mesh migrated in sharp bits and let`s just say that it started to shred tampons. She will have to live with this for the rest of her life

Yes stress incontinence, I realised that I still had this when I coughed yesterday, didn`t have time to cross my legs. I am going to find my magic device, the one that sends pulses to the pelvic floor, strength training. It does work but I stopped using it, all too easy to forget to do those exercises

Please don't let anyone persuade you to have what you describe as a hammock. They have a poor success rate and have caused untold misery and pain to a significant number of women. I'm one of them but fortunately not as badly affected as some.

I had a TOT sling inserted after having a couple of very embarrassing 'wet' public incidents and was promised a two week recovery period and a minor non invasive op. The day after the op I learned that the procedure had been banned in Scotland that day and for very good reasons as I found out.

I don't really want to go into the details but the operation didn't work at all and I was left with other problems as well. Although these have eased with time and I have got used to living with other limitations I now have, I so wish I either hadn't bothered at all or had pursued a different surgical path.

Of course there's much more information about now than 6 years ago and more surgeons with experience and knowledge of the procedure but caution is needed before undergoing such a step.

God bless Tena lady.

I attended the (in)continence clinic, had some tests done, and was told I needed retraining. Door key syndrome etc. and I should stretch out the times between bathroom visits.

When I'm out and about I can go easily for four hours but at home I'm running all the time and find that Daily Always isn't sufficient.
When at home I'm changing clothing and doing extra washing. Somewhat psychological as to when I can and can't hold on ???

At present I have a cold and cough, so coughing doesn't help.

I've also heard the repair hammocks aren't good news. And there's been a lot in the media about them.

I'm sorry that you are also dealing with urine retention.