Apologies for bringing this subject up again - I know it has been raised many times before BUT having done some searching can't quite find what I'm looking for ...... so before I go into full-flight-panic mode ...... wonder if anyone can advise?
Mum clearly had a problem with bladder incontinence last year - lots of evidence of trying to get to the loo but not getting there in time ..... seemed to have resolved itself .....after taking her off Diazepam which was 'zonking her' - no wonder she was 'slow to the loo' ...... Yesterday it was obvious when I went to do laundry that mum had wet the bed .... but of course - according to her she hadn't - when she realised what I had seen she claimed she had been sick (I understand the 'covering up' is not unusual!) I carefully resisted the urge to question why if one felt sick in the night and knew to get up, she would then go on and vomit over the bed in precisely the spot it would be appear that she had 'wet' ....
We are due a routine checkup by Urologist - (post bladder/ureter cancer several years ago although incontinence was never symptomatic), I have had concerns about mum's alcohol use and I am aware that mum suffered night-time enuresis as a child through to adolesence - which leads me to worry this could be psychologically driven ........ or am I deluding myself looking for any excuse other than we have hit another phase??????
With the benefit of wonderful hindsight and huge embarrassment on my part, I realise this is not the first time it has happened - just the first time I've 'found' and realised the evidence in situ ......
I use mattress protectors anyway for her (legacy from my dad's later days) ... other than that I can only think to keep a diary ... to present to someone at some point????? ...... and start adding 'check the bed' on list of 'checking fridge and bread bin' every day ....... but I can't 'police' her every night/morning - and she won't think of carers coming in .... if I approach CPN or GP I know she will just deny ......
Anyone any ideas? Is night-time incontinence any different to 'general incontinence' or is this just the start?
Love, Karen, x
Mum clearly had a problem with bladder incontinence last year - lots of evidence of trying to get to the loo but not getting there in time ..... seemed to have resolved itself .....after taking her off Diazepam which was 'zonking her' - no wonder she was 'slow to the loo' ...... Yesterday it was obvious when I went to do laundry that mum had wet the bed .... but of course - according to her she hadn't - when she realised what I had seen she claimed she had been sick (I understand the 'covering up' is not unusual!) I carefully resisted the urge to question why if one felt sick in the night and knew to get up, she would then go on and vomit over the bed in precisely the spot it would be appear that she had 'wet' ....
We are due a routine checkup by Urologist - (post bladder/ureter cancer several years ago although incontinence was never symptomatic), I have had concerns about mum's alcohol use and I am aware that mum suffered night-time enuresis as a child through to adolesence - which leads me to worry this could be psychologically driven ........ or am I deluding myself looking for any excuse other than we have hit another phase??????
With the benefit of wonderful hindsight and huge embarrassment on my part, I realise this is not the first time it has happened - just the first time I've 'found' and realised the evidence in situ ......
I use mattress protectors anyway for her (legacy from my dad's later days) ... other than that I can only think to keep a diary ... to present to someone at some point????? ...... and start adding 'check the bed' on list of 'checking fridge and bread bin' every day ....... but I can't 'police' her every night/morning - and she won't think of carers coming in .... if I approach CPN or GP I know she will just deny ......
Anyone any ideas? Is night-time incontinence any different to 'general incontinence' or is this just the start?
Love, Karen, x