Had issues as a child, now having issues as an adult
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 5:50 pm
Hello everyone. I am new to this forum. I am 32, am on-the-go and work full time. I am also significantly visually impaired.
As a child I took growth hormones via injection to the leg. I was overseen by exceptional endocronologists. At the time I had great support from my parents as well.
On some of the growth hormones I had an extremely overactive bladder. My parents managed what I ate and how much water I drank. I had only a few accidents a year at night and avoided diaper. I can still remember some of the accidents because I would wake up as I started wetting the bed.
Now as an adult it seems the overactive bladder is back again, especially at night and sometimes during the day. When I wake up at night I have to pee so bad I can't make it across the hall to the bathroom I will see my primary care doctor next week to kick off some tests and get a referral to a urologist if needed. I just had a physical three months ago and everything checked out, including multiple panels of blood work.
My wife is very supportive along with close friends and family. I have also talked to two coworkers who have been very supportive as well. I am still running almost every day and going about business as usual.
To manage things until I see my doctor, I wear Depend briefs with tabs at night and Depend Real Fit underwear at work or when I know it might be a while before I can get to a bathroom.
I am thankful for what I have. Looking around on the Internet, it is a bit frightening that people leave their spouses or partners over incontinence issues. Moreover, I empathize with young adults dealing with this issue and trying to find a partner. I think that's absurd because people accept all kinds of current societal issues. People will do ALS ice bucket challenges or wear blindfolds to try to relate to visual impairment. You'd better believe no one would wear a diaper and urinate in it to relate to someone struggling with incontinence (nor would I expect someone to). I can't imagine if this happened to me before being married...would I have found a partner?
I mentioned the incontinence problems I had as a child to my now-wife and that I take frequent bathroom breaks as an adult because of how I was trained as I dealt with childhood incontinence issues. She was accepting at that point in time and understood that my parents told me I could potentially face issues again later in life due to the effects of growth hormones. We certainly didn't expect issues in my 30s, but looking back on things my wife recalled a couple of road trips where I nearly had accidents, and even asked her to pull the car over on the highway (in my late 20s). At the time we really didn't think anything of it.
I am optimistic that my doctors will have solutions for me going forward.
As a child I took growth hormones via injection to the leg. I was overseen by exceptional endocronologists. At the time I had great support from my parents as well.
On some of the growth hormones I had an extremely overactive bladder. My parents managed what I ate and how much water I drank. I had only a few accidents a year at night and avoided diaper. I can still remember some of the accidents because I would wake up as I started wetting the bed.
Now as an adult it seems the overactive bladder is back again, especially at night and sometimes during the day. When I wake up at night I have to pee so bad I can't make it across the hall to the bathroom I will see my primary care doctor next week to kick off some tests and get a referral to a urologist if needed. I just had a physical three months ago and everything checked out, including multiple panels of blood work.
My wife is very supportive along with close friends and family. I have also talked to two coworkers who have been very supportive as well. I am still running almost every day and going about business as usual.
To manage things until I see my doctor, I wear Depend briefs with tabs at night and Depend Real Fit underwear at work or when I know it might be a while before I can get to a bathroom.
I am thankful for what I have. Looking around on the Internet, it is a bit frightening that people leave their spouses or partners over incontinence issues. Moreover, I empathize with young adults dealing with this issue and trying to find a partner. I think that's absurd because people accept all kinds of current societal issues. People will do ALS ice bucket challenges or wear blindfolds to try to relate to visual impairment. You'd better believe no one would wear a diaper and urinate in it to relate to someone struggling with incontinence (nor would I expect someone to). I can't imagine if this happened to me before being married...would I have found a partner?
I mentioned the incontinence problems I had as a child to my now-wife and that I take frequent bathroom breaks as an adult because of how I was trained as I dealt with childhood incontinence issues. She was accepting at that point in time and understood that my parents told me I could potentially face issues again later in life due to the effects of growth hormones. We certainly didn't expect issues in my 30s, but looking back on things my wife recalled a couple of road trips where I nearly had accidents, and even asked her to pull the car over on the highway (in my late 20s). At the time we really didn't think anything of it.
I am optimistic that my doctors will have solutions for me going forward.