I would have to come home to use the bathroom. Now, I live in a sorority house and have two roommates. Lynn Eckerson, clinical specialist for NeuroControl, explained that some people use it just for bladder control, and some just for the bowel. The physician makes adjustments to the way the stimulation is delivered depending on what you are using the device for, she said. If you stretch out your bladder it doesn't respond to the stimulation as well.
Most people do it four to five times a day.
You need to be really careful that your bladder doesn't get too full. At night I go eight hours. The transmitter needs to be close to the receiver to get a good response, Eckerson said. Rachelle recovered from the surgery quickly. I think I was in the hospital five days.