My experience with stents

[cathdiap]

I've decided not to experiment and just stick with my old stent design. It gives me the most comfortable and continuous incontinence in all positions. It only migrates if I am sleeping on my side, but that never happens. Never change a winning team. 😎

Oh, and light-colored jeans seem to make a diaper a bit more visible. 😏

[cathdiap]

I really enjoy cycling with my bladder stent in and a diaper on. The thick, soft padding of the diaper makes it much more comfortable to sit on the saddle. In my opinion, diapers are most noticeable when you're sitting and moving on a bike. Fortunately, I can easily cycle for a few hours before feeling the stent.

Of course, it takes a while for the buildup of pee in the bladder to create enough pressure to force it through the blocked urethra at the saddle level, but once it does, the feeling of warm pee spreading through the diaper is truly wonderful. I think it's the contrast between that moist warmth and the cool, dry breeze from riding my bike that makes it so different than other "normal" wettings.

The urine tends to fill the front of the diaper first, because the saddle pressure cuts off the passage to the back. But eventually, the urine will also reach the back of the diaper and then it needs to be changed very quickly. No wet diaper can hold pee under the high pressure of the saddle's limited surface area. So in terms of diaper use, cycling is quite expensive.

[MyOwnHealthGuy]

I can just say I won't f*ck around with stents again. I tried this and tore my external and internal sphicnters with a catheter damn near in two. Needless to say, I need diapers 24/7 now and yes, I lost the ability to hold urine and the pain that comes with it. See attached picture of what I had to deal with as a reminder about doing stupid shit. Im keeping it on my phone to remind myself the idiot that I was. I also have the hospital discharge papers to prove I was there to not bleed to death.

 

I feel someone needs to post what can happen if this doesn't go your way. I will do it so others won't have to. A wise guy once told me " F*ck around and find out", well I will leave this here for anyone who want's to try this shit.

 

Lesson learned

[Spargano]

My sympathies that this happened to you. A couple of questions. When did this happen? You mentioned a catheter and not a stent so what exactly happened? Also, what safety protocols were not followed. Many of us have gone to the doctor because of a mishap, and some of us have had issues with our trials, but I have yet to hear of someone having such a traumatic injury. I agree that anyone doing this needs to understand there are risks and to take every safety precaution possible. I am still trying to figure out what could have caused that damage

[Diapered Dave]

Yikes!!  How long ago did this happen? I would guess you should regain bladder control after everything heals... What kind of catheter did you use that caused this?? 

[MyOwnHealthGuy]

On 9/3/2025 at 2:00 PM, Spargano said:

My sympathies that this happened to you. A couple of questions. When did this happen? You mentioned a catheter and not a stent so what exactly happened? Also, what safety protocols were not followed. Many of us have gone to the doctor because of a mishap, and some of us have had issues with our trials, but I have yet to hear of someone having such a traumatic injury. I agree that anyone doing this needs to understand there are risks and to take every safety precaution possible. I am still trying to figure out what could have caused that damage

This happened last year, the damage was done with a stent I made that got stuck due to a fracture in the tube. I tried pulling it out and ended up tearing the muscles. At the hospital, they inserted a catheter to make sure I was still able to pee and I ripped it out by accident when I tried to go to the batroom at the hospital leaving me with permanent incontinence. Its a combination of bad luck and bad choices. My hopes is to make people aware of the risks that comes with making stents as it can become dangerous. I was lucky to be able to urinate afterwards and didnt have to deal with any severe swelling, othereisr I would have had to have surgery. 

My guess is the stent I made somehow got stuck as I inserted it and it got inverted inside the urethra. After I realized that, I tried pulling it out and because the front end was on the back side and was causing it to get stuck, i freaked out and pulled harder and somehow made it kinda twist and pull the rear end through next to the front end like a V-shape inside the bladder neck and tore the muscles because it essentially was sideways in the urethra. I was in so much terror from this I almost fainted as I though I tore the urethra right off and needed surgery as the urine would not be able to come out, but with some insane luck, it wasn't the case. The bladder sphincters and utethra was torn up so bad, I was bleeding bright and dark red blood for hours because of the damage and the torn veins and so on. It wasn't until they put a camera in there that they said I was going to be ok, but I will admit, the chances of tearing the urethra completely off was almost 99%, its that 1% luck I had that saved me from needing surgery to reattach the urethra. I got insanely lucky

Never regained control unfortunately, the bladder did heal but I now deal with no control and regular bladder spasms that can be very painful. It happened last year to me. The catheter was an indwelling catheter with a balloon. When I ran to the washroom, the catherter they inserted to make sure I was able to urinate was tied around the bed side to the bag and when I rried to run to the washroom for a bowel movement, I pulled the catheter out tearing the rest of the muscles off that was originally damaged by the stent incident earlier that day that tore the muscles already to a point where they were in bad shape.

 

The towel you see is the towel I used to put pressure on the parts after I ripped out the stent. I went to hospital using that towel and a lot of pressure to stop the majority of the bleeding. They immediately tried to insert a catheter to see if they can get urine to come out which was very hard for them, but they managed to pull it off and then they put an iv on to flush it for hours to amke sure the blood comes out and they added antibiotics to prevent infections. They emptied the bag with the stuff that came out about 6 or 7 times and it literally looked like buckets of blood that were throwing out. Took about 4 hours to stabalize the bleeding and then another 3 hours to make sure I able to urinate and then they sent me home with pain meds and antibiotics.

[MyOwnHealthGuy]

On 9/3/2025 at 2:27 PM, Diapered Dave said:

Yikes!!  How long ago did this happen? I would guess you should regain bladder control after everything heals... What kind of catheter did you use that caused this?? 

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[Spargano]

I reiterate that I am so sorry that happened to you! I am glad you did not suffer worse from it! 
 

cautionary tails like this are incredibly important and necessary for people making the journey. Yes, the list of happy and safe stent users is 10 and growing, but everyone on that list will urge caution and an abundance of safety checks before proceeding. 

[MyOwnHealthGuy]

9 minutes ago, Spargano said:

I reiterate that I am so sorry that happened to you! I am glad you did not suffer worse from it! 
 

cautionary tails like this are incredibly important and necessary for people making the journey. Yes, the list of happy and safe stent users is 10 and growing, but everyone on that list will urge caution and an abundance of safety checks before proceeding. 

I read the warnings and tried to be safe as possible, but I have to admit that accidents happen even if we are safe. I am still tormented by the events but I have learned better ways to be successful as well and would share those as well. I think people can learn from my mistakes to they dont make them.

[bleie1990]

What kind of stent design did you use when this happened? Do you have any pictures of the stent so other people can se and maybe learn from your experience? 

[MyOwnHealthGuy]

20 hours ago, bleie1990 said:

What kind of stent design did you use when this happened? Do you have any pictures of the stent so other people can se and maybe learn from your experience? 

Sorry, I dont have pictures unfortunately. I scrapped all my work after what happened.

[Loveable_guy]

WOW, very regrettable but things will happen. And you are not the first to loose a stent in your bladder. It happened to me but I was much luckier.  In my case the retrial cord slipped inside. I tried searching for the cord with crochet hooks but no joy. At the hospital I was sedated and prepared for surgery. When I came to afterwards I was relieved to know they were able to remove the stent and avoid the surgery. 

I still enjoy my stent but it is with much caution when I do. 

[MyOwnHealthGuy]

8 hours ago, Loveable_guy said:

WOW, very regrettable but things will happen. And you are not the first to loose a stent in your bladder. It happened to me but I was much luckier.  In my case the retrial cord slipped inside. I tried searching for the cord with crochet hooks but no joy. At the hospital I was sedated and prepared for surgery. When I came to afterwards I was relieved to know they were able to remove the stent and avoid the surgery. 

I still enjoy my stent but it is with much caution when I do. 

Same happened to me. They just shoved the camera with clips in and removed it, I was straight up embarrased but they daid they have seen it all so I guess it wasn't too bad. Mine first stent migrated into the bladder and the retrieval line went in.

[Diaper Duck]

On 9/12/2025 at 2:54 PM, MyOwnHealthGuy said:

Same happened to me. They just shoved the camera with clips in and removed it, I was straight up embarrased but they daid they have seen it all so I guess it wasn't too bad. Mine first stent migrated into the bladder and the retrieval line went in.

I am sorry you have no control now, get better okay?

[cathdiap]

About a week ago, I had to make a new stent because my old one had developed a tear at the bottom near the edge of the folded silicone tube.

This time, I also decided to make a new inner frame, and lo and behold, this new stent is even more comfortable, less noticeable, and more effective than the previous one. And I didn't even think it could get any better. Maybe the new dental floss I had to buy and use also contributes to the improvement? The Kevlar inner wire is noticeably thinner and softer than the inner wire in the old dental floss I was using.

Anyway, I'm still amazed at how easy and inexpensive this stent is to make. And I made it purely by eye and intuition. All in all, it took me 15 minutes.

I'm not sure if this will impress Peter when I knock on heaven's door, 🤣 but for now, it feels pretty cool to be good at it. 😎

[Spargano]

Good on you, @cathdiap! 

[cathdiap]

When a stent starts to behave like a natural part of your body, the joy is almost limitless.

When there are no more drawbacks, such as discomfort, migration, or the prevention of certain body positions, the only remaining "problem" is persistent incontinence. And it's really always there, and diapers will be the only solution to get through your day.

Apart from showering, swimming and going #2, you'll have to do absolutely everything in diapers. Boring things, exciting things, everything becomes more interesting. Because there's that persistent feeling in your pants that constantly captures your attention, even when you want to concentrate on other things. That helpless, warm feeling of wetting yourself with no way to stop it.

Countless times a day you'll have to check the status of your diaper to prevent leaks, knowing they'll sometimes happen anyway. You'll suddenly find yourself being on the look out for opportunities to change when you're in unfamiliar territory.

Ah well, I could write for hours about the excitement of being incontinent, but I think I've made my point. If you find your life boring, incontinence will definitely help bring back some challenges and surprises.

[cathdiap]

I've never considered myself an age player, but now that I'm 60 😫, I'm starting to feel a lot younger when stented and diapered.

Not as young as a baby or toddler, but more like a 40-year-old.

It's probably a sign of complete denial, but somehow I feel like my stent and diaper play doesn't match my actual age at all.

When I look at myself in the mirror, I refuse to look at my ugly old face, but I still enjoy the way my diaper fits me, especially when I'm peeing in it uncontrollably at the same time.

I never expected to still be doing these kinds of crazy things at 60, but here I am, almost fifty years after my trigger moment and I still enjoy it immensely and still need it to keep me going in this insanely boring, fake world I live in.

Maybe the creator put me here to see what a free spirit will do to survive this living hell. I really hope I lived up to his expectations. 😁

[cathdiap]

Could it get any better? This new stent makes me constantly wet the bed in such small amounts and they are so unnoticeable, that I barely wake up anymore. There's almost no more build up of urine in my bladder. No matter what position I'm in. And the few times I did have a full bladder, I woke up in the middle of a large wetting. Not from the feeling of my bladder contracting, but from the sudden warmth that spread across the front of my diaper, creeping dangerously close to the top.

This stent makes the loss of urine absolutely unnoticeable in the urethra or the bladder itself. Only larger spurts of pee coming through the meatus cause a warm sensation at the tip of my penis or under my foreskin. Other than that it's only the wetness and thickness of my diaper that tells me I've been wetting myself.

No wonder this has led to some leaks over the past 10 nights. Even with plastic pants on. It's so strange to wake up after the best night's sleep imaginable and discover you're lying on wet sheets, with no memory at all of wetting your diaper that night.

It's almost scary, but amazing at the same time. I'm never going to change the shape or size of the inner frame again! 

(Edit) By the way, this is the tenth consecutive day I've had the stent in. Absolutely no irritation, no discomfort, and not even a single moment of feeling fed up. Not even after yesterday's climax. That's new. I do have to keep an eye on my anal sphincter, though. I'm noticing that holding #2 is getting a bit harder. And I'm going to buy a penis clamp to see if I can keep the stent in during family gatherings. I'm curious how long I can hold out now.

[Spargano]

That’s wonderful to hear!

[cathdiap]

When I'm on the toilet, it seems so natural and not at all serious to see and feel myself peeing in the bowl. No visible physical abnormalities, no pain, no discomfort at all. Just the slow, steady drip from the tip of my penis.

This type of incontinence is so strange. It doesn't feel like a disability and it doesn't even look like one. No missing body parts, no numb or paralyzed limbs, no visible aids like crutches, prosthetic legs, wheelchairs, etc. Everything should be fine, right?

Wrong! Just put on your normal underwear and pants and go outside. Within minutes, you'll be mortified. People will stare in disgust at the growing wet spot in your crotch, look at you with judgment, and visibly wonder why you're exposing yourself so unhygienically.

You honestly wouldn't have a life without diapers!

I love it. 😁

[UsuallyDiapered]

@cathdiap - great to hear that your newest model is working so well. Honestly, it's making me interested in trying that sort of model again as I forget what it was like after all these months! Would you be willing to post a photo of it the next time you remove it? Not that I get to use it much, but my current stent is fine and pretty comfortable - however, I find that after a few hours' wear urine flow tends to get blocked somehow, and I'm not able to figure out why!

[cathdiap]

9 minutes ago, UsuallyDiapered said:

Would you be willing to post a photo of it the next time you remove it?

Sure, that'll be sometime next year. 🤣

But seriously...

I'll post a picture of it on graph paper soon, and the other picture of my old stent on graph paper next to it. I think the differences will be minimal. But we'll see.

[UsuallyDiapered]

4 minutes ago, cathdiap said:

Sure, that'll be sometime next year. 🤣

But seriously...

I'll post a picture of it on graph paper soon, and the other picture of my old stent on graph paper next to it. I think the differences will be minimal. But we'll see.

Well, that's the ideal, isn't it? Having a stent that is so comfortable and effective that it doesn't have to be removed (or that doesn't expel itself).

 

No rush... I'd just be interested in seeing it at some point. 

 

Wishing you many soaked diapers in the days ahead 😂 

[cathdiap]

20 minutes ago, UsuallyDiapered said:

Well, that's the ideal, isn't it? Having a stent that is so comfortable and effective that it doesn't have to be removed (or that doesn't expel itself).

Absolutely. Today is day 11, and it feels like I have a different body. No sign of a stent, except for the wet diaper I'm wearing, of course.

Still no urge either to pull it out. The bedwetting, in particular, is going so well now that my sleep might actually be better than without the stent, because I no longer have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I usually sleep undisturbed until the next morning and wake up in a saturated diaper.