Botox Injections for the Bladder

Did you know that Botox is used to treat overactive bladder? Well they had studies that Botox if injected into the bladder wall would relax the muscles and improve your symptoms. No one can believe this because they just think of Botox being injected into face for wrinkles. Well, I can tell you that this really does work. I had 20 injections at the same time injected into my bladder wall for what doctor's consider urinary incontinence or overactive bladder. It only took a week to see improvements from the injections and the results can last for up to 6-8 months. If you know anyone that has this condition, it can really drag you down and makes you want to stay in your house. I was diagnosed with overactive bladder when I was 13 but had symptoms my entire life and it really made me want to stay away from everyone. It even made me not go to college right out of high school because I was made fun of so much during my school years that I did not want to continue my education. Once I moved out on my own and started working for a living, I finally was able to tell some of my colleagues my condition and I was amazed that they understood me and they did not make fun of me. This really made me start changing my attitude about my life and I realized that there are alot more people that has worst conditions than mine. Well I meant my husband and he also was very supportive of my situation and made me feel good to the point that I can talk about it to anyone without getting emotional. I am now 33 years old and I just found a doctor this year that was doing another experiment with botox the bladder and he asked me to participate. Amazingly it has only been 3 weeks ago and I am already 70 percent better than I was prior to the injections. If you know anyone, I would definitely recommend that they try it but it is very costly because the insurance does not pay for it.