babykeiff

1 - Medical Info: Every cell in the body duplicates itself - that is except the human nervous system and the brain. As the body grows, the nervous system stretches. 2- If, as you say, this person got a nerve graft from his own mother, the DNA match would be so accurate that the son would NOT need any anti-rejection drugs. Better choice would be to move nerves from one location of the son to the damaged area. 3-Where was the graft taken from the mother - the same location as the sons damage? That would be the only way the son could try and use his mothers nerves - and then the mother would have the same or greater problem as the son had. 4- Yes, nerve grafting technology exists, but it is moving nerves from the host to the host - ie in the above case, would entail moving nerves from one part of the sons body to another, but this is extremely risky. Conclusion: Nerve fibers are thinner than a human hair and have to be precisely grafted to the existing nerve. Even with this, the results to date are unpredictable. Joining a cut structure to a cut structure will result in scar tissue forming. This scar tissue has NO nerve content and will block all nerve impulses across the junction. As a result, nerve grafting, although it exists as a medical practice, it is very rarely performed and may only give feeling / partial feeling for an unpredictable amount of time. Eventually - normally within twelve months, the nerve block has returned but it is complete block rather than the original partial block. Partial blocks occur when nerves are severed due to the ability of nerve impulses to 'jump the gap' with the result of a much smaller impulse. Exercise of the affected area normally can allow the body to focus on the weakened nervous impulses and allow partial or greater control to be regained. Thus, the medical preference is exercise rather than invasive risky and eventually destructive surgery. In Wayneo's case, the nerve damage is within his spinal cord, and the risk of damage and complete paralysis far outweighs any possible benefit of urinary control. You may state the I am being cruel, but I, being incontinent due to spinal injury, are fully aware of the costs involved if this was tried to be fixed. I prefer to lead an active fully mobile life rather than have full continence and be stuck in a wheelchair for life - what do YOU think? Do you think that it would matter that he was fully aware of his need and act of wetting/soiling his diapers yet stuck in a wheelchair unable to get to a bathroom in time? Wayneo, please accept that you need protection. You have been doing that for the past 20 years. If you wish NOT to wear, then ask about leg bags etc. Inability to control your bladder is NOT a problem unless you make it so.

Bowel incontinence daytime does continue overnight. It however, can be controlled to a certain extent by diet and timing, or decent diapers. Those of whom are bowel incontinent should be able to calculate within 1-2 hours, when they will mess - this is all dependent on their diet, and its water content. As a result, the average time from eating and soiling runs about 5.5 hours, so if you wish to avoid messing overnight, don't eat a large/substantial meal within that time frame. However, if you do due to your schedule, then wear cloth overnight. They are much better at containing mess than disposables, and due to the associated wetting, and the wet cloth, the 'hard stools' that others have mentioned that tend to be difficult to clean up shouldn't be a problem, and even if they are, a warm shower in the morning eliminates that. On a personal nature, since I am totally incontinent, I wear cloth overnight and 6/7 mornings wake up with wet and messy diapers - have done for the past 30+ years, and never found a problem or discomfort. The only leakage that I suffer is a little wetness if I fail to correctly check the elastic on the plastic pants - but I always wear a plastic pants that is 2-3 sizes larger. This allows the pants to create a proper seal on cloth. The only time I wear disposables is when I do not have a choice - ie in work or while not at home. Adult disposable diapers were designed for the immobile adult that is under constant nurse care, and to be changed within a short time after being wet/soiled. As a result and opposite to baby diapers, they can not contain wet/mess over a large time frame on a mobile/semi-mobile adult. Mathematically, a baby pampers size 4/5 is actually more absorbant than most if not all adult medium/large diapers. If you don't believe me, mix up a salt/warm water solution, pour equal amounts on until saturation and measure the absorbancy of your adult diaper compared to a pampers. I only wish that adult diaper manufactures would even make a diaper with either the same or a pro-rata capacity.

All above have tried to classify the word, and the group 'infantilism'. The multiple and varied definitions in the dictionary excerpts tend to concur with the worlds views. My opinion - why bother. To try and define or class a person based on percieved behavior is called stereotyping, which is inherently incorrect. Each human on this world is a unique individual - and be they like X or not, there is no valid reason to typecast them into some percieved notion of what a typical X wold be since there is NOT a typical X. This concept of stereotyping one or more people based on their choices shows a lack of knowlege, interest in the person and in my opinion, ignorance. Some people choose to wear diapers, choose to drink from a sippy cup, choose to drink from a bottle, choose to wear footed sleepers, choose to wear onesies, choose to sleep in a crib, choose to eat while sitting in a high chair wearing a bib and spoon feeding semi-pureed food. Life is a set of choices. Does their choice whomever they may be invite one to stereotype them, call them some name? Calling someone names is verbal assault, and if that person is chronologically or mentally under the age of 16, it is also classed as child abuse legally - but that is political correctness been taken to its extreme. However, it still doesn't negate the point that typecasting / stereotyping / pigeon-holeing someone is insulting, and incorrect. I thought that within a tolerant an accepting group, that intolerance would not be practiced! Note, I never mentioned the chronological age of the people ('Some people...'), as a 2 year old actually prefers all what I listed, as do a lot of chronological aged 18+ people.

Since I am incontinent, I do not have a choice and I have to wear at work. I don't draw attention to that fact, and the people that are aware about it are people I trust. If you are worried about wearing at work and at what others will say, I can conclusively state that in reality, nobody will notice. They are too busy and self obsessed trying to get their job done to worry or even care what another work colleague has as their underwear. Also, a wet or soiled diaper within an office environment once you are properly hydrated and taking something like activated charcoal or similar, shouldn't smell. The breath and clothes of a smoker smells stronger than a wet and soiled diaper once the adult is well hydrated. Stale urine smells - fresh urine doesn't, and, fresh urine is a natural and extremely potent stimulant to the opposite sex.

I suspect that your urologist is correct. Since it is the external sphincter that allows urinary continence, it really doesn't matter if your internal sphincter opening and its associated nerves is telling you that you need to urinate, without external sphincter control, you will wet uncontrollably. Be grateful, there are people that have their external sphincter locked closed, and when they feel the excruciating pain of a full or expanding bladder, they have to use a catheter to force the external sphincter open. Diaper usage, and that cleanup is a lot more healthy and less risk to the body. You mentioned in a previous post that you had spinal injury - can you tell me where it is - cause from what you are describing, I suspect that it is between T11 and S1 (base of the Thoracic nerves and top of the Sacral nerves) Any nerve damage on or above the Sacral nerves (S1) will most likely result in complete incontinence as well as a lack of sexual functionality. Above the lumbar region (L1) also affects leg movement. Above thoracic nerves (T1) would also mean an inability/difficulty to breath / control heart rate. Christopher Reeves (Superman) had a C1/C2 injury which means that he had above neck muscle functionality only. Since nerve impulse use minute pulses of electricity to communicate, it is possible that certain nerve impulses can jump damaged gaps over time which can seem like nerve regeneration, but the true fact is that nerves do not succumb to nor behave like any other cell within the human body - they do NOT regenerate.

Underwear, or in my case, swim boxer shorts or standard boxer shorts tend to hide and keep quiet the crinkle of the diaper - so to answer your question, yes.

Sorry spark to pick you up on this, but you seem to be missing a huge point here. When the cost all the extras that you have no alternative but have to pay for is included, Ryanair prices are over 150% dearer than their nearest rival. Please see my post http://www.dailydiapers.com/board/index.ph...st&p=187942

Welcome BabyAdam_21. * Gives BabyAdam a baba of juice and a rusk * Hope you have loads of fun in this playpen

I wear Tena slip maxi or cloth at night and almost never wake up dry. The only reason I wear disp at night is if I am too tired to change into a cloth diaper. As a previous poster stated, cloth never leak overnight - and I can attest to that (40+ years wearing and NO leaks in cloth overnight)

A lot of posts here (Moogles / spoonchicken etc) are correct in what they say - think strongly and clearly about your intentions. Will you not doing this affect your relationship with your b/f and if so, is that one of the reasons that you want to do this. Do this if, and only if, you want to, and not to please or conform to someone else thinking. 24/7 diapers will affect your ability in the long term to reproduce. Consider ALL your options, and if you still think that you want this, try it for a week/two trial. If it works, enjoy.

Adult baby / Uncle to a few adult babies / male from across the puddle. I am a true Irishman born and reared in Dublin, Ireland. Would like to meet other like-minded individuals, but still enjoy the rapport that goes on here. If you're wondering, the picture is Theodore, my life-long companion. More about me is within my profile. PM me if you want to talk / need advice etc.

As another post stated, the company in question is called 'Ryanair' run by a 'Micheal O'Leary'. It is a common misunderstanding that this company is Irish. It IS NOT, NEVER WILL BE, and we Irish are ashamed and humiliated that the companies head office is on our Emerald Isle. To clarify, this company charges you for * check-in, * credit card transaction without any other option to purchase tickets * transport from its list of airports in the middle of nowhere to a backstreet in a main town, * all luggage including hand luggage * food and drink on flights yet bans all food or drink to be carried onto a flight * in cockpit entertainment * seat location without an option to not chose * airport taxes and charges * fuel surcharge * name change * time or flight change NOW toilets and anything else they can, yet they advertise the price of the flight is $0.99. They offer NO guarantee that the flight will even take place, and will change/cancel flight time and gate number at their own whims. Any compalint to the company and you will be lucky to be entertained, but remember, the complaint line is a PREMIUM number charged at $2.50 per minute. If you succeed in getting a refund, all that will be refunded will be the advertised cost of the flight '$0.99' A post stated that their tickets are dirt cheap. In comparison to most others on the same route counting all costs, Ryanair on average are twice as dear as their nearest competitor. In my humble opinion, DON'T EVER TRY AND FLY RYANAIR

Since a lot of people here tend to undergo leaks in some situations, the solution is simple. Put the diaper on correctly. This is NOT as easy as it seems, as full instructions are never given on the packages/ literature. If you are going to be mainly lying down - ie in bed etc, place the diaper on with more of it up your back than your front. The way you will be sure that this is correct is that the tapes are higher up the front of the diaper. If you are going to be mainly walking etc, put more of the diaper up the front rather than the back - ie the tapes will be lower on the diaper. Sitting, you need to make sure that your diaper is the same level both front and back. On all of these, without folding the diaper correctly before putting it on, the diaper will leak. With an adult diaper, open it up fully - that includes un sticking the leg gathers etc that get stuck down from the compaction in a diaper bag. Also, a diaper is more absorbent if it has had a chance, maybe a day or two, to expand back to its original ie outside its diaper bag. The packaging tends to compact all the absorbent material, which makes it almost useless. Once that is done, crease the diaper lengthways. This has the multiplel effect in creating a pocket in the centre of the diaper to allow it to absorb at its own pace, allowing the diaper edges to fit tighter into the crook of your legs, reducing the constriction of diaper to your skin. If after all this you are still getting leaks from sitting/moving when the diaper has not reached it capacity, over the diaper wear either a loose fitting cloth diaper and plactic pants or a pair of cotton breifs/boxer shorts and plastic pants. This can easily absorb the weepage from a disposable as most will weep when full even through the plastic backing. The failures of a disposable are all due to the high pressure packaging involved. The gel beads tend to put tiny pinholes in the protective barrier - the fluff is compressed so tight it cant absorb anything, and the folds are the source of leaks since that line is almost imprinted into the diaper. However, once an adult diaper is soiled, the fats in adult stools tend to prevent urine from passing into the absorbent fluff, and any heavy wettings that occur most always involves in leakage. Adult diapers are not designed like baby diapers - form fitting. This is nothing to do with the diaper design, but more to do with the human design. A baby has baby fat on its diaper area which tents to form a seal between the diaper gathers and the babies skin. An adult does not have this luxury. Also, diapers for adults are not made in the same proportion as baby diapers are for babies. Adult diapers are designed to be discrete, one wet/soiled - changed, and for semi-mobile patients. Baby diapers are designed for active moving babies, and still they tend to leak, but a babies wet diaper leaking does not usually cause the child any concern - and a parent will change the child's clothes if needed. The idea of using a stuffers (baby diapers/ pads etc) inside a diaper only increases the absorbency if the adult diaper is one or more size larger than normally worn.

UTI ( Urinary tract infections) and diapers causing them is a myth. In simple terms, a UTI is a bacterial infection in your uretera. This part of your body has not got an active immune system working there, so the act of urinating will keep this sterile. Also, urine IS sterile. UTI are caused directly by something carrying bacteria into your urethra ie a catheter or something else. Good hygiene standards - cleaning the diaper area well after a wet OR soiled diaper, using rash cream (most dont prevent rashes, but they do kill bacteria which aids in the healing of rashes); well hydradated diet will all keep them to a minimum. Females tend to get them more often than their male counterparts and this is usually due to the cross contamination of fecal mater onto the urinary tract. To avoid this, wipe from front to back. Usually, with a soiled diaper, one can use the wet part of the front of the diaper to clean up the bulk of mess. Cranberry juice works to reduce/eliminate UTIs cause cranberries are a natural diuretic, and the more urine you produce, the more the urethra is washed out. Increasing the amount of liquid in your diet will eliminate their creation. - Drink more water.

As others have stated, there is no direct correlation to a cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal surgery) and fecal incontinence UNLESS there were associated complications. Most cholecystectomy surgeries are currently preformed laparoscopicly (via keyhole surgery) and as such, complications are rare. Normal temporary side effects of laparoscopic surgery can include indigestion etc or in extreme cases, an over active or over sensitive bladder. However, there is about 1% of operations that cause other problems which may involve the surgeon to access the gall bladder via an alternative route. Some incontinence may be caused by such, but this is normally a temporary effect which clears up over a few weeks. What you may be referring to as fecal incontinence could be diarrhea, which about 15% of patients suffer from until their digestive system adjusts to a new diet.

Intimacy, or more correct, the expression of love is or should be based on love rather than lust. As a result, your or your partners incontinence / choice or need to wear diapers should not be a problem. All it takes is mutual agreement, and as both of you are consenting adults (chronologically), a decision is made when fully aware of all consequences. I am fully incontinent, 41 year old, have had a few close relationships and never has diapers ever been an issue when it comes to intimacy. In relation to males being able to urinate while erect, yes they can. The action of arousal will release the external sphincter while usually the internal sphincter is held closed. If you wish to, and have the control, you can contract the detruser muscle (bladder) and open the internal sphincter muscle thus allowing you to void. However, this takes extreme fine muscle control which most don't have. It is usual for an incontinent person, once aroused, to void the bladder as part of arousal, whereas a continent person will close their internal sphincter muscle tighter. To quell the myth, sperm and urine can and usually do in the females body for a while, co-exist. Urine is normally at lower temperature than the rest of the human body as its storage location (bladder) would radiate too much heat and kill sperm in the testes. Most body fluids created in a host do not negatively effect on another body fluid eg sperm & saliva & urine can co-exist. However, a partners bodily fluids can and sometimes do kill sperm etc. This is one of the many ways the human body without direct brain intervention, ensures healthy offspring.

Midori, as you are aware, the plastic on most disposable diapers make noise that is mostly a distraction to the wearer. Rather than try the more expensive brands on the market - cloth covered etc, why not wear a pair of boxer shorts over the diaper. I wear 24/ due to the fact that I am completely incontinent, and what I do to mask the sound is threefold - 1 Wear a plastic pant over them. That reduces the noise created by your inside thighs rubbing the plastic. 2- Wear a boxer short or a pair of swimming trunks over that - that reduces the friction rash caused by constantly rubbing the plastic. 3- Before I put on a diaper, fold it lengthwise to form a pocket in the center. That allows the diaper to absorb close to its manufactures capacity while eliminating the rest of its movement on the body. If all that fails to satisfy you, why not start carrying a standard plastic bag in your pocket, and eif anyone questions you on the noise, you can show them the plastic bag. Nobody, to my knowledge, is aware of my diapers, and the average person dose not pay any close attention to the crotch of another - for one, that action is stereotyped as being gay, and another, a stranger is not aware of you actual stomach or butt size, so wearing a diaper, most assume that it is just your natural fat butt. It is only an ab etc that will even think that you wear. Even so, what does it matter that you wear diapers. The people are strangers and their opinion doesn't matter. FYI, I wear Tena Slip Maxi or Tena Flex Maxi. The choice is made depending on how easy it will be for me to change. As you said that you are bladder incontinent and wheelchair bound, why not use cloth diapers. Most plastic pants are whisper quiet. And if you are worried about the smell, increase your water intake. I also take 500mg of activate charcoal capsules which means that my diapers do not smell at all.

Please remember that a retail shop is not there for your benefit despite what the advertising blurb misleads you to believe. They are there as a business to make money. As a result, a shop - be it a pharmacy etc will only stock what they can sell at a profit. Depends have a huge distribution network that includes pharmacys in the US and UK. As a result, the cost to the pharmacy is less, and since their absorbency is low, the pharmacy can sell more, making more profit. How many have fallen for the 18c each product, 5 for a dollar, and bought the 5 with the presumption that you were saving money. Work out the maths. Don't worry, there are many like this in retail. What I suggest is that when shopping, bring a calculator and work out the unit cost Sorry but here is a little maths If a product costs 7.95 for 200 grams it will work out at 7.95/200 = 0.03975 a gram. Usually the 400 or 1000 gram container is less expensive at approx 34.95 for 1000 grams = 34.95/1000 = 0.03495 a gram. You may think that 0.0048 is nothing to worry about, but if you were talking about coffee, and using a jar (500 gram) a week, over the year you will save (on these figures) 500 gram a week over 52 weeks (a year) = 26,000 gram a year Buying the 200 gram jar would be 130 jars at 7.85 each = 1590.00 Buying the 1000 gram jar would be 26 jars at 34.95 each = 908.70 and the saving would be 681.30 saving in your pocket and not the retailers. Don't take my word for it, use the calculator next time shopping and see the price difference yourself.

Pollyanna, all too often, any difference however subtle - don't confirm to the ideal looks, don't behave in a certain way, don't do this or that are classed as a deformity, something to be corrected and a medical problem. How many millions of people worldwide undergo surgery to alter the way a particular part of their face looks etc. How many children are prescribed mind altering or supposedly mind calming drugs due to them being a little hyperactive. These are all differences between one and another, YET, medical science treats them each as something to be altered so to conform to some preconceived notion of what is normal. I ask you, and all, what IS normal. If you wish to be such, why did the world fight Hitler and his concept of selective breeding to create the super-race? The simple answer is freedom of choice, yet the social system is set to curtail this. Incontinence is an advantage to the body. A continent person slows their digestive system down to store their body waste within their bowels. The result is that their lower intestine absorbs what is normally waste. Over night, the body reduces its production of urine and thus increases its concentration to almost lethal levels. An incontinent person does NOT have any of these problems because every 7-12 minutes, they produce urine, and let it empty into their diaper. The normal digestive action and the peristaltic action of their intestines means that waste product is not reabsorbed. On average, a incontinent person is more healthy than a continent person. Many animals although they have a fully functioning bladder and bowels and associated sphincters, do NOT store any waste within their body. To this, I say that incontinence is NOT a medical problem to be fixed, but rather continence is. Also, it is only YOU that prevents you from doing anything. If you doubt that, compare yourself to one of the worlds greatest mathematicians, or artists or whomever you chose. You put the limitations on you, nobody else.

When I am unwell, I don't get any time off without it sacrificing my job. That is the benefit of being self-employed - you only get paid / make money when you are working, and loose money/clients etc when you are unwell. Long term sickness would bankrupt me, and i would be living in a cardboard box. Yes, I know that in some jobs, the sick benefits are pathetic at best, but think of it this way, while you are employed, you being sick will not cost you everything that you own. Still, when I am unwell, I do regress if I have someone to care for me - otherwise, I force myself to carry on reguardless while working from home with a computer and a phone. I like the concept in the company whom encourages staff, when unwell, to stay away from their place of work. It is a huge pity that all companies don't enforce this, as to do so would hugely reduce the huge spread of disease, reduce sick days, and also reduce the growth in antibiotic resistant virus, and over time, eliminate most common diseases.

A lot of people here are saying that incontinence is a handicap, and as such, something to be conquered. I was born incontinent, currently am incontinent, and will die incontinent. Did I have to conquer it - NO. Did I have to learn a new way to handle my toileting needs - NO. All you continent people needed to learn toilet training. I didn't. Who is handicapped now? I don't find my incontinence to be a hassle since I never was continent and never had to rush to answer the call of nature - it just happens. The question about running out of diapers or protection never comes up since I never have let that happen. The question of leaks do arise if I am lax about my hygiene standards etc.... but a leak in a diaper is a lot less hassle to handle, and even less embarrassing than wetting / soiling yourself in public without protection, and I sincerely doubt that there is one of the so called 'continent' people here that didn't do that at least once. It is NOT a handicap... it is a part of my life. Is breathing underwater a handicap to you - yes if you compare yourself to a fish. Pollyanna, you state that incontinence is a medical problem - how can you state conclusively that lack of bladder/bowel control is a medical problem and control of same is not? Being different is NOT a problem unless you let it be. I will shout this so you all can hear, and maybe society as a whole might notice. BEING DIFFERENT IS NOT A HANDICAP, UNLESS YOU LET IT BE ONE WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE Don't let the so called 'popular' person erode your confidence. They are nothing, you are everything.

In reply to the topic - Yes, since I am incontinent, I wet and mess 24/7 wherever I happen to be which most often is out in public or in a crowded office or meeting room. Since most here seem to be concerned reguarding the smell and effort it takes to mess a diaper - to cope with the smell, I wear disposable diapers and a plastic pants. Also, I take 500mg activated charcoal capsules on a daily basis. Others have mentioned that self may become immune to ones own smell, but good hygiene practices eliminates this. - to cope with the effort, although I have no choice when my body wishes to vacate its bowels, sometimes an involuntary grunt will accompany it. This is caused by hard stools. To avoid this, I keep myself well hydrated - lots of water - and also take 100mg of Cod Liver oil capsules daily. Nobody has ever noticed or commented on the smell of my wet or soiled diapers since fresh urine (mostly water) and activated charcoal poop doesn't smell, and what does, doesn't get past the plastic pant. Stale concentrated urine and bacteria infested poop reeks and also causes rashes. High water content fresh urine and healthy poop doesn't.

Sarahjane, the proper spelling is odourless OR odorless depending on which language you use, English or Americanised English. You will probably try and tell me that the s is incorrect in Americanised and you would prefer z. Secondly, since you seem to be aware of the contents of salt, read the ingredients on the side of a container. Most chemists etc are aware the salt is sodium chloride (NaCl) but some manufactures add bulking agents like Potassium, Magnesium etc. I have even found so called 'Low Fat' salt with increased chlorine and reduced sodium. Even so called 'natural' salts contain other elements than sodium and chlorine. As a result, natural salt (as found in vegetables etc) is not bad for you, but the stuff one coats our food with that has the trade name 'SALT' is. You also stated that 1% of humans are salt and water? Please check your figures. When salt dissolves in water, the bond between the positivity charged sodium and negatively charged chlorine atoms are temporarily broken, and both sodium and chlorine individually are poisonous to the body. Even before that, the plasma (liquid stuff of blood) made up of mainly water with added salts. Plasma is approx. 55-65% of blood volumn, and blood is what percent of a human body... I would presume that it is greater that 1% at least. Did you not know that a little knowledge is extremely dangerous - and your comments are proof of that. I am not going to waste my time or energy to correct the rest of your post. I suggest that you do that.

If you wear 24/7, cloth is an option for night wear, and stuffers of baby diapers (even the generic ones work) will make a disposable last longer / absorb more. If you are worried about the high cost of adult sized cloth diapers, why not get yourself some cotton crib sheets (as the outer), and use baby sized cloth diapers folded inside the crib sheet to make one or two multi-layer cloth diaper. Also, discount bath towels work just as well as pre-made adult cloth diapers.

Potty monster nooooooooo me hit it wif my teddy