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@Spargano Thank you for bringing us along this journey and with such clear detail. I finally feel like it's time to try one for myself. And congratulations on flying with it! That's amazing

Congratulations on your progress! Keep it up

For high quality reusables, Carer (https://carerspk.com/) has several very good options, and most don't require plastic pants. Some look like regular boxers or even tighty whiteys!

The way I've dealt with this at the gym is I bring a bag with me to the shower. In it is my shampoo, etc, a fresh diaper, and a suction hook. I added this several years ago because the hooks outside the showers are frequently already taken. The hook allows me to hang my bag inside the shower high enough to keep it dry. After the shower, the fresh diaper comes out, gets put on in private and everything else goes back into the bag. I wrap my towel around me and head to the locker to finish getting dressed. It's become an easy routine for me that I hardly give a second thought.

Thanks for the update. I'm so happy for you! You said your system has reset to it's default setting. I've never considered it in those terms, but you're completely right

This is fantastic! THANK YOU!!

@Spargano Your metal based stent is very appealing to me! Would you mind sharing your materials list and where you got it??

Congratulations on 1 year!

I'm sure there are many of us who are in the same exact situation, but unwilling to admit it out loud. I appreciate your honesty and willingness to share!

Use a plug on the open end of the cath. The pee will back up but not much and it will allow you to shower, dry off, and get a fresh diaper on https://www.allegromedical.com/products/bard-catheter-plug-and-cap-for-drainage-lumen-on-foley-catheters-each/

Great job on week 1! How was the clean up process for you in light of living in a RV?

Congratulations! Here's to many, many more!🥂

Huge thanks to Ind and cathdiap for willing to share their designs, build methods and success! As always, I'm inspired more each time I catch up on this thread

Congratulations!

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If I change while standing, I start with the bottom tapes first. If changing while laying down, I usually do the top tapes first. I don't think there's any special method or secret sauce as to which tapes should be first. It probably comes down to each person's preference and body.

I switch between Better Dry and Dry24/7. I can usually make it a day in just 2 or 3 diapers!

FixFlex is the winner for me as well. Besides being more comfortable and roomy, they hold a good bit more and are more sturdy than the RealFit. My biggest complaint with the RealFit is how flimsy the material is. The pull-up tends to 'ride down', particularly if I bend over. If I reach back to pull them up, I can easily stick my finger through the material or tear them if I pull to far, thus separating the elastic waist band from the diaper. Then it is only a matter of time before the small hole becomes huge. This does not happen with FitFlex line.

11 years for me after a freak surgery mishap.

Wow. Good luck.

My story is similar to others. About 11 years ago, I had a kidney stone removal procedure that went bad. I semi-woke up in an ambulance heading to the ER from the surgery center, with an oxygen mask on my face and a long string sticking out of my you-know-what attached to a stent deep inside. I had no control for several months and finally got some daytime back (but never regained it at night). Then about 5 years ago, I fell from a pickup bed to a concrete driveway, flat on my back. I'm still resisting diapers 24/7 but I suspect it is only a matter of time.

I had a very pleasant factory defect in my Dry 24/7. It seems that twice the padding was put in the diaper. When I reached for the diaper, I initially thought I had two diapers, but there was just one. Once I changed into it, the diaper was so thick, I could hardly bring my legs together. I ended up sleeping like a frog. This diaper was an All Night and Most of the Day Diaper - 14+ hours!! It probably would have held more, but it was getting really heavy and starting to smell a little. It made we wish all of them were like this. BRING ALL YOUR FACTORY DEFECTS TO ME TO DRY 24/7!

Well stated. I would LOVE to have a working stent like this but not confident enough to make one myself.

BB - It's been a few weeks since we've bugged you about your healing. Are things getting back to normal for you? What is your next step? (Is it OK if I call you BB?? )