Heh-heh! I’m always asking Ruth the same question. She hasn’t yet had to say, ‘no, you pong!’ We are understandably so self conscious, especially in this day and age when all the tv and print media ads are telling us that we aren’t proper humans unless we use products which will make us smell like a tart’s boudoir!
Emergency bags are a great idea. Take it with you and you have a certain peace of mind.
Hi, I am the same paranoid about smelling of wee.
I work in a small office and its been on the tip of my tongue a few times to ask my colleagues if I smell
What am I like?
Mags xx
Although I am a bloke the problem is the same. My neurologist suggested I self catheterise. I saw the continence nurse who said it was a good idea, she showed me how to do it. As others have said it doesn’t hurt and really isn’t a problem. You quickly become an expert.
Hope this helps.
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Hi Polly 
my neurologist finally gave me tablets for bladder, I never had any accidents but came close, so he put me on vesicare which means your bladder can fill up more so far it seems to be working [/quote]
The generic name is solifenacin - I’m on the same medication because I was having problems with urgency (feeling like I needed to go when it wasn’t long since I’d been, and on a couple of occasions I didn’t get to the loo quickly enough and wet myself). They haven’t cured the problem entirely but they have helped.
My other problem is hesitancy - not starting to go once I’m on the loo. That is annoying but at the moment I can live with it. At least it doesn’t lead to me wetting myself!
Hi all, I haven’t read all the posts on this topic so apologies if already mentioned but an Incontinence nurse told me to drink decaffeinated tea/coffee. This simple adaptation has worked wonders for me and shown a success rate of about 90-95%.
Shame it hasn’t shown any improvement in the Bowel department.