Hi Helen - I am sorry to read your post and I am sure that you not only have my plus everyone that reads this sympathy - how horrible for you :( . I am absolutely no expert, but would advise you go to see your GP as soon as possible and be asked to be referred to an expert. You can't possible carry ...

Hi JCC and welcome to the forum. I have had surgery before, but not similar to the surgery you have undergone. However the surgery I did have turned out to be very bad and I had a lot of corrective work done. The consultant I had was very well known and top of his field and what this meant was that ...

Hello Cathy - and sorry to hear about your condition and certainly hope you are on the road to recovery. Having had surgery a few times myself for other things I know surgery is not a miracle answer generally to everything and its not a quick fix solution. When your body has experienced such surgery...

Hi Bill - yes it certainly does take quite a bit of time - when I've been on realise an hour as disappeared without even noticing. My biggest problem is my spelling mistakes if not careful and then realising I've wondered off from what I was meant to be writing about in the first place! I agree it d...

Hello Sarah and welcome Really interesting to read your post. I am certainly not a doctor but having spoken to a range of medical professions in this area over a number of years one of the first things they always ask is how much fluid are you drinking. I would suggest that they will say that your f...

Hi Bill - just wanted to say hello too! I've had a good read of your posts and they are really encouraging. I totally agree that as always there seem to be lots of views and only a few posts....shame. However I have to say that I have been guilty of that as well in the past. It took me ages to start...

Hello E. I think a lot of people will sympathise and empathise with your problem and will be particularly interested to see what your GP / clinic recommends. As I understand it everything that you discuss with your GP would be in confidence, so I am sure you will have no worries there. Just because ...

Hi Josie again!....Really interesting to read your post. I am hoping that we can make this forum grow - as you are right I also found very few places to actually discuss such problems. Lots of different information around on the internet but no actual real people to interact with....lets hope we can...

Thats great news!!!

Hello to judyp and Mrjp - thank you for your posts. Its very easy to see just one side of problems of continence and to have a lot of sympathy for the person suffering from these issues, but there is also the other side as you both point out about caring. I am not a carer myself, but I can certainly...