I don't have an ms dx (yet) but I do appear to have neurogenic bladder with retention.
My urologist has really been pushing InterStim. Hard. I don't get it. Self-cathing works fine for me. I have way more freedom and feel way better than I did before.
The idea of two surgeries and multiple office visits and testing a such for a device that will probably help to some degree is totally unappealing. I feel like I've already devoted more of my life than I ever wanted to to trying to pee. Why go back there, even it it's a little easier with the implant?
I'm very active too, and hope to remain so. But with the specter of possible/likely ms dx out there and an uncertain future, I don't want to give up months of activities in order to heal from surgeries. (I inderstnad the basic healing process is very quick, but a much longer period of being cautious with activities).
But my urologist keeps pushing. And then my neuro started pushing. Even my primary doc mentioned it. I'm a little frustrated by the whole thing.
Have others experienced this push to get InterStim implanted? I guess it might help with bowel issues, as well, which are a relatively minor problem for me. If I had incontinence, I'd be more interested in trying InterStim. But for retention? Self-cathing just seems a much better solution for me. Can't seem to convince doctors, though.
My urologist has really been pushing InterStim. Hard. I don't get it. Self-cathing works fine for me. I have way more freedom and feel way better than I did before.
The idea of two surgeries and multiple office visits and testing a such for a device that will probably help to some degree is totally unappealing. I feel like I've already devoted more of my life than I ever wanted to to trying to pee. Why go back there, even it it's a little easier with the implant?
I'm very active too, and hope to remain so. But with the specter of possible/likely ms dx out there and an uncertain future, I don't want to give up months of activities in order to heal from surgeries. (I inderstnad the basic healing process is very quick, but a much longer period of being cautious with activities).
But my urologist keeps pushing. And then my neuro started pushing. Even my primary doc mentioned it. I'm a little frustrated by the whole thing.
Have others experienced this push to get InterStim implanted? I guess it might help with bowel issues, as well, which are a relatively minor problem for me. If I had incontinence, I'd be more interested in trying InterStim. But for retention? Self-cathing just seems a much better solution for me. Can't seem to convince doctors, though.
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