Tracey please congratulate Ashlee for me. She sounds like a remarkable young lady. With her determination she will go far in the future. You must be VERY proud.
Patti On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Tracey L. Black <[email protected]> wrote: > Janice: > Ashlee hit her 7 year mark in February. There are still mornings that she > will wake up wet, but normally if she sleeps longer than normal. She normally > limits her liquid intake in the evenings and then pees when she is getting > ready for bed and then goes again right before she gets in bed. She is on > 15mg of Oxybutnin a day, which she takes in the morning. At one point she had > been on a 10mg in the morning and a 5mg at night and that worked but just got > to be a pain b/c she takes all of her other pills in the morning. > I just want to let you all know that on June 5 she will be graduating from > High School. She is a member of the National Honor Society and is 41 in her > class of about 200 students. She has about a 4.0 gpa. She is scheduled to > take a summer math course at HACC starting in mid July for 4 weeks 4 days a > week and then starts her 4 fall classes at the end of August. She is going > for her Associates Degree in Business Administration/Management. > > Tracey L. Black > Certified Insurance Service Representative > Hockley & O'Donnell Insurance Agency > PO Box 3039, 132 Buford Avenue > Gettysburg, PA 17325 > Phone: 717-334-6741, x 29 > Fax: 717-334-3414 > Office hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. > My hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. > > > > Insurance coverage cannot be bound or altered without confirmation from a > licensed agent. If you do not hear from us within 1 business day, please > re-contact us in case your information has not be retained. This message > contains confidential information for use only by its intended recipients and > may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, and protected under > the law (including Gramm-Leach-Bliley and HIPAA/HITECH). If you are not the > named addressee, you are hereby notified that any use of, distribution of, > copying, or reliance upon the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited > and may result in criminal or civil penalties. Please notify the sender > immediately by e-mail if you have received this by mistake and delete this > e-mail from your system. Thank you. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pat Cooley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:02 AM > To: Jan ice Nichols > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TMIC] > > Janice I experience bladder problems similar to yours. I am not bothered > much with spasms. I do exerience them at times in my legs. > It has been 4 yrs for me, at least in June it will be 4 yrs. I have noticed > that when I don't get ti the bathroom regularly, I experience pains just > above my pelvic bone. Much like prementrual cramps. That tells me it is time > to go potty. > > My nights are like yours. Some mornings I find that I am almost dry; others > I am completely soaked even though I may get up to go potty 2-3 times during > the night. I have a large pad that goes completely over my bed as I > experience leaking on those heavy nights. It doesn't matter how much I drink > at night. I was told to restrict liquids after 6:00 pm which I do. Only > drinking enough to be able to take my pills. I don 't think doctors really > know what is going on when you have TM. It is s frustrating. > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Janice Nichols <[email protected]> wrote: > > Patti in Wisconsin > >> Hi TM'ers, >> >> This question probably pertains mostly to female TM'ers, but maybe not. >> >> Is it my imagination or have you all noticed that spasms increase from >> the waist down, legs included, when the bladder is saying it is time >> to go to the bathroom? I have changed the wording several times to >> make it say what I am trying to ask. Hope you get my meaning. >> >> Also, have any of you gotten consistent improvement in bladder control >> or have you pretty much leveled out as far as improvement is >> concerned. If you keep improving, please give me the length of time >> you have had TM. I have had TM for >> 5 years and seem to go back and forth, sometimes 2-3 weeks at a time, >> waking up with wet pads and then, for a while, fairly dry (but never >> completely). It doesn't seem to matter how much I drink during >> the day or in the evening. When I was in the hospital, the doc's >> kept talking about my bladder needing time to "wake up" after being >> paralyzed. Well, mine seems to wake up a little and then snoozes >> again. Frustrating. >> >> Janice >
