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Incontinence Improvement with Pelvic PT?

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@nikolai57

My pelvic floor PT specialist said that nighttime incontinence is the most difficult to deal with. Things that helped me were limiting liquid intake after 8 p.m. and getting up to urinate one last time before turning out the light before sleep. You might also try setting an alarm for 1.5 hours after you go to sleep. Your sleep would be disrupted, but at least you wouldn’t be dealing with the mess, and maybe you could fall back asleep faster. Be patient. It took me about 3 months after catheter removal before I felt comfortable not wearing protective underwear to bed, and I would still wear it if I was very tired and felt I might sleep through the urge to urinate. Good luck!

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Thanks so much
I appreciate the comments. I had hoped for rapid improvement but I guess I cannot make my muscles learn a new function or relearn a function that has been severely interrupted. If someone told me to do 5,000 keels a day and that would speed things up, I would do it. However, I understand and accept that that is counterproductive.

I hate that it is hard to get to sleep and I get short little rest periods.
Any tips about having the urge to urinate even when the bladder is empty??
Thanks again