How not all bowel incontinence is caused by constipation
It is commonly presumed that people with MS are motility deficient, e.g. constipated; that any bowel incontinence is necessarily caused by the back up of constipation and is the leakage of the stool behind the dam. I can only believe that this is not the case. Many years ago when I was working at the NMSS, I led a group called 'Exploring Wellness' where we studied alternative ways to living well without the focus being on MS. At this group I met a woman who had an "accident" at Frederick and Nelson's department store. She had a BM while shopping. I know! Mortifying, right? The clerks were very helpful, shuffling her to a private bathroom where she could clean up and change her clothes (they shopped for her and replaced what was soiled), and they brought her everything she needed at the time. She was forever grateful to them for their kindness, but she assured me that she would never step into that store again!!! LOL This was a young woman in her 20's wh...
