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Well I'm not particularly active at the moment, thanks to the cattle that trampled me in July. But normally anything up to about a 5 mile walk I just wear my normal terry washables, with extra washable inserts. Folded in a Chinese fold, pinned with a Snappi and 2 3-inch nappy pins. It's only on longer walks that I take things a bit more seriously & aim to minimise chafing and nappy disintegration. Usually that means a Tena Maxi pullup with an extra disposable insert, and careful management of my fluid intake over the day. These pullups don't usually fall to pieces over a day's hiking, unlike some tabbed nappies I've tried, and they are very comfortable over long distances. I always carry a change of course, but usually don't need it. They are no protection against cows though...

Snappis are great for terry nappies IMHO. When I'm in a terry square, which is most of the time, I use a Snappi at the waist & pins at each thigh. The Snappi appears to damage the terry less than pins, although terry nappies last a long long time anyway. The elasticity in a Snappi helps keep the nappy from falling down, and is easy to adjust when the terry is sodden (terry stretches a bit as it gets wetter). Snappis grip really well, last a long time, and I've never had one snap yet.

I just can't remember the first time, but it was many years before I started wearing full-time. I do remember being really paranoid about every little rustle, and trying to remove tabs silently. That's in a public toilet facility of course. I've changed in fields many times on hiking trips, which is another thing altogether.

Keep your pecker up and soldier on! We've been in the same house for over 25 years, and moving would be a nightmare. One day we'll have to - this is an old house that needs a lot of maintenance, and it's bigger than we need now anyway, now the kids have left. Already there are things we can't do any more, often involving ladders or kneeling down (quite apart from the cow incident and an impending hip replacement). And my other half is a bit of a hoarder. Quite honestly the nappy side of things would be one of the easiest things to manage when we eventually have to up sticks. I'm dreading it to be honest. At least you've done the moving bit. Good luck with getting it all sorted out over the next 10 years or so.

I had multiple ribs and a wrist broken in July thanks to a herd of cattle. When I got out of hospital there was no way I could put a nappy on, not even a pull-up. My wife didn't have a problem with it, luckily. Have you considered trying pull-ups with additional soakers? That's probably what I'd have tried if I hadn't had help from my wife. Also, getting out of bed was an issue for me. I had to get a bed rail fitted before I could leave hospital. Good luck!

I don't think we've had a problem with the washing machine getting smelly. My other half hasn't raised it as an issue, since I started using sanitiser in the wash. I can't really tell since Covid removed most of my sense of smell, so I have to rely on my wife for this. I suspect it helps that normally I'm in washables full-time, so the washing machine is rarely left for longer than 2 days without being used for a 60 degree wash. So any remaining water in there doesn't have time to fester.

Same happened to me. I've had Covid 3 times. The first time was awful. That was before there were vaccines. 2 weeks in bed, 2 more weeks on the sofa. I've been vaccinated regularly since I could get the shots - once or twice a year. The other 2 times were just like a bad cold - no comparison. I got tested each time, then when it showed positive I just stayed at home until I wasn't going to infect anyone else.

Hmm. Well I don't have this problem as a general rule, but it's hard to say why or to recommend anything. Firstly, I'm always pointed down. I'm generally in cloth nappies that are close-fitting enough to prevent any moving around or erections down there. When I'm in disposables I always have additional soakers, and they have the same effect. Also, at my age, erections are fewer and further between, which also helps.

Oh that's brilliant. Welcome to the club!

Good luck with it Mikey. Ironically my stomach has been better than ever since the cows got me. I was prescribed Famitodine to counter potential stomach problems from the rest of the drugs bundle (mainly painkillers), and it seems to have alleviated the problems I was already having before the accident.

Had mine on Thursday, along with a Covid jab. Shingles jab in a couple of weeks. Stay safe kids!

Cattle are easily the most dangerous animals in the UK, in terms of deaths per year. More than dogs. There are more cattle-related deaths in the UK than shark-related deaths in the world, or so I understand. Most of the dead are farmers.

All they had was loose wadding, polyurethane 'pants' that you had to knot at the sides, and waterproof bed pads. Pretty hopeless. I think this is probably due to cost and to fear of bedsores. It wasn't really an issue. I had a load of Betterdry's in the garage & I just had to tell my wife where to find them. And no, I wasn't tempted to ask her to bring in baby prints! I did cut across a field, because that was where the public footpath went. By UK standards it was a big field, ie I wasn't within sprint distance of the field edge. The cattle surrounded me, knocked me down (deliberately), then trampled over me. I was alone, & I thought I was dead. I managed to get out, got a few yards, then they did it again. I got out again & reached the field edge. I got under an electric fence & was then safe from the cattle (although I didn't know that for sure). I staggered towards a nearby farmhouse, met the farmer coming towards me, who called the emergency services. I was airlifted to hospital. I had 15 broken ribs, lung damage & a broken wrist, & they had to rebuild my ribcage with titanium. I'm still on opiates & will be for a while. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone's bucket list.

Not a problem with the quantity of painkillers I was on! Funnily enough it wasn't really awkward at all. Mentally, that is. Physically it took some working out. She knew I was effectively dependent on nappies before the accident. I think she was OK with it because clearly someone had to change me - I was in no state to do it myself. She preferred to do it herself rather than have the nursing staff do it. For me, I had been a bit worried about how she'd feel about it, but it was fine, and the intimacy of it felt really nice. I'd say it brought us closer together, but then we already were close together. I started changing myself after I'd been home for a while because I was once more physically able to, and didn't want to place more of a burden on her than I had to. I very much doubt I have full urinary continence these days, and I don't think the catheterisation made any difference. I've not attempted to control my urination in any way since I went full-time into nappies. Not once.

It ended happily. I had to manage without a dummy while I was in hospital - they are OK with someone in nappies, but would probably struggle with an out-and-out AB on the ward. Mummy took my shorts home, which were still intact, and took my dummy out & kept it safe until I came home & we were reunited. It was in my mouth all last night.