deewet

I also had a procedure done on prostrate several years ago. It was something new was told, called Rezume I recall. In any case, it reduced the size of the prostrate to allow urination to be easier ( didn't get to a cath prior to but was in one for a week after) and I was in absorbent underwear for about a week after the cath was removed. The clinic gave me a small stack of diapers to use, as they said they were out of the pullups? In any case, that helped me with a better stream, got me off one of the meds I was on, but now I am dealing with OAB on top of a loss of feeling from my long term Type 2 Diabetes. The pads I use now are starting to get a lot of use, so expect I will be back to something more substantial soon. My last visit to see Urology, said that OAB is common in older people with bladder shrinkage, and in my case, my other symptoms are bound to get worse as time goes on so I should be prepared to deal with it as it happens. Doc indicated that I am accepting of things quite well so far so expects no problems in the future even if I have to graduate to more absorbent underwear as he assured me many folks he sees are also doing.

I can relate to Stevewet as I too have Type2 D and have some of the same symptoms but not yet as severe as he has explained. I am being treated for this disease but my urologist tells me my IC symptoms will probably worsen as I age further. As it stands now, I use pads in my underwear day and night, but eventually this will change to something more protective as accidents require. So far, only one nite time incident but several issues during the day in last couple years. Diapers are certainly in my future.

It could be real in the not distant future! Can anyone, thinking about all that has happened in the last 10 years, say truthfully that 10 years from now this can't be true. Everyone is working hard at moving people out of prisons today, why not a regression center in exchange for a prison term for some violent offenders?

DeeCee has a point, but it is misguided. Our SYTEM of government is not to blame, it is who we elect to hold power that has corrupted it and is driving us in the wrong direction. Keep in mind, those folks who only live for power will govern for themselves, and their select group of ideologues, and the hell with the rest of us common folks. We are at a crossroads today, and unless we start voting for people that will serve the general public in the best interest of that GENERAL PUBLIC, as opposed to a few select people, respect the constitution as our founders created it, and rule with common sense again, we will not survive as the longest living form of government much longer as the strife and turmoil today is tearing us all apart!

I hate to disagree with Elfy but I live in Minnesota, and my grandson goes to a high school in our district that does tolerate a kid who believes he is a cat, to the point that they have installed a litter box in a space just for that kid to use. Keep in mind, this is Mn, not the rest of the US that has allowed this to happen, and by that I mean to say the school administration and the parents! I do not blame the kid as much as his responsible elders as trust me, kids will push as far as they are allowed to making a point! I will add that we have a school board election coming up in a few weeks and I for one am voting for some overall changes, I hope the majority of the community feels the same way but we will soon find that out!

Interesting turn of events, but I was wondering, the walker they were put into, why don't the just stand up to move around, as opposed to bumping their knees on the tray to move. No mention of any restraint system in play so that would be the logical thing to do I suspect? In any case, just a small point to a really great story, please keep it going as I am sure our hero has a lot more in store for him before he gets to leave this facility.

Correct me if I am wrong, but haven't I read that there are stents available that medical professionals can insert that can only be removed by them with a special tool? If a person has a blockage and this is the only method to pass urine, it could be a life saver, and if the choice becomes how to collect it at that point, I guess I would go for the diapers as opposed to a bag of sorts?

I have to step up again in this conversation, as there is a bit of uninformed rhetoric going on here. As I said, Medicade is supported by taxes, mostly by state taxes I will add- check it out if you doubt me, the states pay for the greatest share of Medicade and as a result, rules about who can get what from this program differ from state to state. Medicare is NOT funded by social security, it is a program by itself and collects funds as a separate item from employers and employees, much like social security but within its own program. (check your pay stub, you will see deductions for social security as well as medicare) As of today, it is self sustaining (Ie no federal tax support) but that is short lived, same as social security as each program is headed to insolvency. To say that employer provided health plans were not far superior to what we have with Medicare is certainly not accurate, I worked for 50 yrs prior to retirement, in the beginning I purchased my own health insurance, but following 4 decades, it was employer provided. The last 20 yrs I had the best coverage I ever had, including great dental and vision, as well as pharma with no restrictions. This was with a company that employed only about 70,000 people but they pursued good health practices, promoting healthy activities, even paying for many of the extra things we can do to stay healthy. They were self insured (their trust partners that facilitated the program) paid doctors and hospitals typically in the 70-90% range of billing compared to what Medicare does, which is less than 30% of what they call covered expenses (I check my medical billings, you should as well) How long can our health system survive getting paid such a small portion of what they bill. Could you live today if your pay checks were only 1/3rd of what you anticipate? Why do you think that most doctors will not take new patients on Medicare, only patients they have a history with prior to getting on Medicare. I have traveled the world in my working life and witnessed first hand what socialized medicine has done in other countries, and can see that we are certainly on a path in that direction. I hope we will remember what we are about to give up!!!

When did the US start to pay for medical insurance from the tax rolls? I suppose you could say that Medicade is tax paid assistance, but correct me if I am wrong, but don't the states pay for most of that? That would fit the bill for sure but not as a "USA pd benefit per say. When it comes to Medicare, that was sold to people like social security was, you pay into a system all your working life, and when you retire you draw out of it and still pay a portion even then. Unfortunately, Medicare and Social Security are very poorly managed, have money used for many things not intended for originally, and are going to run out of primary funds very soon. Worse than that, Medicare is very poor insurance coverage IE when I left my company which was self-insured, my copay for medical, dental, pharma, and vision was less that what my Medicare and supplement is now, and I had no restrictions on which doctors I could see, and the doctors were all getting paid much more than what they get pd now on our govt managed insurance!

I had one a few months ago, after an evening of drinking, and as a result wet the bed for the first time in forever. Guess the drink inhibited me enough to not get up even as I was having this dream and actually wetting the bed, but I did wake up a short time later and had to deal with the mess, and an angry wife.

I would argue this is all about perspective. IE For older folks today this is almost the norm, especially ladies it seems? For those that have a health reason for use of diapers, it is not sociably acceptable to look down on them either. Even many younger kids are in diapers a lot longer these days than has been the case in the past, for what ever reason, but it too seems to be acceptable. On the other hand, if you don't fit into these classes, and are doing it for the fun of it, yes you may be frowned on by your peer group or more conservative adults, the reason not to flaunt this if it is your thing!

The worst when driving is to experience a nasty messy pants, especially if your protection is not up to it. This happened to me years ago when I was driving to a business meeting the following day, about 4hrs from home. As I was getting within 1 hr of my stop for the night, I felt the need to stop but the freeway was under construction and rest areas were closed. Since I had some low level of protection on, I had dribbled a bit and was damp but not prepared for the sudden onslaught of diarrhea that overcame me a short time later and I really made a mess of myself. Thank goodness there was a rest stop just prior to my arrival, but I waddled into it and had a real mess on my hands to clean up, including wiping my pants clean the best I could. I carried one messed up pullup out of the stall and dumped it into the trash that day, another guy was in there doing his job at the wall, and got an eye full I expect. I did change my shirt but had to make an excuse for the condition of my pants when checking into the motel, something about working in poor conditions that day.

Spark has some valid points to consider, but there are other options here for sure. Sara certainly needs the protection, and unless her doc suddenly finds a cure for her problem, she may have to learn to accept or possibly enjoy her now necessary protection. Her mother has to understand this as well, and may be able to help her to understand she needs this so get used to this life, and make the best of it?

I would suggest you hold your laugh impulse as more moms today wear diapers or at least incon products of some kind than ever before. The proof is in the size of this market, the size of shelf space in many stores now, and the advert budget spent today to make this as normal as possible. Can you honestly tell me that you have watched media for more than 3 hrs without one of these adds playing>> NOt only moms but also guys to are now targeted, especially us older gents

Cloth diapers are great for the environment, although disposables do have their place for certain limited situations. To say that cloth diapers cause us to waste water is not quite accurate. You could say waste some energy, as it does take energy to do the wash these days as long gone are the days of the scrub boards and hanging in the sun to dry, but water is not wasted, it is used. After use it simply becomes recycled, going through treatment plants and on into water ways to be reused again either by another city down stream or by the sun, turned into rain again. The wonders of mother Earth! As a lifelong engineer, I get frustrated with the "terms" often used by so called environmentalists. IE: when choosing electricity powered vehicles over far more fuel efficient vehicles and calling that better for the earth becomes the norm, that tells me that they are only fooling themselves as electricity is by far the most inefficient form of energy that we use and getting worse these days with loss of hydro and nuke plants (not to mention the cost to the environment of the battery's needed). I can go on to explane the reasons why it is ineffecient, but that would take up a bit more time and space than this post should use. Nat gas powered cars and trucks, the hybrid cars, and soon the hydrogen cell vehicles are all far superior to only electricity vehicles now being pushed onto us by a mindless government. Reminds me of the days when incandescent light bulbs were "outlawed" and we were all told to use CFL's or the ones that start dimming from day one, don't work in the cold, and are a real issue to landfill? I wish our educators would start again to teach our children the basics of science as opposed to how to "play well together" before we become the third world country to China, Africa, and India. Oh my, we already are to India I see!

Wow, you have been through the wringer as they say DC but am glad that you found a solution that is working well for you and your wife. It is interesting that the first diapers made were cloth and now the best ones for you are still cloth, with the improved construction of course. Glad to hear your story of working your way through all this grief to find something that helps you manage your days and nights much better. Hope you have a happy, carefree life going forward!!

I agree with Rusty 100% When I traveled a lot prior to retirement, I did take all the precautions mentioned and never had to tell a hotel ahead of time of my situation. Granted many of the places I stayed at on a regular basis knew of me from earlier visits and may have prepared a bit differently but I didn't notice that. As I mentioned in earlier posts, I would take a waterproof bed pad and place it under the spot I slept in, leave it in the unmade bed in the morning, and it was always placed in same spot in the made up bed when I returned the following evening. With regard to wet diapers, I would always place them in a closed plastic bag in my bedroom trash with exception of any soiled diapers if that happened (very seldom) which I would take out of the room and typically deposit in an outside waste container. Never once was my situation discussed with the hotel either at reservation, check in, or check out. I was always treated as a valued regular customer that I was!

Thanks for all the good advice about moving up to adequate protection. When I said I had a bit too much to drink that night, it was not that far over the average I would drink on an occasion like this, just a drink or two at most over my typical couple, but I was certainly feeling it as it had been a hot dry afternoon and I was also drinking a lot of water. Seems like the combination of the hot weather, not enough water during the afternoon, and lots of liquid late in the day was not something I was used to? In any event, my typical drip pads that I use were not up to the challenge and this was a wakeup call for sure that things can go out of my control if I do not take appropriate precautions. As mentioned, my yearly urologist visit is coming in a couple weeks, and I will see what he advises which will go a long way to keeping my wife happy

Well, I did it now, had a few too many drinks last week and not only wet my pants on way to bathroom that evening, but after being told to get to bed after that, woke up with a wet bed as well in the middle of the night. The pee pads I use in my panties were not up to the task on either of these occasions it seems. My wife was not happy but blamed it all on my having too much to drink, not my weakened bladder, urinary tract as has been at issue for the last several years. For sure the drink had a lot to do with this, but I have been a drinker all my life, and never had this happen to me? Guess I have a bit more to discuss with my Urologist at the upcoming annual visit.

Had a nephew that would poop in his pants on regular basis simply because he did not want to stop what he was doing, well after he turned 6 yrs old. No handicaps, simply too lazy to stop and go into the house to use the bathroom. My wife refused to change him, told him to walk the 10 minutes back to his house so his mother would deal with him. He often had a loaded pants for several hours as a result but didn't seem to bother him but sure did his mother!

For middle age or older women, especially after birthing children, this is a common problem these days-just look at all the products being sold for just this situation. For older men, especially after mid 50, it is also becoming much more prevalent. Not sure the reasons in that case, but it certainly is happening, I am living proof of that and I see my urologist every year and GP twice. The point, here again there are many products available to manage this with, so it obviously is very common today!!

I believe you addressed your point well in the last sustenance of the last paragraph. Really, I think the only "disorder" that I see here is the assumption by the masses that diapers are for kids only, and that children must somehow be involved if diapers are involved, which is so laughably untrue and easily disproven by the production numbers of adult diapers VS childrens diapers around the world, the enourmous numbers of AB/DLs out there, and the huge number of younger and older adults afflicted issues in one way or another. Considering the expanding markets for icon products ranging from high absorption pads, adult pullups or "absorbent underwear", and up to and including the traditional tab style diapers, with all the adverts on the media now, it is hard to not believe that most now days are expecting older folks are all wearing diapers. Having said that, with the social media highlighting the use of diapers by party goers at large public outdoor events to avoid crowded or dirty porta pottys, it seems to be much more common these days for the younger generation to use diapers at least on occasion!

Thinking of your dream wetparts, some years ago when I was still traveling for business I was in Amsterdam airport and went into a bathroom to pee. It was not a private stall but rather an open trough urinal and I was on one end going when the cleaning staff came in and started to clean this and sanitize it. It was a lady and she started near me and worked to the far end. I finished, zipped up and went on my way and she never moved her eyes from her work area, granted I had little to see in any case! The good thing was that I had already started when she came on the scene, so not sure I could have gotten it going if she was there at the beginning?

Interesting comment from Diap Dave, but chances are that the lady at the pick up window already knew what was in the box. They are on their system in this electronic world, and she was probably trying to embarrass Dave intentionally? In my world, I would have turned the tables on the gal, and asked if she ever had to use these products? This is from experience, as I have had to buy or order odd size bras for years due to my much larger than normal breast (for a guy). I would often have these shipped to the store location to save the shipment cost, and many times when picking up packages, the SA's would ask me how their products were working for me, and I would be open and honest, typically resulting in a nice and often informing conversation.

One of the methods that I would approve of this being used would be as a "punishment" after being found guilty of breaking handicap laws again, or after several typical punishments such as fines or loss of some driving rights. For someone who has no respect for the privileges we give to handicap'd people, they should be forced to experience some of the handicaps those folks deal with daily, including incontinence and maybe some limited mobility. Not an original idea though, as I have read stories about just this thing and I believe that would be perfectly fine especially for those who have no respect for others in that position and ignore the rules to help them out a bit! A year in diaper confinement would be perfect, especially if they are required to use a cane to walk as well