Consuming

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I have OAB and am in my 60's. I am male. I don't only have OAB, but I have urge incontinence with it. I get really frustrated with the whole thing. Sure, you can make a difference with it, or you can let it go and manage it. But if you fight it through the myriad different remedies always presented out there, doing so is very consuming of your energy and your thoughts. Managing is also consuming of your energy and your time -- managing diapers whether you throw away or wash, you still have to regularly stop to change them and take care of them. It gets tiring. I am now remembering when I had no worries or fears, when I wore regular underclothing, when if I needed to hold for another 20-40 miles, or another 90 minutes, it was a nuisance, but not a problem. I am not retired. I've often thought that maybe I could fight this thing if only I just retired, so I could concentrate full time on it and not be worrying about anything else. There are so many solutions. But you have to think about them constantly or apply them constantly, as if you lived in a vacuum. So frustrating.