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I've had way too many urologists think that even a 10% improvement is great. I just tell them it's a 90% failure, which is absolutely horrible. Needing diapers even half of the time is still needing to be diapered all of the time since we can't predict when that other half will occur. In this regard it is only a complete success, or a complete fail. If no medication can give people a 100% improvement then what's the point in taking them....

If pills are expected to be a fix but don't work or the side effects are too problematic, then the doctors should get on board with diapers as a means for incontinence management.

I'm guessing that diaper companies don't give out perks to docs for prescribing their products. I think that's why even premium diapers cost less than pills, and why doctors discourage the use of diapers. What doctors should do is run the tests to find out what's causing the bladder dysfunction, and provide the appropriate remedy based on the test results (like they would for any illness). If pills are expected to be a fix but don't work or the side effects are too problematic, then the doctors should get on board with diapers as a means for incontinence management. That likely won't happen, though, since managing well with diapers also does away with the ongoing medication management appointments.

W.

Wouldn't it be nice to find a urologist who had experienced either personally, or with a relative, just what you are going through? Doctors are rarely allowed enough time to get to know you and what you are feeling. A shame, but under today's healthcare methods it just isn't in the cards and I cannot see it getting any better.