What ever happened to doctor patient privilege? So, I am talking to the insurance company and they are asking me a few medical questions for the application. The nurse asks me about different conditions that I may have according to my medical history, "So, what about stress incontinence?" "Pardon me?? I am not familiar with that diagnosis or that term?" My God, I thought, was she asking me if I shit myself when I got stressed out? Was that even a 'thing" a medical condition? If it was, I don't have it. Never been diagnosed with it; certainly don't want it! She explained, "It's when you sneeze and there is a release of a small amount of urine." "oh, you mean do I tinkle when I sneeze? Yes, occasionally if I sneeze really hard (thanks to my beautiful girls' enormously gorgeous melons) sometimes I have to do the peepee dance so I don't tinkle on myself. But its not always." Come on, I'm not the only Mommy who has had this happen,right? She was really trying to be serious. Next question, "Do you require any treatment for this condition?"
Me: "Oh, you mean other than the peepee dance? Not really, just practicing my kegels!"
Nurse: "Any plans for treatment or corrective surgery in the future?"
Me: "No, its kinda like being ugly. You just have to learn to live with it!" At this point, she did let lose a pretty hefty giggle. And this concluded our interview. I am a little concerned that I am in a chart somewhere as a grown woman who tinkles on herself (just a little bit and just on occasion) but its better than what I had originally thought....One who poops on themselves in stressful situations! My goodness, my Masters degrees never prepared me for that term. Oh, the joys of Motherhood!
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