Now for the past few weeks my every spare moment has been taken up with writing quite a number of presentations that are coming up in August and September. (I am soon to enroll in the latest online course on how to say no). So you may have noticed that the blogs have been a […]
Lazy blogging? Or we all could do with a good laugh? Read More »
My dear friend Anne, who between lecturing at UQ Occupational Therapy Dept, studying the stock market and finding funny cards and poems with references to incontinence for me, must rarely have any time to sleep. She has once again has come to the party and supplied the basis of yet another blog. Unfortunately I am unable to
Incahoots : Where I have and have not been! Read More »
Peg’s been at it again – sending joke emails to all her friends. They mostly all have a theme – aging and its drawbacks – that aging ain’t for sissies!! I’d thought I’d share this one with you because it’s relevant to all my usual themes…prevention, act now don’t wait for the problems, be pro-active and prevent the problems.
Welcome to my Nightmare: NOT!! Read More »
Recently my lovely, wise GP and I were having a chat about catastrophising. We are all capable of catastrophising. I see the tendency in many pain patients and those suffering with bladder urgency. It’s easy to do when you are anxious as to whether you are going to cope with a function or outing when
Incontinence and Sex – How do we get patients to tell us their problems? Read More »
The best thing about writing a blog is the ability to reach women all around the world and have a chat about their bladders, bowels or prolapse. I also get many email enquiries about problems following their gynae repair surgery. Recently a lovely lady – we’ll call her Mrs L wrote asking a question in
A Case Study: Post-op Gynae Complications Read More »
Having a baby is a magnificent experience. Seeing the combination of you and your partner’s genetic pool, nurturing them, watching them stumble and grow into beautiful big people is a wonderful life experience. It’s just a shame about the collateral damage for women’s pelvic floors following a vaginal delivery. Nerve compression, levator avulsion, prolapse, urinary incontinence,
I Can’t Feel Anything Anymore :-( Read More »
Over the past year I have talked alot about incontinence, but not really ever touched on a type of incontinence that is going to become increasingly prevalent as our aging population explodes in the next few decades. Functional incontinence occurs when problems getting to the toilet are caused by environmental, physical or mental difficulties. For Alzheimer’s
Functional Incontinence Read More »
This week’s edition of the Sunday Mail Body and Soul supplement on Baby had lots of interesting articles on ‘Budget tips for new mums’, ‘How to face your birth fears’ and ‘Labour tips for Dads’, but I would also like to add in the very important subject of the pelvic floor. Damien Kelly mentioned that an exercise called the ‘Clams‘
Prolapse Prevention: Supplement to Body and Soul Read More »
Nothing causes more misery in people’s lives than bowel problems. Whether it be constipation, incomplete evacuation, faecal incontinence, sneaky gas, rectal prolapse, haemorrhoids, pain from anal fissures or proctalgia fujax – and sadly, some people can have some or all of these conditions. One of the more famous people who reportedly suffered with major constipation
Over the years I have received many gorgeous but somewhat self-indulgent presents for Mothers Day – pedicures, vouchers for hair do’s, a gorgeous watch – but this year I am going to make a suggestion to all daughters ( and sons) out there on the wide world web to do their Mum’s a favour and