Hi All

[InconJane]

Hi, I'm Jane and I live in Brisbane, Australia.

I am 20 years old and have been incontinent since I was 15 when I had a dirt-bike accident on a friend's farm and damaged my spine. My spine eventually recovered, but it has left some lasting nerve damage, and has left me with profound urinary incontinence and some faecal incontinence too.

Tahnks to a lot of rehab therapy and a regimented toilet programme, I can avoid a lot of accidents, but I still need to be in nappies/diapers permanently for those few times each day...

Given the young age that my accident happened and the age I am now, it has been a really traumatic few years for me. Finishing high school (admittedly with a year off whilst I recovered from my accident), and trying to socialise is not easy when you can't control your bodily functions. It is also very emotionally damaging.

I am so grateful though to all those people who supported me in learning to walk again and recover most of my bodily functions, and to all the therapists and counsellors who have supported me in coming to terms with what will most likely be a lifelong issue. I can only hope that future medical technology will be able to do something to help me.

In the meantime, I have learned to accept my need for nappies and am even starting to enjoy them. I wouldn't consider myself a DL yet, and definitely not an AB. Indeed I am quite happy being my own age. I am looking forward to hearing about the experiences of others with medical incontinence, and those who understand wearing and using nappies.

[Bettypooh]

Hello and welcome to DD We're a pretty diverse lot here but for the most part good people who understand For a better understanding of the forums check out the first topic in "Scoop the Poop". Hope you enjoy your time here

Bettypooh

[Depends1578]

Welcome! We've got plenty of people who can relate to you on the same level! Enjoy your stay!

[InconJane]

Hello and welcome to DD We're a pretty diverse lot here but for the most part good people who understand For a better understanding of the forums check out the first topic in "Scoop the Poop". Hope you enjoy your time here

Bettypooh

Thanks Bettypooh.

[Honu]

G'Day Jane!

Congratulations on all that you have accomplished since your accident. I'm sure it was very hard work and I'm deeply sorry that your high school classmates were less than totally supportive. What I've found from being on this site for awhile is that most of us suffered some sort of trauma in our youth; phyiscal, emotional or both; which eventually led us diapers/nappies. From that perspective, you are definately not alone here!

Please keep your sense of humor if you get peppered with unwanted requests for contact from the other guys here. In fact, there are plenty of women in this community but they tend to be less visible because of too much undesired attention.

Keep working on your rehabilitation and know that all long as you need to wear diapers, you have friends here that understand and accept you.

Aloha,

Honu

[babymaggie]

Welcome to Daily Diapers Jane. There are plenty of people here that have had injuries and also have caused them incontinence so you are not alone. I hope that you can find a support system amoung those here.