I was incontinent for several months following RP more than a year
ago.  I found that humor helped me to cope with this unpleasant
condition, and in an effort to put a spin of laughter on it all, I
wrote the following 10 ten list.  In a more serious vein, the lessons
I learned are that you must faithfully do your Kegel exercises, and
that you have to be patient and not get discouraged.  It also helped
me to realize that if all else failed, a surgical installation of an
artificial urinary sphincter could always be done.

TOP TEN WAYS TO DEAL WITH INCONTINENCE

10.  Make others jealous of the fact that you (and not them) get these
wonderful, warm and wet feelings  all of the time.

9.  Since gravity is a culprit in promoting urinary leakage, move to
the International Space Station.  No gravity, no problem.

8.  Again with gravity being a factor, learn to walk on your hands
instead of on your feet. (there will be obvious adjustment challenges
with respect to shaking hands with others, clapping hands, bowling,
etc.)

7.  Since urinary leakage is promoted by sudden changes in body
position, do the following:  Study with a reputable psychokinetic
guru, and learn the art of self-levitation and body-floating through
the air.

6.  The sound of running water promotes urination.  Therefore, permit
no running water in your household by shutting the water off to your
house (allow only bottled water, sponge baths, and outhouse visits by
other family members.)

5.  Find and live with any obscure sect of underwater SCUBA-diving
dwellers. Hey, in such a culture, everybody pees in their swimsuits
anyway.  So there is no problem.

4.  Convince yourself that so-called "normal" urinary
retention/urination is merely a practice engineered by a global
government plot to control its citizenry.

3.  Convince everybody else in the world that peeing in your pants is
really a preferable activity.  You could point out to them how
wonderfully liberating it is to do this!

2.  Equipped with your padded underwear, you realize that while others
in your entourage search in vain for that elusive restroom while
traveling in public, you are ALL SET!

The number 1 way to deal with incontinence,

1.  Record and play to yourself over and over again that sugary, sweet
song from the DETROL LA commercial, "I don't have to go right now."