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Would you be interested in attending healthy bladder & bowel training for parents & carers if this was something we could get funding for?

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Mum0fBoys profile image
Mum0fBoys

Bowel health is what I would be most interested in...

The help we receive from the GP is very poor, and previously non-existent from other GPs.

We need support, signs to look out for, possible triggers etc.

On our last visit to the GP he said “ when he wets get him to change his own bed, that usually does the trick” I was mortified. My 11 year old son seemed very sad when we left the surgery.

I’m still not convinced that we have tackled the problem as effectively as we could.

My son has never had a ‘sleep over’ because he’s too worried that he’ll wet. So sad. He is dyslexic and has enough to deal with!

He is now at a new private, very small, secondary school and they are very kind which helps a lot. He is never refused permission to go to the toilet etc...

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gettingfitter17

As a Continence nurse, I think this is a brilliant idea. In my experience there is little NHS support for children with Continence problems.

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Poppymum in reply to gettingfitter17

Very true. It’s so hard to get help. We are just getting help for our five and a half year old after people saying it was a potty training problem. Her bladder is overactive and she hates wetting several times daily. They’re just starting to take it seriously after years of fobbing us off.

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Shootingstars12 in reply to Poppymum

I feel you pain we are getting help after 2 years of being fobbed off. My little girl is 4 and there is no support out there or clinics for us tovgo to. I want my little girls to know she's not the only one and its a common problem in little girls. X

PhyllisK profile image
PhyllisK

This is an excellent idea.

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PhyllisK

I wish I had had the opportunity to attend an ERIC training seminar as a School Nurse. Perhaps it could be incorporated in the School Nurse training course.

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Poppymum

I attended it in Cardiff about this time last year when you ran it. It was great. Thanks so much.

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Ting62

I think this is a fantastic idea. Parents are often brought to their knees with the stress and frustration of these conditions especially where there is little support. I hope funding is found.

Misty10 profile image
Misty10

Yes for bowels I would be interested in.

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Heidi_hi78

Would be interested in incontinence of urine .very little help and years of the n.h.s to get anywhere .

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Nanny2011

This is a great idea. I would attend if this became available

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Amanda-87

Bowel health is the most important one to me as my 4yr old daughter has been suffering with childhood constipation since she was a newborn she also multiple food allergies x

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Shootingstars12

There needs to be more support for parents and children my daughter would benefit from meeting other children so she doesn't feel like she's alone