Regaining Bladder Control: What Every Woman Needs to Know [Paperback]

Rebecca G. Rogers (Author), Janet Yagoda Shagam (Author), Shelley Kleinschmidt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 5, 2006

More than 15 million women in America suffer from chronic bladder control problems. Women may tolerate this uncomfortable and embarrassing condition for years, believing their difficulties are "just a part of aging" or that there is nothing they can do about it. Not true! Urinary incontinence is highly treatable. This sensitively written book details medically sound steps that include behavioral changes and exercises that can improve the continence of eight in ten women. These simple "at home" remedies, such as small dietary changes and easy-to-learn pelvic floor exercises, bring many women welcomed relief. Beyond this basic approach, the authors help readers to understand the various causes of urinary incontinence and guide them through diagnosis and the treatment process. The wide array of treatment options available include physical therapy, medications, pessaries, and, in some cases, surgery. First-hand perspectives offer readers a candid and realistic view. The handy workbook format includes innovative worksheets and self-assessment questionnaires. This versatile healthcare resource, full of comforting and practical information, will help women with bladder control problems regain their dignity and independence.

Editorial Reviews

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"[I]s well organized and laid out. The chapters lend themselves to the ease of selective reading and the questionnaires are standard to what would be found in a continence program or clinical setting. The worksheet on the economics of the individual coping with incontinence is a thoughtful addition." --Urologic Nursing, Vol. 27, No. 3, June 2007

About the Author

Rebecca G. Rogers, M.D. (Albuquerque, NM), is director of the Division of Urogynecology at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.

Janet Yagoda Shagam, Ph.D. (Albuquerque, NM), is a freelance medical and science writer, owner of RhizoTech, and a lecturer in the Department of English at the University of New Mexico.

Shelley Kleinschmidt (Albuquerque, NM) is an internal communications specialist with Presbyterian Healthcare Services of New Mexico.

Product Details

• Paperback: 310 pages
• Publisher: Prometheus Books; 1 edition (June 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591024161
• ISBN-13: 978-1591024163
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #994,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Regaining Bladder Control: What Every Woman Needs to Know, September 6, 2006

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This review is from: Regaining Bladder Control: What Every Woman Needs to Know (Paperback)

Thank you Drs. Rogers and Shagam and Ms. Kleinschmidt for this great book.

There's a saying in business, "You can't manage what you can't measure" and this book certainly lives up to its name, it gives any woman the means to both measure and manage those embarrassing "leaks." Thouroughly and knowledgeably written and illustrated.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very treatable and very common problem, January 3, 2007

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This review is from: Regaining Bladder Control: What Every Woman Needs to Know (Paperback)

REGAINING BLADDER CONTROL: WHAT EVERY WOMAN NEEDS TO KNOW covers a very treatable and very common problem. Many women may know of it - but few know that urinary incontinence is very treatable: there are both behavioral changes and exercises that improve the continence of eight in ten women.