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>> So even though everyone is uncomfortable talking about incontinence,
I just assume that everyone's uncomfortable with it because it's embarrassing, it's gross,
it's not something that you've probably talked about with your friends,
and you may not even have talked about it with your spouse.
And I may be the first person that you talk to about it, and so I think it's really important
that I make you comfortable, and really let's just talk about it.
I'm going to ask about urinary problems, I can ask about *** problems related to it.
You know, it's -- this is the time to really discuss it.
And the thing is that a lot of people assume that incontinence is normal.
I've had a couple of kids, it's normal that I leak, or I'm getting old,
it's normal that I leak, or I had prostate surgery, it's normal that I leak.
It's never normal to leak urine.
I think wanting to be dry and continent is a normal thing for people,
and everyone can hopefully expect to be dry,
or there's something I can do to help them to be that way.
The University of Michigan is very unique.
Many places know how to treat people with incontinence,
but we really see a lot of very unique cases.
We have a spinal cord injury treatment center here at the hospital,
and the physicians there know that we subspecialize in neuro urology,
so we understand the -- all the complexities of someone
who has a specific neurological problem causing them to leak.
So we communicate with them quite often, we also do research with them.
So we talk to them very frequently, and collaborate about patients,
and trying to get the best care possible.
We also here at the University of Michigan really specialize in complex incontinence,
people who've had one surgery, maybe two surgeries, maybe three or four to try
to correct their leakage problem that may not have worked.
And those are the patients we see every day, and oftentimes we're able to find a good solution,
and something that will work well for them.