I can think of no better environment to discuss
these problems. In the reply of Bob (Cook?) from
Houston you heard of an experienced person's
solution. Here are two others.
For men only [the girls can skip this paragraph,]
there is a device called a "Texas catheter". The
proper name is "male external catheter". The
device is essentially a condom with a hose on one
end and adhesive inside the other end, and it is
used in conjunction with a leg bag or a
bedside/wheelchair bag. I used them for months,
and I recommend them. There are some negatives:
the foreskin stays wet and can become irritated,
the adhesive can be brutal at removal time, and a
failure is a minor catastrophe [do not kink the
hose!] I suggest that you remove them each night,
but I, myself, have gone up to two days without a
change. They are available in different sizes and
with different adhesive strategies. Send EMAIL if
you want details.
For both men and women for whom the word dribble
is more appropriate than deluge, there are
incontinence pants. After a few months of needing
nothing extraordinary, I am just starting to use
these, but not every day. I don't yet know much
about them, but it does seem that if I wear them,
I don't need them, and if I don't wear them .....
Alton
p.s. The neuro told me today that the recent
dribble problem is not related to TM. "Once
control comes back, it stays." We believe this
problem is related to two new medications.
Someone here said, "Just because you have TM
doesn't mean you are immune to all the other stuff."