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I remember hatching a
plan to make it through
my own wedding
without having to
interrupt the priest so I
could dash to the bathroom.
I stopped drinking any form
of liquid 20 hours prior to
the big event. That’s not
weird, right?
Wrong. OverGaectttivinegBMlaydder
People need water, lots of it, every Under Control…
single day. But drinking that much water
is difficult for overactive bladder sufferers Naturally
like me. So I finally decided to see a
urologist. Because I was tired of it. Tired By Michele Robert Poche
of aggravating theater patrons to climb
over their legs before intermission. Tired Fortunately, I’m only plagued with three rookie mistakes, I’m five weeks in and
of pulling the car over during daily errands. of these problems, but I didn’t want to wait up to two hour spans (my personal best
Tired of literally losing sleep. for incontinence to rear its soggy head. being two hours, 13 minutes). I’m not
The physician prescribed numerous sure I’ll ever get much higher but I’ve
medications whose results were utterly How did it go? definitely seen progress.
disappointing. Not only did they elicit After a number of false starts and
obnoxious side effects, they didn’t even
work. So I elected to take matters into my
own hands … with a little experiment.
Could I get my overactive
bladder under control all
by myself?
The training seemed simple. After
waking, urinate every hour on the hour. If
I have to go in between, try to hold out to
the hour if possible. After week one, adjust
the schedule to an hour and fifteen minutes.
After week two, move to 90 minutes.
Modify those numbers if necessary. Keep
elongating the intervals until I reach the
“normal” three to four hour span.
Interested in trying it? Remember these tips:
This frequent, 01 02 03
scheduled evacuation is
supposed to train my bladder Use a timer Avoid irritants Be patient.
gradually to cease with the
urgent reminders. It actually No matter how obvious Coffee, tea, sodas, For some, results
it seems, you will forget to alcohol, etc. can all can come as quickly
tackles four issues: urinate on schedule. Set a make matters worse. as two weeks. For
• Urgency timer and keep it handy. And others, it could be six.
don’t be surprised when it For best results, Just remember, any
• Frequency (8+ times daily) sounds during a business nurture a love improvement enriches
• Incontinence your quality of life.
• Nocturnia meeting, church, etc. of water or
cranberry juice.
(waking 2+ times nightly)
12 INSPIRE HEALTH september | october 2016
I remember hatching a
plan to make it through
my own wedding
without having to
interrupt the priest so I
could dash to the bathroom.
I stopped drinking any form
of liquid 20 hours prior to
the big event. That’s not
weird, right?
Wrong. OverGaectttivinegBMlaydder
People need water, lots of it, every Under Control…
single day. But drinking that much water
is difficult for overactive bladder sufferers Naturally
like me. So I finally decided to see a
urologist. Because I was tired of it. Tired By Michele Robert Poche
of aggravating theater patrons to climb
over their legs before intermission. Tired Fortunately, I’m only plagued with three rookie mistakes, I’m five weeks in and
of pulling the car over during daily errands. of these problems, but I didn’t want to wait up to two hour spans (my personal best
Tired of literally losing sleep. for incontinence to rear its soggy head. being two hours, 13 minutes). I’m not
The physician prescribed numerous sure I’ll ever get much higher but I’ve
medications whose results were utterly How did it go? definitely seen progress.
disappointing. Not only did they elicit After a number of false starts and
obnoxious side effects, they didn’t even
work. So I elected to take matters into my
own hands … with a little experiment.
Could I get my overactive
bladder under control all
by myself?
The training seemed simple. After
waking, urinate every hour on the hour. If
I have to go in between, try to hold out to
the hour if possible. After week one, adjust
the schedule to an hour and fifteen minutes.
After week two, move to 90 minutes.
Modify those numbers if necessary. Keep
elongating the intervals until I reach the
“normal” three to four hour span.
Interested in trying it? Remember these tips:
This frequent, 01 02 03
scheduled evacuation is
supposed to train my bladder Use a timer Avoid irritants Be patient.
gradually to cease with the
urgent reminders. It actually No matter how obvious Coffee, tea, sodas, For some, results
it seems, you will forget to alcohol, etc. can all can come as quickly
tackles four issues: urinate on schedule. Set a make matters worse. as two weeks. For
• Urgency timer and keep it handy. And others, it could be six.
don’t be surprised when it For best results, Just remember, any
• Frequency (8+ times daily) sounds during a business nurture a love improvement enriches
• Incontinence your quality of life.
• Nocturnia meeting, church, etc. of water or
cranberry juice.
(waking 2+ times nightly)
12 INSPIRE HEALTH september | october 2016
