February 2009

Aberdeen Primary Care
announces a new service:

The UroHealth Program

• Have you been too embarrassed to talk with your health care provider about your accidents?
• Do you feel SHAME about the accidents and the smell?
• Is it difficult to get out with your friends, shop or attend church because you never know when you will have an accident?
• Does lack of bladder or bowel control keep you home?
• Are you tired of having to use protection?
• Are you frightened of having an accident during intimate moments with your partner?
• Do you feel you are just not listened to?

It doesn't have to be this way!

There is a secret among many women that is hardly ever talked about. That is one of “leakage”. We don’t like to talk about it. It’s embarrassing. We feel shamed and often feel that no one really understands.

We try to hide the problem with pads, lots of showers and medication. While these measures may help control the problem, they do not address the real issue and they can do little to correct it. While surgery may help some women, many are not a candidate for surgery and sometimes the effects of surgery don't last.

The UroHealth program, offered by our office, provides a comprehensive evaluation and features conservative therapy which will improve the quality of your life, and positively impact the quality of your health.

This program is currently covered by Medicare as well as most insurance carriers. In many cases you do not need a referral (but check with your insurance company first).

You do not NOT need to be a patient of Aberdeen Primary Care. In other words, you do not need to change your Primary Care Provider. We will share information with your PCP with your permission.

To make an appointment, or to request further information, please contact our office at 360-538-1800.

Some information for you:

• How to Use the Bladder Diary 
• Bladder Diary 
• Common Bladder Irritants