Today I took my dog, Beeb, for a run on the lakefront here in Chicago.  Running outside is one of the things I insist on doing all year; rain or shine, winter, summer, spring or fall. 

 OK, I know you are wondering how I, an incontinence patient, can run…and why would I?

Well, I run because I can and because I love it and because I do my best thinking out there on the path.  It is my spiritual moment and where I get some of my best thoughts and ideas.

 As for the “how”, that is what I want to write about.  So, I run with the help of orthotics - inserts I put in my shoes and one I put in my body.  The orthotics I rely on to run is a uterine support device called a pessary.  That’s a scary name, isn’t it?  Maybe, but the reality is this little “device,” actually it is like a stiff dyaphram, can totally change your life.  Or, let you fully live your life.

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