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Bowel incontinence

Digestive Health | Last Active: Jan 18 3:14pm | Replies (133)

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@lacy2 I am surprised that anyone would ask a 75-year-old person to get on their hands and knees. I'm sure there must be other pelvic floor therapists who would have better suggestions than that. If it were me, I would refuse that type of exercise and tell them I need something that is more manageable for my age and body.

As you have had a lot of surgeries as well as radiation have you considered going to a specialty medical center like Mayo Clinic or a university medical school? These facilities are research-oriented and often have a better track record of solving hard-to-treat problems.

Are you able to go to one of these medical facilities?

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@teresa... thank you so much for your comment.... I would love to wave a magic wand and be sitting in a waiting room at Mayo Clinic, am in Northern Ontario Canada... but Mayo Clinic is a well known name in this Country and before joining would read web check results from their site. My daughter said she would pay for me to attend one of those expensive private clinics (we dont have 2 tier health system though) in Toronto but two things; one being I would think they are closed re Covid and I also find travelling very hard and to be quite honest have almost become housebound over the past few years after having CDiff and dr changing up my medications; and haven't had a family doctor for over a year. In Toronto they do have "teaching hospitals" whereas where I live we don't have neurologist or rheumatologist etc. but have to go out of town and its a long long wait. Just before I got c.diff from too many antibiotics, it was at a teaching hospital I was diagnosed with narrow angle glaucoma, but then after 2 appointments, couldn't travel back there as 4 hour each way and overnight stay and fecal incontinence didnt help. Nice to live in a bigger City when have multi medical problems.
Thanks again for your kindness in helping me..... J.