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I've gone urinary incontinent, but I still maintain function over #2, so toilet use, in that sense, is still in the brain. That being said, I don't thinking about bearing down to get the flow started anymore and I've started forgetting what it was like to stand in front of a toilet which is pretty weird/cool

@Elegy53 Do you see a month anywhere on the packaging? It's likely you just got a bad group, because I looked at my most recent shipment (manufactured date of July 2025) in comparison to what was being delivered in December of 2024, and they look, feel, and seem to have all of the same dimensions. I think you're in the clear to keep ordering The photos: 2024 ver is either on the bottom (if they're stacked) or on the right if they're side by side.

What's the lot number/date on the packaging? These are my daytime diapers for 24/7. I always keep several cases on hand and I try to rotate through old stock, but I have a case from a couple of months ago and a case arriving today or tomorrow that I can break into early check and see.

A couple of options... 1) Terry-lined plastic pants are a good in-between if you want to wear disposable but have some extra security. Washing/drying takes a bit of time, so don't expect to use the same pair each night if it's a consistent thing. I use these primarily when I'm on business trips as an added layer of protection for the hotel bed. 2) These are a large up-front cost with maintenance, but cloth diapers provide all-around protection it sounds like you want. You'd also need to have a good laundry system, diaper pail, washer, dryer, and a schedule for keeping the oder down, but they are super comfy and the plastic pants can be as bland, babish or even adult as you want

I really love this necro-post partly because of the episode. I remember watching it as a kid too but on a mediocre tube TV where his diaper looked like a disposable. The episode guide shows im clearly wrong, but I love there's a super in-depth guide on this series that I'm now going to have dive into. The other part why I love this post is because the forum time-tracker says "20 years later..." @DailyDiThis is a prime snapshot of the longevity of your legacy for what you've provided for our community! 🍼🍻

Recommend ripping the band aid off. I was holding off on even basic check ups because of this too, but I recently just decided to bite the bullet and get it over with. My GP was booked solid for months so I did intentionally pick a person (nurse practitioner) who i knew was comfortable with all "walks of life", I practiced my speech about "it's not a health concern, it's psychological need" and they wanted to make sure that the other parts of my life are stable. When I asked about a medical note to make i get time at work to change, they were more than happy to write/supply what was needed. That last part hasn't been critical, but it's nice to have the built in safety net

Congrats on all aspects of the move and time in diapers! My wife and I loved the upgrade when we finally got our own space. I've still been on my journey for now about 2.5 years (breaking protocol only once, listed below), but have sadly not been nearly as journalistic about it as you have graciously been (which thank you for keeping the community up to date). The first piece I wanted to share is that I've been in "the office" 5 days a week for the entire time (4+ years actually), and I try to do similar things by finding a private bathroom in most cases. That said, depending on the size of the office staff you might be surprised to find yourself caring less and less about who hears what in the stall next to you because you just needed to change. The big asterisk in my findings is that I've only changed wet diapers, not messy, so I can't speak to my fortitude in a situation like that, but if you have the size of office where it's difficult to know everyone, anonymity can still be your ally in public bathroom changes The other piece/finding I wanted to share in terms of "tests", was that I needed to go to the ER for a non-life threatening matter, but in doing so needed to get a sonogram to check on a few things. This visit was the one time I broke 24/7 (hadn't had a conversation with my GP yet so I wasn't ready to have the conversation with medical professionals yet) but they verbally noted that my bladder wall had thickened, which I recall reading others prior experiences and that that is a consequence of being incontinent, if not not emptying your bladder frequently. Someone who's visited a urologist can probably speak to a few more other tests that are less medical-professional, but it may have required baseline measurements of volume testing that I don't think anyone of us who are "transitioning" usually think to do. From a personal experience though, that was the first measurable change in my physiology and it was kind of nice to hear/get that feedback that my body has actually changed. Thank you again for sharing and please keep us posted!

Congrats! It's always great to catch your updates, and hear about someone whose taken the full plunge for 1s and 2s. After years of chronic constipation as a kid, Im sure I still have some mental Hang-Ups on that particular piece which is why I don't know that I'll walk down that path, but you never know. Even after 2 years I'm having some decent success with just urinary incontinence, but I feel like my mileage is going to make me take a lot longer than the "expected timeline" because of that mental blocker. That being said, I can not echo loud enough about the early days and feeling like I'm faking it. I've just have to remind myself that "fake it till you make it" is a legitimate strategy and that's helped me alot at least. I'm also glad to know I'm not the only diaper dependent travel that ships things out ahead of time. Enjoy your vacation!

I'm 24/7 and I travel a bit for work, and honestly, I wouldn't worry it. 1) Most people are too busy getting from point A to be B to C, that whatever taping noise they may hear in the stall next to you, will be of no consequence in a matter of minutes. 2) Even if someone does "care" that a single "non-disabled-looking" individual comes walking out of the restroom, hopefully you're not setting up shop for hours on end, so be as quick and efficient as you can be while you're using it, and nod and smile at anyone coming in after you as a courtesy of "Thank you for being patient", and you'll be fine. Be a decent human being and people are usually decent back. Anyone willing to judge others based on appearance is no one who's opinion you should be concerned with anyway

Welcome! Always cool to see someone else into archery! Though I've been into/doing it since I was young, I'm not overly obsessed, but my wife and I have purchased a couple of compound bows a couple of years ago to get back into it and to start shooting together. Do you like to shoot recurve, compound, or do you just like to shoot in general?

I've got decent bit of experience with a few of your questions. You and I are about the same age, and I started 24/7 December of 2022, and haven't stopped since. I am working on diaper dependence / urinary incontinence, but it has been a much slower journey than I was anticipating, which I attribute a lot to my work life and the travel that I had to do in 2023. It's hard to keep up with a regimen when you don't have a consistent daily schedule. Collectively for work, I was traveling at least a week every other month last year, with colleagues on every single trip. I was able to mitigate a lot of the traveling with supplies by shipping what I needed to the hotel I was staying ahead of time, which really cut down on the needed luggage space. The biggest problem that I consistently ran into was hotels constantly misplacing my packages, despite having called ahead to confirm with what their shipping preferences are. Eventually they all found the box that I had sent, but it wasn't without some anxiety. That being said, once I had my supplies in hand, it really had been just like at home with my changing schedule. The other hard part I had with hotels is that no matter how many times I would stick my garbage bag of diapers (always in black concealed garbage bags, with nothing for the maids to touch and usually never more than a few days worth) right next to the other garbage cans, but probably half the time they wouldn't take it, unless I put a note that's strictly called it out as garbage. It was really more annoying than anything else. All in all, it really just meant more logistics ahead of my traveling and I was fine 90% of the time. Up until a few months ago, I was seeing a therapist as well for a few reasons, but this was one that I also brought up with them and they were very supportive. Their biggest thing is that it's not disruptive to your life, it's something that you want/need, and it makes you feel more like you at the end of the day. I had a positive experience, I know that's not always the case for everyone, but you won't know until you put yourself out there. If they aren't concerned for you and your well-being, then you might need to look into other therapists. Ultimately, if you get to the point where you know it's what you want, own it. The 12-month program, while it has a few parts that need to be updated, has a lot of really good insight to the mental side and that there is a "before" and a "after", and as long as you are comfortable and know that it is something you want to do, go full into it, accept that there will be points that you may have to start again because of frustration, but don't let it deter you if you know it's the right path for you. It really does just take practice. My last philosophy on it is that I was not going to let it get in the way of going out and having fun with friends, family, and other daily activities that I'm used to. In order to do those things, you just need to think ahead of time about how you are going to approach the situation, prep as best as you can, and adjust for the next time if something isn't working out. I have had a few outings where I forgot to prep extra diapers and have had a cut those nights a little shorter than I would have liked, but it hasn't stopped me and I won't let it. Over this last year I was able to develop good practices that worked for me with tools that let me feel more confident in situations, but it took a little trial and error

I feel like ABU is doing this as well. I have no proof other than I remember being able to fit into a medium 5 or so years ago and now I feel like I'm busting at the waistband with a medium. I've gained a little bit of weight but it hasn't fluctuated that much over the recent years.

I've thought about that a time or two, and really have only tried it once. I hadn't worked out a good management system for when I wake up and have to deal with the wet diaper, but I know there's a few different ways with diaper pales. I'll give it another shot, but I only have a couple of diapers so there's definitely some more investment needed.

Update #4 I’m two months behind my update. If I’m being honest, I’d say that once the daily journals started falling by the wayside, my progress had started slipping as well. Work has been a huge factor in my ability/desire to journal about my progress, but I haven’t given up on my goal. I’ve had a good conversation recently that has really helped solidify my path. The short version is that I had been subconsciously processing what I felt was guilt/hypocrisy in turning incontinent. What I mean is that, after a couple of hurdles that life threw at me, I started questioning if I should go back. During those struggles, in the back of my mind, I know that I could always turn the car around and stop this journey but that’s not what I wanted. The hypocrisy part came into play as my brain acknowledges that there are people out there who don’t have a choice in there matter, and the problem of finding supplies when I needed them made me question my journey. I spoke with my therapist about my point of view on this and she pushed back on me to ask “why does is matter that someone else needs diapers for one reason and you need them for another?” After some more talking, the self-care point was made, and it was hard to argue against that. For me, being incontinent and being in diapers was my way of caring for myself and at the end of the day, I’m not taking any resources away from anyone or hurting anyone else in the process. These were things that I thought I had talked myself into before, but it was before I had the “scare” of not having supplies for a week and not knowing what to do about it. Since that conversation with my therapist, I’ve found myself much more relaxed in knowing that I still have a support group in my corner, and it really truly is only me that is majorly affected. So I’ve been able to continue to march forward and had felt the motivation again to start writing about my journey. The progress: Hasn’t felt like much, but progress has been made. I have noticed that I do wet myself more quickly when standing, and in some situations, but I still am finding difficult to release while I’m lying in bed, unless I’m looking at my phone. For a while, I was able to stop, think about the feeling when I consciously knew I had to go, and could put my mind into a spot where I felt specifically the “thinking-doing.” The results where I would wet my diaper, either full release or several smaller ones, but it still took some time to wet, and I fear every morning that I’m taking too long and reversing any progress made, by letting my bladder expand more that I should let it. This inevitably leads to me overthinking my control and my subconscious takes over to prevent me from having accidents. Hurdles aside, I have re-constituted my foundation of needing to be incontinent, I now actually believe myself when I say “I’m incontinent.” It doesn’t feel like a “fake-it until you make-it” situation anymore, and that’s a level of acceptance that I thought I had, but really was subconsciously fighting it. I am incontinent, and I’ve never felt more normal than I do now!

That was a similar recent purchase for me. I bought a couple of these (basically the same thing) a couple of weeks ago: https://www.llmedico.com/garywear-active-brief-adult-diaper-cover/ And they've already saved me a couple of loads of laundry