IT'S NOT YOUR PROSTATE

You should never let anyone, not a doctor, a natural health practitioner, an advertiser, or anyone else dictate to you about your health. Always be informed, which I hope this video helps you do.

To me, the medical establishment, and, I'm sorry to say, many in the natural health field, are just generating their own business by scaring men into thinking that just because they're older they need to have things done to, or take things for, their prostate.

YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL - EXCEPT CONTINENCE

Man, I can only imagine what this poor woman went through. Pee when you have to, ladies.

TRYING - AND SUCCEEDING AT - PEE-PROOF UNDERWEAR

Here's a cool article from Canadian women's magazine Chatelaine where an anonymous staffer tried female incontinence underwear.

I'm glad she gave them all such a good review, that she wasn't afraid to take on this experiment, that all the underwear she tried were reusable, and that she could genuinely recommend any of the brands she tried.

I also like the fact she doesn't downplay the importance of physical therapy.

LUTHER ON CHANGING DIAPERS

This is a fantastic article and shows people were more pogressive several centuries ago than we think they were.

FULLER HOUSE - RAMONA THE BABYSITTER

How could she not know how to dispose of a dirty diaper? Wouldn't she have at least learned from DJ?

DIAPERS PROLONG BED-WETTING

A lot of bed-wetting goes back to the fact the child was never properly toilet trained at night. Diapers taught the child she could just let go in her diaper whenever she didn't feel like holding it, and now the brain is telling the bladder the same thing when the child is asleep. The child subconsciously knows she has a diaper on, so the brain tells the bladder, "Go ahead, the diaper will take care of it." If, however, the child wets and there is no diaper, she will wake up to the unpleasant feeling of wet pajamas and a wet bed. This will train the brain to tell the bladder to hold it until the brain can wake the child up and get her body on the toilet.

This article from the Journal Nature would seem to agree with me.

THE TRUTH ABOUT STRESS URINARY AND URGE INCONTINENCE IN WOMEN

A lot of the problems with stress incontinence in women go back to toilet training. Most parents mess up potty training by making the child go on a schedule, even when the child insists she doesn't need to pee. Thus, the child never develops proper awareness of when she needs to void, and into adulthood will not realize her body is sending her the signal, laugh, cough or whatever, and have an accident. Either that or she'll be aware of needing to pee but not be comfortable with urination as a part of her life. Thus, she will hold it, laugh, sneeze, or whatever, and have an accident.

As far as urge incontinence: Other parents mess up toilet training by insisting the child use the potty frequently _and telling the child that, if she has an accident, it will be horrifically embarrassing for the child and terribly inconvenient for the parent. Thus, the fear of wetting her pants is instilled and the child grows into a woman who gets seized by the urge to pee every half an hour, feeling like she's going to burst if she doesn't get to the bathroom and often not making it, all out of fear of not getting her bum on the toilet in time as opposed to an actual large quantity of urine in the bladder.

Stress and urge incontinence can show up in men for these reasons, too, but boys tend to learn how to relax and have fun with their stream, if you catch my drift, whereas girls are more likely to be taught to be ladylike and that urine only goes in a toilet.

HOW TO PEE STANDING UP WITHOUT A DEVICE

Though lots of the many FUDs on the market today are great, of course the easier, cheaper and more convenient thing for a woman to do is to learn how to empty your bladder in a standing position without any aparatus. In a thorough yet concise manner, this video teaches just that.

SOME HELPFUL BLADDER VIDEOS

It's amazing how simple things can improve your health and solve problems you thought might require drugs or surgery.

Here are two bladder retraining therapy videos, one for women with incontinence problems, and one for women with urinary retention.

THE INCONTINENT DISABLED FINALLY HAVE A VOICE

Prior to the internet and social media, the only time you heard about incontinence in mainstream media was on a telathon, or maybe some shock jock was making fun of it. Now, those who have continence problems finally have a voice. Below are some of the favourite youtube channels I've discovered so far.

First, Luda Gogolushko, a young woman in a wheelchair, talks about wearing diapers in situations where she might not find an accessible bathroom. Follow her links for other videos on this topic.

Next, Andrea Lausell, a young woman with spina bifida, talks about the bladder leakage that comes with this disability. Also follow her links for similar videos.

Next, there's Olivia Robbin, a young woman who has dealt with overactive bladder and bed-wetting all her life.

Then, there's Back In Diapers, a young woman who has become fully bladder incontinent.