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Old 11-04-2009, 04:34 PM   #5 (permalink)
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hi sandra.
i can totally relate to the bladder problems,it started about 3-4yrs ago and has slowly got worse(more so this past year)
i did do a thread on the pls forum a while back about this.
like yourself i get urgency and incontinance and now wear pads.
i get bladder spasms in bouts ,i am not too bad this week but spent the previous two weeks in a total nightmare.
when they are bad i can feel like i need to go to the toilet all the time but my bladder is usually empty,its like an uncomfortable aching pressure when your bursting to go.
the incontinance has come from the bladder and pelvic muscles getting weaker,sometimes for the first few seconds i dont realise i have had an accident.

bladder spasms/weakness is most associated with hsp,pls and ms.
i had a bladder test done about 3yrs ago but did not really show anything major then,you could ask about this at your next appointment but really its just to clarify the problems.
i am only just gone 42,its not something you are meant to deal with at our age but i can't grumble theres far worse others are dealing with.

i have still kept many of my high heels and strappy sandles plus many beautifull dressie clothes,though i never wear them(heels i can't)or go anywhere but can not part with them.
i am keeping my heels for when i am wheelchair bound,they will look nice but i wont have to walk in them.

as for bra's,i always find them uncomfortable and prefer to go without(in the private at home)
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