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DEAR RAY, JUST A REPORT ON MY HUSBAND WITH THE URINE INCONTINENCE---IT TURNED INTO A BLADDER INFECTION . HE LOST ALL HIS STRENGH , ALL OF A SUDDEN , ONE NIGHT AND SO I CALLED 911 THINKING IT WAS A STROKE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE ER ROOM AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BLADDER INFECTION, GIVEN ALL THE TESTS AVAILABLE SENT UPSTAIRS AND HE WAS THERE FOR THREE DAYS AND SENT TO A SKILLED NURSING HOME--FOR AT LEAST 10 MORE DAYS. HE IS OFF THE ANTIBIOTIC NOW AND SO FREE OF THE INFECTION--BUT HE HAS NOT REGAINED HIS STRENGTH SO WILL REMAIN IN THE NURSING HOME FOR AT LEAST 5 MORE DAYS AND HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY EVERY DAY. I HAVE READ THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PARKINSON PROBLEM? ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS BLADDER INFECTION EXPERIENCE? WILL HIS STRENGTH RETURN AND IS THERE ANY HOPE OF AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE INCONTINENCE PROBLEM--AFTER THE ANTIBIOTIC WAS GIVEN AND CURED THE INFECTION? MARGARET ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn