Hi,

I've had a problem for a couple of years. Untreated, this is it. It progresses.

At first, when I have to pee, I have to pee BAD. Super urgent.

As this goes on, when I get near the toilet, I pee a little in my pants, I just can't fully hold it until I get my pants down. The whole urgency thing seems much worse when I'm just about to pee.

Then finally, untreated, I get an urgency to pee, I may not make it more than a few steps, I simply pee my pants.

I have been treating this with tofu - for the phytoestrogen. It is a self-treatment, I guessed it off the internet and it worked.

I know if I eat 9.5 oz of silken tofu every day (usually for breakfast), I have NO PROBLEMS at all. Not even urgency. I don't know that I need to eat THAT much tofu - but it does work, and it's a half-pack, so it's kind of handy.

Problem is, I am fed up with eating that much tofu. Just sick of it. So, I look up phytoestrogen, and I see that flax seed is very high in it. Could I maybe just use flax seed?

I wonder if anybody else is successfully eating their way around a estrogen related urinary problem.

If you do - what do you eat? How much of the key ingredient a day?

OK, the amount for you might be different for me. I apparently have enough estrogen to have monthly periods, but not enough to control my urinary muscles.

Also, is it POSSIBLE to get past this with Kegel exercises? Frankly, off tofu, I find it just about impossible to do the exercises. I bought a "Myself" machine. Maybe it's not right for me? I have no problems with sex, so I'd think I have some muscle tone....

Thanks for your help,

Nancy