Regardless of the answer, I always say, "You do. You know me."

OAB seldom comes up in conversation, even though millions of people live with its symptoms.

Six years ago, my urologist recommended Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS). It successfully controlled my symptoms for about three years.

During those years, I learned about how my PTNS treatments were administered. When the nurse inserted the acupuncture needle near my tibial nerve, she looked for a physical response—my toes curling down, so I could not see my toenails—before connecting the electrical stimulation device. Sometimes a nurse removed and discarded as many as three needles before obtaining that response.

Then one monthly treatment was different. The nurse did not look for the response after inserting the needle. When I questioned the change, she told me the toe-curling response was “just an old wives’ tale.” Based on what I had observed during three years of successful treatments, I was concerned that this treatment would be ineffective.

Within a few weeks, I wet my pants twice.

That experience did not convince me that PTNS had stopped working. It convinced me that I needed to understand much more about how PTNS worked and whether I could do treatments at home.

Long story short....

Over the next several months, I researched at-home PTNS and arranged for a urology practice to train me to administer it myself. I had several training and treatment sessions while I continued researching needle placement, device specifications and cost, treatment protocols, medical studies, the tibial nerve, and electrical stimulation.

My research led me to discover TTNS (Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation) which is widely used outside the United States. It uses the same tibial nerve pathway as PTNS, but instead of a needle through the skin, it uses adhesive electrode pads placed on the skin and a TENS device for electrical stimulation. It is usually self-administered by the patient. It requires more electricity because the pad is on the skin, not near or touching the nerve.

I read everything I could find, including studies that concluded that TTNS and PTNS results are comparable.

I decided to try TTNS even though I was confident, I could self-administer PTNS successfully.

The research and my experience have convinced me that people deserve to know about every therapy so they can make their own well-informed treatment choices.

That belief led to the creation of OAB Therapy 101, Inc. and this website.

What began as my search for answers became a commitment to help others make better-informed treatment decisions.

Our purpose for this website is not to persuade you to choose a particular therapy.

Our purpose is to help you make a knowledge-based decision that is right for you.