Last week, The Mail on Sunday published details of a damning report that highlighted the failure of NHS services across the country to treat patients with urinary incontinence.

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Some wait up to ten years just to get a diagnosis, the report from the Pelvic Floor Society found, while cutting-edge therapies – such as Botox and electrical stimulation devices that target the nerves in the bladder and bowel – are offered to just a tiny fraction of patients.

We asked our readers to let us know if they, too, had struggled to get treatment – and we were inundated with responses.

Many of the stories were heart-breaking, describing years of managing the problem at home, feeling too ashamed to ask for help.