Lois wants to be on a Disney Float

Embracing ones age is all the rage, or is it?  Supposedly, fifty is the new forty, following suit sixty is the new fifty.  All that is good and gooder, but someone has to let our insides know.  I admit that turning 56 this year has not been one of the birthdays I’m embracing. 

Yes, thank you, I look good for my age, but what happened to those compliments that weren’t prefaced with, good for your age?  I also admit that I do know that I look good for my age.

Botox is fun and does help with some prominent wrinkles around the eyes, but I have not read about Botox for elbows?  Not to be a downer, but seriously what is that skin that wrinkles so easily when leaning on a desk.  Careful not to cross lanes of traffic when staring too long at my arm resting on the door handle has been a concern.

For the good of the Nation, yes I said Nation - I am writing this article to help with yet another little blunder these womanly bodies add by surprise.

Urinary incontinence, and for those of you who don’t understand what the rest of this article is referring too, pay attention, it’s inevitable, especially after childbirth, then coming on stronger during menopause

Since many ailments are blamed on stress, I’m going to opt-in to my urinary incontinence coming from stress.  But, alas I must add that the stress referred to is not worrying about what appetizers I’ll serve at an upcoming engagement but stress from physical movement.  In the case of oum-wa, playing tennis, running gingerly towards something or laughing can cause me to take pause.

Yes, there’s a plus, during a game of tennis I don’t need to take a restroom break, pretty sure all the leakage did the trick, but it does mean that instead of looking for cute styles to wear on the court, I’m shopping for absorbent ones.  Cute, absorbent ones.

Some research to back up this situation.

There are Types of Urinary Incontinence

• Stress   Leakage of small amounts of urine during physical movement (coughing, sneezing, exercising).
• Urge   Leakage of large amounts of urine at unexpected times, including during sleep.
• Overactive Bladder   Urinary frequency and urgency, with or without urge incontinence.
• Functional   Untimely urination because of physical disability, external obstacles, or problems in thinking or communicating that prevent a person from reaching a toilet.
• Overflow   Unexpected leakage of small amounts of urine because of a full bladder.
• Mixed   Usually the occurrence of stress and urge incontinence together.
• Transient   Leakage that occurs temporarily because of a situation that will pass (infection, taking a new medication, colds with coughing).

Many women may have urinary incontinence that can improve with treatment but remain silent sufferers and resort to wearing absorbent ¯undergarments, or diapers. This practice is unfortunate, because diapering can lead to diminished self-esteem, as well as skin irritation and sores. If you are relying on diapers to manage your incontinence, you and your family should discuss with your doctor the possible effectiveness of treatments such as timed voiding and pelvic muscle exercises.

Points to Remember

Urinary incontinence is common in women.

• All types of urinary incontinence are treatable.
• Incontinence is treatable at all ages.
• You need not be embarrassed by incontinence.

Thanks to the swell people at Depends Silhouette for talking Lisa Rinna into sporting a pair, while her husband rubs her butt - woman all over should be able to wear these babies without shame.

This is no laughing matter, laughing causing urinary incontinence, or as I like to call it - peeing.

Please take away two serious points from this article.

1. Talk to your doctor about this problem.
2. If you need help, we can thank Lisa for showing us the option before intervention.

One more bit of advice - Can we all say KEGEL thanks to Dr. Arnold Kegel for bringing light to the need to move that pelvic floor.  Kegel exercises are supposed to help.

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Then quietly, almost in a whisper, I hear a younger woman’s voice say, “I thought I was protected during my child-bearing years, so I figured I’d stop smoking when I turned 40.” Somehow, the small voice sounds familiar, and silently I pray it’s not one of my daughters. Then I see the girl, and she’s the same age as my oldest daughter. This lovely young woman clears her throat and tells me, “I miss my children so much. My little girl is only 5, and my baby boy just turned 3. Please tell everyone that heart disease doesn’t care what we wear, or what age we are. Tell them now.”

Half a million women, I think to myself, half a million deaths each year that might have been prevented. And I gain renewed strength from knowing that my story can make it possible for wives to remain with their husbands, mothers with their young children, and their children’s children.

Last Mother’s Day was also during National Women’s Health Week.

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There isn’t a person alive that won’t benefit from this quick read!

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