In the past week, DH has had two episodes where he um...soiled himself. The urge came on so suddenly that there wasn't any time to find a bathroom. He's had a couple of close calls at home, too. Luckily it hasn't happened at work yet, but DH was (understandably) worried, and went to the urgent care clinic yesterday.
They told him that most cases like his are not physical as in "problem with digestive tract" issues, but neurological, in nature. Since DH has a possible TBI(?), the doctor speculated that this could be a progression of his injury, in which case, it may be something he has to "learn to live with". DH is extremely depressed about the whole thing. He's in one of those "the world is ending" moods, where, in his mind, there is nothing good at all in the world. He hasn't called me all night (I'm getting ready to leave work after working all night, he usually calls me to say "hi"), so I called him to make sure he was ok. He answered the phone, but his responses were very flat-sounding and short. Funny, though, DH states that his back doesn't hurt at all lately....(?)
I tried to remind him that the doctors have been wrong about a lot of things with him. He agreed that that is true, but that did not change his mood. He will (hopefully) go for an MRI on Monday (that's what the doctor recommended anyhow) to see if they can figure out what is happening.
They told him that most cases like his are not physical as in "problem with digestive tract" issues, but neurological, in nature. Since DH has a possible TBI(?), the doctor speculated that this could be a progression of his injury, in which case, it may be something he has to "learn to live with". DH is extremely depressed about the whole thing. He's in one of those "the world is ending" moods, where, in his mind, there is nothing good at all in the world. He hasn't called me all night (I'm getting ready to leave work after working all night, he usually calls me to say "hi"), so I called him to make sure he was ok. He answered the phone, but his responses were very flat-sounding and short. Funny, though, DH states that his back doesn't hurt at all lately....(?)
I tried to remind him that the doctors have been wrong about a lot of things with him. He agreed that that is true, but that did not change his mood. He will (hopefully) go for an MRI on Monday (that's what the doctor recommended anyhow) to see if they can figure out what is happening.
I wish I knew how to help.