Things I Never Thought

[Dudewithboobs]

In recent months I’ve had to use the rest room mid night usually around 3-5am. Rarely ever a habit in the past and unsure why now it’s ticked up. But I’ve had my fair share of close but not close enough moments of leak or dribbling and needing to change before going back to bed. Nothing terrible just not trying to go back to bed damp. 

Pads have been great. I put one in my underwear before bed as of a bit ago and it keeps things dry and worries free. I’ve told my urologist as well and he just said at your age it’s likely just diet or too much water before bed mixed with trying to wake up and get there in time. 

It’s amazing how quick doctors write things off based on text book understanding rather than patient understanding. Especially when estrogen dominant men are documented and studied to show a significantly higher increase in urine incontinence 

[WPW717]

Part of the pad brigade here. My urologist tried 2 different anticholinergics. They didn’t work. Found out later it is a Medicare’s rule that you must hoop jump before you get a real treatment, Botox injection in the detrusor muscle.

The crappy part is that one of the drugs was 7-8 k $$ per year.
The injection does work for me. 

Has to be repeated every 6-12 months. I go every 9-11 months. It is a bit invasive with a cystogram and it feels like a bee sting. Only a local anesthetic involved.

You can live a lovely life by sleeping all night.

[gotgyne]

i mentioned post-void dribbling to a dr. and all he said was that's normal and went onto something else.

Male family physicians and even urologists play post-void dribbling down. But it often is a sign of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and a mild form of incontinence. In contrast my former female GP was aware of it and used the word incontinence. She was very pleased as I told her that I use a panty liner every day.
                                                       

[gotgyne]

In recent months I’ve had to use the rest room mid night usually around 3-5am. Rarely ever a habit in the past and unsure why now it’s ticked up. But I’ve had my fair share of close but not close enough moments of leak or dribbling and needing to change before going back to bed. Nothing terrible just not trying to go back to bed damp.

Pads have been great. I put one in my underwear before bed as of a bit ago and it keeps things dry and worries free. I’ve told my urologist as well and he just said at your age it’s likely just diet or too much water before bed mixed with trying to wake up and get there in time.

It’s amazing how quick doctors write things off based on text book understanding rather than patient understanding. Especially when estrogen dominant men are documented and studied to show a significantly higher increase in urine incontinence

Exactly the same with my male urologist. "That's normal for your age" was his answer. I tried 5 mg finasteride at first, but it had  side effects (extreme dizziness) after a short time.

[Evolver]

I've used women's panty liners from the beginning and now use women's pads. They are cheaper than men's pads.

They're also better.

I've had an issue with incontinence since about 10 years ago, to varying degrees. It began to worsen about 5 years ago and I found that women's pads were far better than men's pads for moderate incontinence. The problem with men's pads, even though they are normally somewhat triangle shaped to cater for normal this-way-or-thataway sideways movement of your 'grub', is that if you let them fill up, they tend to overflow through the narrow bottom end which requires a change of underwear. Women's pads, being either straight or slightly bone shaped, often come with side gathers which eliminates sideways movement anyway, and as they fill up, they zone the moisture along the pad far better than men's pads, due to their length and superior design.

A couple of years ago I underwent a surgical procedure which reduced my leakage from around 150ml per day to less than 30. I still normally wear men's 'shields' now, but if I'm expecting to do anything strenuous, I'll reach for one of my women's pads every time.

[Dudewithboobs]

I never used the mens pads myself. It would make sense given their design, but figured, if I'm not wearing mens underwear, why would I use men's pads. Just conneceted the pad to use to the underwear it was going into. 

[50/50]

I quit using pads after my doctor put me on Flo max a few years ago. Relaxes the prostrate so the bladder empties fully. The nurse of my urologist said to sit to pee because it relaxes the pelvis to help empty the bladder. Also said that Flomax cause breast growth. My GP said the same thing but my urologist said no. I have been given it seems a million reasons why I have boobs. 
The bottom line is…….i have boobs💁

[Dudewithboobs]

My wife got tired of “splashing” on the floor and I’ve been sitting to pee for a few years now as a result. She walked in a time or two and asked why and told her that her complaints made me adjust to sitting and she actually was very appreciative. Laughed but appreciative lol oddly the few times I’ve had leaks was some times due to not sitting in time where as if I’d gone standing up I’d probably made it. But sitting is just second nature at this point 

[bobb]

i've been sitting for years it seems to work better for me so unless i'm in a public toilet i sit.

[Dudewithboobs]

Same, public rest rooms just are gross. However if at work, I do by habit sit.