wetman

I don't quite get what happened, can you elaborate? Did the retrieval string break or rip out of the catheter?

It just happened to me as well, but in a kind of drastic way: I went for a bit of grocery shopping and had a nappy on. I don't usually mess, just wet. I thought I had a bit of wind, but it was more like squidgy diarrhoea, and once it started, it just carried on and on and I couldn't stop it. It was lucky that I was wearing at that time, it would have been absolutely awful otherwise. Took me 15 minutes to clean up on the loo, the nappy was nearly leaking. Phew!

I don't like what happened to you, but I like your decision. If any not completely braindead terrorists want to cause trouble, injury and damage, there is literally 10,000s of miles of railroad and subway track to play with. Checking the plane passengers helps to keep them off the aircraft, but really is just a wrong feeling of security. "I don't need a helmet to ride my motorbike today, I had a seatbelt on in my car yesterday." Even without the nappy issue, I don't like flying anymore What freedoms will we lose next? Have you heard about what the government (stupid word, they should be serving, not governing) comes up over here in Britain regarding internet and communications in general? I sometimes feel they want to design themselves on the Nazi time Gestapo.

JillyPoo, there are shorter catheters for females, maybe you can save yourself the trouble. There is also a kind of stent that would work nicely for you (unfortunately not for males) if you take the valve out. Take a look here.

dlcupcakepants, think of yourself as a props buyer for a film studio or theatre. That will give you the detachment to the actual item that NOTHING ever can embarrass you (if it's outside your friends and family). At this point a very normal reaction would have been to call the manager over to check the contents of the delivery and at the same time drop the bombshell on the giggling person. Even better if the manager wasn't in: ask when he is in, write down the name of the giggler and tell them to hold the package until someone mature enough can check for damages and quantity. Let her/him simmer a bit. When talking to the manager, make it a business issue, nothing personally embarrassing, but ask if all packages that could contain entertaining materials get accidentally opened and how many items might get "lost" during this process...

What I meant was that my guess (which is still only a guess) is that the urine together with the silver coating reacts to make silver nitrate, a caustic and antiseptic. It will irritate the mucous membrane of the urethra although the effect is surely beneficial by killing bacteria. Rømpømpøm. HTH

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I think you are almost there now. The cramps are most likely your bladder, which is, after all, a hollow muscle. Your bladder needs to empty, so it contracts, but your subconscious doesn't quite let it yet: your sphincter refuses to open. If you manage to wet a few times in your sleeping position, this should pass because you'll know that it's OK. So, try to relax and wet without getting up. Also, although this might sound weird, it might be helpful to leak into your bed a few times. Right now it's still something that MUST NOT HAPPEN to you. After a couple of accidents it could dawn on you that it just happens sometimes and that it's not the end of the world. It will relax you, and your subconscious mind might just one day think: "Oh what the heck, I need to pee, I pee." And then you're there. So. all in all: relax.

Has anyone ever got their paws on a Malecot catheter? To me this would seem to be quite the perfect solution: cut it short, attach a retrieval cord to the end and insert with the stylet while keeping the tension with the retrieval cord. Have something on the end of the cord so that the catheter can't slip into the bladder completely (like it happened to InD). The Malecot head should collapse if you pull on the cord to get it out again; if not, you'd have to fiddle with the stylet to hit the cut-off end... I'd try, but I can't find a place selling them. are they completely off the market?

My guess (but it's only a guess) is that the silver coating together with the urine reacts to make silver nitrate, an antiseptic and caustic. While the effect is surely beneficial by killing bacteria, it will irritate the mucous membrane of the urethra.

I think like Tara here, a foley might me much easier to use, and ready made. But maybe I'm missing a point?

What do Texas girls use for protection when having sex? A bus shelter.

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What's up, mate? Why are you leaving?

Kitten, don't move for the doctors or the NHS. It's really not that brilliant, but at least it's free. Have you considered (I take it you want to stay within the language?) Australia or Canada?

Thanks for sharing this, InD. And hats off to the hospital staff for being professional.

I think this should rather come under diarrhoea...

I don't understand the joke...

I haven't tried Win8 yet. I just wanted to leave all the people who hate the new GUI a message: Give it a chance for a few days. Most people prefer some kind of continuity with their programs and are very fast to say 'hate it' if a button moves from the left to the right. When the default forum look changed, I didn't like it, but now it's OK. When XP first came out I thought I was in some sweet shop, and the first thing I did was to make it look like Win2k; It looks totally usable to me now... The probably biggest GUI change I had was the change from Gnome2 to Ubuntu's Compiz/Unity desktop. I actually installed it 3 times before I gave it enough time to sink in going back to XFCE in between. And now its brilliant! Its different, but once you what you're doing, it makes life faster and easier. So, give Win8 a chance. Oh, by the way: someone revived CDE, I heard...

What I meant was: why go through all the trouble? There's a usable hole there already if your girl wants to hide the other end of her double dildo.

Bum?

tuskyhe, You are very hard to read. Can you please spellcheck, because the sense of your post is mainly guesswork... No offence, OK?

Why, what's going wrong?

I actually quite liked their 'Maxi' nappies. While not quite as thick as Abena M4, they had a nice fit on me and good absorption. The fit, of course, is a personal thing. Have a nice time up there.

@aielen: Your link is somehow corrupt, I think it's the trailing 's'. Hearing and mobility used to have branches in Basingstoke and Salisbury too. unfortunately they're shut now; I used to buy Lille there. I believe there's one in Bournemouth still trading. Simplyhealth in Andover town centre sells Abena, AbriForm M3 and L4 on the shelf as well as pull-up pants and big pads.