So it’s been a couple of weeks since I had my second bladder sling surgery and I gotta say, so far, so good. I have not leaked due to a cough or sneeze, the sling is doing its job. It isn’t doing anything for the urge incontinence, nor was it supposed to. There is another treatment for that.
Botox injections directly into the bladder will relax the bladder muscle so that the urgency isn’t so immediate, it should buy me time to reach a bathroom. It is a treatment that needs to be repeated as it lasts six to nine months on the average. Since I’ve tried two different medications to address the urge incontinence and haven’t had success, I qualify for the injections. The wait list for this procedure is about four months. While I’m waiting the best thing I can do for myself is to continue with the estrogen cream, Kegel and pelvic tilt exercises.
I haven’t really gone out anywhere since the surgery and so I am never far from the bathroom. Though sometimes I just barely make it, especially first thing in the morning, there’s only been one accident and that was because I tried to delay using the washroom. I don’t wear incontinence pads around the house but when I am ready to go out I will, just to be on the safe side.
I’m just so happy the sling surgery is working this time and there doesn’t appear to be an infection brewing at the incision site. I’m looking forward to the Botox treatments to resolve the urge incontinence.
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