Bladder Control Issues after Brain Trauma – 30 Years Later
It’s hard enough to be a caregiver, but it’s much harder if the person under your care has bladder control issues. If you or your loved ones are in such a situation, you may find the following story uplifting, from a mother whose son had bladder control issues after brain trauma and 30 years later.
Ron’s Story
Kate B. called us to reorder BetterMAN for her son and told us this story.
“My son, Ron, suffered severe brain damage in an auto accident when he was 18 years old. His brain was so traumatized that he was in a coma for about 4.5 months. His doctor lost hope and said he would not make it, or became bed ridden in a persistent vegetative state.
My husband and I refused to accept that ‘reality’. We brought Ron back, cared, and prayed for him at our home. We tried everything to help him recover. Ron was in a wheelchair for 6 years, gradually progressed to using a walker, and then finally was able to walk. Now Ron is mobile, loving, upbeat, and has a great sense of humor.
But Ron still has problems. He has no short term memory, cannot remember what he had for lunch.
In addition, he has bladder control problems, leaks urine at night and dripping after urination during the day.
When I saw your BetterMAN ad in Reader’s Digest, I thought that a natural remedy sounded very interesting for Ron to try. So I started Ron on BetterMAN at two capsules daily.
To our big surprise, we started to see some improvements almost immediately, during the past two weeks, Ron had 7 nights dry! We were thrilled to death!”
A Follow Up On Ron, One Year Later
We received a letter from Kate a year later to let us know his progress.
“Dear Dr. Wishnow,
Enclosed is the copy of the January calendar we use to record Ron’s condition and communicate among several shifts of caretakers and ourselves. As you can see, in January, Ron was dry 70% of the time at night (21 nights in a month)! Before he started BetterMAN, he had only about 3-7% of dry nights per month (1-2 nights in a month).
Wearing Pull-Ups is a humiliating experience for adults. But we had to do it. I said to Ron ‘If you can make one month dry, I will let you wear whatever you like when you go to sleep.’ Ron is thrilled and very proud of his progress.
We are very thankful!
Sincerely,
Kate”
Final thoughts
What a mother! There were plenty of reasons or excuses for Kate to give up and accept the “reality” a long time ago. But this is not Kate, an exceptional mother. She persisted, knowing the road to recovery would be long, slow, and difficult; she refuses to give up, ever…
To Kate’s courage and Ron’s continued recovery!
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