Wearing a Nappy at hospital

[Diaperman0723]

Just after my car accident while I was waiting to go for xrays the nurse that was tending to me did a great job taking care of me. In had asked her if I was allowed to go to the bathroom which she said that because I was in because of a car accident I was allowed to go to the bathroom by my self. I asked if she would go with me because I was about to wet myself. Which she said she would go with me but would give me privacy when I was in there, on the way to the bathroom I ended up setting myself. The nurse was extremely professional and helped me get cleaned up. She asked me if I would object to wearing an absorbent product, I said no I would mind just in case I have another accident. The nurse brought back I a pull up and a tab style diaper and asked which one I would rather use. I pointed to the tabbed diaper and said it would be more feasible. The nurse then had me lay down and help me out the diaper on and have me a pair of hospital pants which were really tight and did nothing to hide the diaper I was wearing. The nurse did an amazing job of making sure I was not embarrassed but the whole time I was in after my accident she was beside me. I was so. Lose to asking her to go for a coffee but then realised listening nurse conflict.

I waited til after I was discharged to ask her if I could buy her a coffee as a.Thank you for what she does as a job , she said yes and we went and got a coffee. I still had a diaper on and by the time we were down the coffee the diaper was wet. The nurse helped change again before I left and even sent me home with a few spares.

 

[dpcare]

Haven't run into a need yet but I carry them in case

 

[Deleted member 39574]

I was sent by ambulence to hospital over a year ago. I had a serious condition and they admitted me almost right away. I was put on heavy painkillers and some other drugs. Anyway I woke up soiled and an orderly cleaned it up. That evening I asked the nurse for a diaper to wear overnight. Im over 60 and she brought me a what looked like a teen overnight pullup. I protested. I felt like saying 'I'm a big boy so need a lot more than that' but tried to be polite. Oddly she said it was okay because they would clean up anything that leaked. I said it was about me being comfortable and not about cleanup. An orderly found a diaper from another floor. I was a bit surprised at the incident because when I was in hospital before it was no big deal. One ward I stayed on before the pandemic had a whole stack of fresh diapers on a dresser.

 

[CptKirk]

Just after my car accident while I was waiting to go for xrays the nurse that was tending to me did a great job taking care of me. In had asked her if I was allowed to go to the bathroom which she said that because I was in because of a car accident I was allowed to go to the bathroom by my self. I asked if she would go with me because I was about to wet myself. Which she said she would go with me but would give me privacy when I was in there, on the way to the bathroom I ended up setting myself. The nurse was extremely professional and helped me get cleaned up. She asked me if I would object to wearing an absorbent product, I said no I would mind just in case I have another accident. The nurse brought back I a pull up and a tab style diaper and asked which one I would rather use. I pointed to the tabbed diaper and said it would be more feasible. The nurse then had me lay down and help me out the diaper on and have me a pair of hospital pants which were really tight and did nothing to hide the diaper I was wearing. The nurse did an amazing job of making sure I was not embarrassed but the whole time I was in after my accident she was beside me. I was so. Lose to asking her to go for a coffee but then realised listening nurse conflict.

I waited til after I was discharged to ask her if I could buy her a coffee as a.Thank you for what she does as a job , she said yes and we went and got a coffee. I still had a diaper on and by the time we were down the coffee the diaper was wet. The nurse helped change again before I left and even sent me home with a few spares.

I have to admit the vast majority of nurses that I've been in the care of have been outstanding in every way imaginable. I've never had a nurse take any issue or have any "ill advised" comments due to me being in diapers. You see, until my massive build faded I didn't "look" like I couldn't stand or walk at times nor did I "look" like I'd have any continence issues. I'm not sure how someone is supposed to "look" to avoid this issue, but I lived with it for over a decade even though I had gained 40-45lbs thanks to continual need of Prednisone as my body went ballistic the instant Prednisone was stopped until my Rheumy put me on Kineret and then we were able to SLOWLY taper Prednisone which took almost 6 full years.

I've had mostly wet diapers although there have been "events" that led to soiled diapers and again, never anything whatsoever to belittle me or anything of the sort. All were truly excellent. I can't say the same about every DR I ever saw as I had 2 go out of their way to make a sarcastic comment to me about being in diapers and more than a few ask me why I was wearing. Thankfully the majority of my Dr's know/knew me after a little bit of time and the only time I'd encounter those types of comments was when seeing a specialist or a Dr I had never seen before. Most are honestly just curious from a medical standpoint which is fine by me although there have been a few that stated less than professional comments regarding me in diapers.

No biggie. Nothing I can do about it and nowadays I don't even give a shit. After nearly 20 full years wearing has become as normal to me as putting on socks.

 

[Tenaman]

I have had multiple spinal operations and plenty box hospital trips. I am IC 24/7 and so wear Tena Slip Maxi Active fit adult nappies all the time. I have only once had an issue with wearing nappies in hospital when it was clear they did not have any - so I supplied my own - and unfortunately was not changed particularly regularly so ended up with very wet nappies and often wet bed. If I can I prefer to change myself but I have had in the past to ask the nurses to do it. That I did find a bit embarrassing.

 

[InconLifer]

I have had multiple spinal operations and plenty box hospital trips. I am IC 24/7 and so wear Tena Slip Maxi Active fit adult nappies all the time. I have only once had an issue with wearing nappies in hospital when it was clear they did not have any - so I supplied my own - and unfortunately was not changed particularly regularly so ended up with very wet nappies and often wet bed. If I can I prefer to change myself but I have had in the past to ask the nurses to do it. That I did find a bit embarrassing.

I can relate to this. I've been in and out of hospital since 2020 and always find it a really stressful experience. Not just because of the sensory overload but also because it's so hard for me to try and move around a new environment and even things like getting from the bed to the wheelchair to the toilet to change are a nightmare. I've always felt really immobilised in hospital.

Last time I was in hospital, I did have to ask for assistance and I felt really embarrassed. I have found though that medical professionals are always super chill about it and don't seem surprised. I imagine if anything, they're pleased you're being polite and saving them a messy clean up job. I've never had anyone act weirdly towards my need for protection during medical appointments. I figure they know I suffer from incontinence as part of my condition so would probably be more worried if I wasn't wearing anything protective!

That being said, I did have a mixed experience with the local Continence Team who seemed really shocked I was wearing nappies. They called them that as well which surprised me as whilst it doesn't bother me as I call them that given I was in them at night as a kid beyond the standard age and said I was 'far too young to be wearing nappies' and felt really bad about suggesting them. I did explain that other levels of protection really didn't work for me. They were super helpful in suggesting condom catheters which I was really hopeful would work but was impossible for me to do with all my neuro issues affecting my hand dexterity. They sent me some samples of the most protective stuff they were able to provide but it was pretty poor, low absorbency belted products which weren't protective enough.

I also found that the local Continence Team have too much faith in the advertised absorbency of certain products. They were adamant that they'd be enough and I'd only have to change a couple of times a day but I've learned the hard way that I need way over the advertised amount to both avoid leaks and feel dry. My theory is that there's a concerted effort to get people out of nappies possibly due to funding and environmental concerns which I get but equally I've found that they're the least worst option for me and possibly due to my autism as well meaning I'm hypersensitive to how things feel, I like the feeling of actually wearing underwear (albeit a bit bulkier than what I used to wear most of the time!) instead of being hooked up to tubes.

 

[nappig]

Was in hospital again today for check up and had lift up shirt. Nappy was visibile and again nothing said. I'm glad staff don't say anything and it doesn't bother them. Least I was dry.

 

[Akura]

I've only had one experience in hospital as an adult 3 years ago, I was in for a minor operation and had a baaad drug reaction in recovery and was really ill with it. I couldn't stop throwing up, I couldn't eat anything which resulted in getting really weak and I was SO SHAKY. It was a struggle to even get out of bed or move my head too much, the motion was too much.

This was my local 'normal' NHS hospital. The staff were really great, especially in the recovery suite where it's more 1:1 care IIRC, especially if you were poorly following surgery.

When it came to peeing I didn't wear a diaper or anything, I did find it really hard to use those urine bottle things they give you to pee in though. Because I couldn't sit up properly in the bed and couldn't get out of bed without a nurse helping me, those were the only option if I needed to pee urgently which was frequently due to the IV Fluids they keep you hydrated with when throwing up so much. When I was given one of the bottles to use the first time I was so shaky I could barely hold it and it went everywhere. I remember the nurse saying that I could use a 'pad' and then it wouldn't matter so much if I missed the bottle/was shaking, I declined though and soldiered on. I don't think she meant put a 'pad' on me, I think she meant underneath (though I'm not sure tbh?), still though I wasn't made to feel bad in anyway for not being able to hold the the bottle thing properly. I think, in general, nurses and stuff in hospitals are more than used to seeing diapers/IC protection and so on.

It's nice to see that no one has been judged or otherwise made to feel bad for wearing diapers in hospital. I'd hope that hospital staff would be caring, understanding and non-judgemental though I can imagine there's always one or two isolated cases where this isn't the case, sadly.

 

[nappig]

Yea it's good they're understanding that way. I'm always like oh, will anything bad be said but nothing.

It's on my record anyway that I get supplied pads and have little bladder control.

 

[Zeke]

I had an enlarged testicle a few years back and my GP sent me in for a ultrasound. I’m dual ic and wear diapers 24/7, generally cloth contours or prefolds provided the logistics of dealing with wet and dirty diapers aren’t prohibitive. The young ultrasound technician had a trainee there observing, both more than young enough to have been my daughters. They found my double contour, cotton gauze diapers held in place, at that time, by 3” stainless steel safety pins and covered with snapon plastic pants fascinating as they had never seen this method of diapering before. I suspect that they were both disposable diapered babies and had never seen this “old time” method of diapering. My experience has been that any medical professional that I dealt with has never acted with any degree of surprise when encountering my diapers even if they weren’t previously aware of my incontinence. This wasn’t always true as over a half century ago, when I was a teenager, society and even medical professionals didn’t seem to be nearly as accepting of incontinence as they are today. Much of this acceptance, I believe, comes from the myriad of incontinence products, and the advertising their companies buy to promote them, which expose the public to incontinence and increase the awareness of its existence.

 

[nappig]

Yea think most people now be more used to seeing disposible ones over other types. Yea hope it continues that no1 says anything as think it would be mortifing.

 

[Zeke]

Yea think most people now be more used to seeing disposible ones over other types. Yea hope it continues that no1 says anything as think it would be mortifing.

What are they going to say “Eeek, he’s wearing a diaper!”? Once you realize and come to terms with the fact that you’re wearing because of a medical condition that’s affecting your body there’s no reason to be mortified by anything anyone says about the method that you choose to use to deal with that condition.

 

[nappig]

What are they going to say “Eeek, he’s wearing a diaper!”? Once you realize and come to terms with the fact that you’re wearing because of a medical condition that’s affecting your body there’s no reason to be mortified by anything anyone says about the method that you choose to use to deal with that condition.

So very true, think I overthink things at times.

 

[Constantlydamp]

I was in hospital last month for a colonoscopy and wearing the pubic pressure urinal. The doctor was able to do the necessary around my rubber waist and groin straps. During the procedure I asked the nurse if she could unstrap the half full leg bag as it was becoming uncomfortable. She happily did so and restrapped me at the end of proceedings. No comment or raised eyebrows, just tender and compassionate care.

 

[Starboy2]

Well I’ve kinda have a resentment against hospitals, doctors and such. I had a operation a few years back for a hernia, which failed. I was stunned that they had difficulty changing my diaper. I thought it was a basic skill for nurses. Than again, I assumed they could fix my back and not have a additude of ow well we saw we couldn’t get there on the scans, but jolly let’s try anyways.

after that experience,(and some other stuff I’d prefer not to tell) I try to avoid hospitals as much as I can.

 

[Teddy02]

I had a knee operation a few years ago and wore a Tykables ‘cammies’ nappy. Then I was back for a throat operation and wore the same nappy. I then had a possible DVT and they wanted to do an xray, I forgot until the last moment and I rushed to teh hospita wearing a Kiddo’s ‘let’s build’. I apologised but I hope the two girls who did the procedure had a laugh afterwards at the ‘old bloke in a baby nappy’!!!!

 

[nappig]

I had a knee operation a few years ago and wore a Tykables ‘cammies’ nappy. Then I was back for a throat operation and wore the same nappy. I then had a possible DVT and they wanted to do an xray, I forgot until the last moment and I rushed to teh hospita wearing a Kiddo’s ‘let’s build’. I apologised but I hope the two girls who did the procedure had a laugh afterwards at the ‘old bloke in a baby nappy’!!!!

I would love to wear 1 of my abdl nappies, but yea think that may raise few looks

 

[nappig]

Well I’ve kinda have a resentment against hospitals, doctors and such. I had a operation a few years back for a hernia, which failed. I was stunned that they had difficulty changing my diaper. I thought it was a basic skill for nurses. Than again, I assumed they could fix my back and not have a additude of ow well we saw we couldn’t get there on the scans, but jolly let’s try anyways.

after that experience,(and some other stuff I’d prefer not to tell) I try to avoid hospitals as much as I can.

Oh not good, maybe training needed for that nurse again

 

[nappig]

I was in hospital last month for a colonoscopy and wearing the pubic pressure urinal. The doctor was able to do the necessary around my rubber waist and groin straps. During the procedure I asked the nurse if she could unstrap the half full leg bag as it was becoming uncomfortable. She happily did so and restrapped me at the end of proceedings. No comment or raised eyebrows, just tender and compassionate care.

Thats what like to hear, certainly makes things more calming

 

[vaslav]

Last time I was in hospital for a virus infection, I told them I needed protection. They obliged and a male nurse came back with a few pads and said: "Here are your Pampers!" On leaving the same nurse came back, spread a rubber sheet under me, and gave me a complete foam bed-bath as I had not had a bath/shower since admission. Good service all round.