Hannah YMS

Today I learned a new word. I figured people who were really into the catheters would eventually stretch their meatus, but I haven't personally found that to be the case, despite being a long time cath user. The meatus, in my opinion, is what holds me back from larger stent designs. If anyone has any good tips on stretching the meatus please let me know. Besides the meatotomy of course.

Same for me, actually. Same for me as well. "Grower, not a shower," has always been a line I use.

That's the thing -- if you live like me and "simulate" incontinence, you don't need the 10,000+ ml diapers. The daily diaper (medium capacity) is quite good enough. Besides, their ratings are in ISO capacity and are not actually functional. But still, medium absorbency diaper is all one needs to keep going day to day. The super ISO capacities are only, really, useful for night time, or for "special occasions", in my opinion.

I completely agree. Megamax just isn't worth the price for the quality of the produce. I've felt for a long time now that they're just taking advantage of the ABDL market. I've since switched to Rearz Megas and have been pretty happy. Plus they fit me better than the Megamax ever did. Also, the "Diaper Hot Sheet" thread pinned at the top of this subforum hasn't been updated in ages. Either we need to get an Admin to unpin it or give the thread over to someone else to keep updated.

I would add that all edges should be smooth to the tongue. The urethra is extremely fragile and sensitive, so if your tongue thinks it's sharp, your urethra will also. Better yet, just make sure everything is 100% completely smooth.

On the face of it, this seems flippant at first, but I'll also admit that getting hard (in chastity, with a catheter, in a full diaper, etc) is not a whole lot of fun if all you need is some respite. And sometimes even "taking care of it" doesn't "take care of it" for long. A benefit of getting older is that now I'm glad it's not as constant as it was during high school and college -- things have eased up a bit in that department. So, admittedly, I can confirm your frustration.

Congratulations, Reddy! I hope your recovery goes well. Keep us posted!

I forgot about this, lol. The sent stayed in for about 3 days. The retrieval line was too irritating to keep it in any longer. I'll have to come back to this and submit pictures, but really it's not much different than cathdiap's design. Nothing new would be shown.

Sounds like a heat or friction rash. I religiously use baby powder for every change, liberally applied without caking it up. I use Budreaux's Butt Paste for rashes otherwise. Maybe use a light coating of baby powder on your sides or loosen your diaper up a wee bit?

I'll post some pictures with explanations after this stent comes out

Same as @cathdiap's: plastic tubing and silicone tubing strategically shaped and placed. I didn't measure the distance from my bladder neck to my outer sphincter, I figured it out with trial and error, mostly with errors. You'll know you've got the right distance when the stent is actually comfortable for once and doesn't migrate. I'd say an average distance to work with is between 2.5 and 3.5 inches. Remember that in this case, even being off even a little bit will not feel quite right.

It would work as long as the resulting holes being made don't irritate the lining of your urethra. You won't like the feeling of sharp edges. In my experience, the dental floss is a bit less irritating than fishing line, but still irritating nonetheless. Find something that is smooth and won't feel like you're being cut with a wire. Ultimately, the limiting factor is the size of your urethra. Most people find that the narrowest part of the urethra is the meatus of the penis (the entrance). So basically, whatever you can fit should work, and whatever you can't fit, won't. Since you're using a 16fr catheter, you should be able to fit 4-6 mm in diameter, which seems to be the standard sizing range for stents these days. Update I am finally honing in on the dimensions of my urinary tract! Based on one of the first stents I've ever made, I find that the distance between my bladder neck and external sphincter to be about 3 inches (about 7.5 cm). The stent has no tubing in the middle of it so my prostate is comfortably squeezing what can, and I don't feel like I'm aroused all the time. The dimensions I've found are surprisingly comfortable! Even just fixing the length by 1 cm made a world of difference. The stent is seated well and I don't expect it to migrate anywhere. It hasn't slipped inside the bladder and it hasn't slipped out. I've been uncontrollably wetting now for about a day and a half, and I've been loving every minute of it! I can feel urine escape every minute or two, depending on how much I breath in to adjusting how I sit. It's pretty wild. The most irritating thing about it right now is the retrieval line (plain dental floss). The cool thing is, this stent has two retrieval loops that is perfect for a crochet hook to grab, so I'm really half tempted to cut the dental floss altogether and pray my stent doesn't slip inside my bladder. We'll see. The design is basically modeled off of @cathdiap's refined design with the exception of there not being a plastic tube holding my prostate open. I'm not going to lie, it wasn't easy getting the thing in, but once in and seated, I've been continuously dripping non-stop. My wife won't even let me change without permission now! 🥰 I'll eventually post pictures of the final design of the stent. I have a couple of modifications I'd like to try out first.

For me I think it's a focus/concentration issue. When I'm at a stop light, I can pee. If I'm on on the highway, no matter how full my bladder is or how much it hurts, I can't pee while driving.

The bane of my journey. I haven't figured out yet how to pee while driving.

The three areas I find that I like the least are: The logistics of diaper management while traveling, particularly to a place where I won't have a car or get on a flight. The inconvenience factor - having to change when you need to and not when you want to. Leaking in bed. I have mental hang-ups about leaking in bed which I think are contributing to my resistance to nightly wetting.