About 9 years ago, I had to have my prostrate removed because of cancer and had almost continued leakage of some type(dribble to all out peeing. It took over 9-10 months before it subsided in the mean time I had to wear 24/7 and had to change about 6-8 times daily because I never knew when it would strike or how much. I kind of got used to wearing 24/7 before that I usually wore to bed, and sometimes during the day when I was away from the house.
This spring, I had to go to the ER with hellish pains below the belly button, come to find out I had a large kidney stone that wouldn't pass. It was lodged in the tube between the kidney and the bladder(almost 8mm) I was admitted overnight because the next morning they wanted to insert a stent so I could pee and eliminate the pain. The next morning they inserted the stent and after a couple of hours, was able to go home, I called my neighbor up and asked if she would pick me up and needed someone to drive my SUV home. We left the hospital and had to get some scrips filled which seemed to take forever. I had peed before leaving the hospital. When we got to my house, had to pee again and it had been only about 20 minutes sense I had last gone, before I could to the front door, I wet all over my front porch, there was no stopping it. I didn't have a diaper on at the time.
About a month later, they went in and exploded (for the lack of a better word) and this time I was wearing, after the procedure, I was sent back to recovery, and after about an hour I was told that could go home. I had worn my diaper to the hospital and put in my bag before getting the procedure done, I put my diaper on and finished getting dressed. I was hungry and asked my neighbor(driver) to find a place to eat. She did and we had a good lunch, then went to the drugstore to get more scripts filled. No peeing and leaking this time. About a month later, I had the stent removed at the Dr's office, I wore to the office and put my diaper back on afterwards and again no leaks. Sense I had the stent removed, I again had to wear 24 /7, as I had no control as to when I had to go without warning. I asked the Dr about it and he said that it was rare for this to happen but stick with it for a while. I did that and after about 2 months it subsided and I was getting some warning but I had to be within 10 feet of the bathroom, it would explode that quick and sometimes I still didn't make it. that has since gone away and now I can sit through a movie and not realize I have to go until I stand up, and hardly made it to the the bathroom and a lot of the time I didn't make it, as a result, I wear 24/7 all the time now and kind of enjoy it. it has been about 3 months that I've been wearing 24/7 and would like to take a break from it but I don't trust my bladder enough to do that. I'll be 72 this month and at this time, I'm not worrying about it. If I have to wear 24/7, so be it. Life is too short and I have a lot that I want to do and not worry about my bladder problems,