Let’s get to know one another a little better!

[DL1989]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Nighttime urinary with some daytime urgency.

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Overnight disposables (tab) and during the day if needed for a situation pull-ups.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Always had nighttime issues and a general weak bladder.

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Yes as a kid and again in college went through all the testing. Nothing worked well and I didn’t like the drugs I tried.

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
Makes trips a little more complicated but no.

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Single

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting? My mom knew when I was a kid obviously however I took over getting supplies when I was 16 so I assume she does not know now.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
USA - FL & MI (snow bird in your 30s is a good plan)

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Yes

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add

 

[Deleted member 75907]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary only during nighttime.

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Disposable pull ups (100%). My insurance can only give me so many, but because I use them nightly, sometimes I run out and I buy the cheapest ones I can at the store. That includes disposables with tabs. I'm not entirely picky.
I use pads if I'm going to be away from home for long periods during the day. But I don't tend to leave my house for long anymore.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
I genuinely don't have much of an idea. I was told the issues I could have while sleeping could be because of anxiety. I had a doctor tell me it could be because I'm autistic. When I was young I tended to hold it as long as I could while I was awake because I equated asking to use the bathroom frequently to wetting the bed.

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
I have, yes. I was on on medication years ago but that was less for incontinence and more to help my anxiety since that was what my doctor had thought the cause was. Since then I've had blood tests and ultrasounds on a few different occasions.

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
Not as much as it used to. I'll say it still my main concern when traveling or staying somewhere that isn't home.

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Single

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
My immediate family knows and are accepting for the most part.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
Massachusetts USA

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
I'm not sure yet, I'll have to give it some time.

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
These questions made me stop to think about where I currently am, and I'll admit, it got me a little emotional. I know that may be a silly thing to say, but I am truly still nervous about talking about my incontinence and other interests and struggles that go along with it. I'm trying very hard to be more accepting and open with myself about it. it's something that makes me embarrassed to talk about, but I know talking about it with others who understand can make it easier.

 

[JustMe]

Ok. My turn ...

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Thankfully, urinary only

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Cloth: 75%, Disposable: 25%. For cloth, my go to is Dependeco (shoutout to Monika the owner). For travel (which is a lot), my disposable choice is NS.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Medical accident. A hip replacement surgery at 36 (yes, I was a young one). The replacement was/is great. The incontinence result was not!

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Everything you could imagine: poked, probed, pictured, medicated. Strictures found and taken care of, but no lasting continence effects. Did try acupuncture at one point. It actually did help. Was dry for a couple of years. But then a really bad UTI reset me back to incon.

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
Oh golly no. By all accounts, I think I am "normal". Ok: going thru TSA is sometimes a pain. But I get the last grin when they "goose me" and realize what they are feeling!

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Married with grown children.

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
Yes and yes. We travel with others. And when we are in close quarters, I don't want any *surprises* with our friends/family. So yah, some know.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
USA & Costa Rica (split time).

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
I'm starting to see the benefits of this forum (love it!).

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
After the initial shock of "omg, I can't control myself anymore ...", I've just come to the point of acceptance. Yes, I have a slightly different "underwear" than others, but nothing more than a person with eyeglasses or an arm cast to heal a broken bone. I have a device (yes, a diaper) to make me socially acceptable and keep clothing/furnishings dry. And diapers allow me to be normal (or so I like to think).

 

[anton]

illness.

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary only

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Cloth: 25%, Disposable: 75%.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Birth defects/nerve issues. Bed wetting for the first 19 years, then dry. Bed wetting and day accidents began in my later 30’s.

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Yes. Some drugs, but the side effects were too much and i had always wanted to be able to wear diapers anyway.

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
No.

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Married with children

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
My wife, yes. Only a couple friends. All generally accepting.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
USA- Washington State

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
YES!

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
Fun exercise, thank you to the OP!

 

[Deleted member 76288]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Neither (daily underwear)

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Disposable
Tykables , str8up white and blue, overnights, waddler, animooz, soon to be tighty whities as well on my next order.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
N/A but I do suffer from chronic constipation where if I need to I’ll mess my diaper so I don’t loose the opportunity to go number 2. If I hold it even for the slightest bite my body looses the urge to go number 2

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
N/A

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
Nope, other than trying to hide the extra supplies you need to carry around. (Diaper bag)

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Married with children

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
Wife is ok with me wearing. She don’t understand it but she’s ok with it.
Same goes with my mom. There the only 2 that’s knows

8. What part of the world do you reside?
USA Pittsburgh Pa

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
YES!

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
Diapers have become a way of life for me. I’ve tried a couple times to quit them but I can’t. They make me to happy

 

[Inconinmiss]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary, mainly at night

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Disposable

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Incontinence is due to nerve damage that occurred as a side effect of surgery when I was 14 years old.

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
I've seen many doctors and tried a number of drugs, none of which helped.

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
No.

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Married.

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
My doctors, close family and a very few close friends are the only people who know. All are accepting.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
Southern Ontario, Canada.

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Yes.

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?

 

[LifeInPlastic]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary only

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Disposables(plastic backed with tabs): 90~95%, Cloth: 5~10%. BetterDry is my protection of choice. When it's hot in summer I do enjoy the more cooling feeling of cloth diapers, especially at night.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Not entirely clear. It is roughly a combination of a detrusor/sphincter dysfunction and neuregenic issues. It took some years to fully degrade into full IC.

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
The whole palette. Nothing of noteworthy improvement so I discontinued them to avoid side effects.

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
Ofc it limits. Not in the mood to go to a gym or swimming or other stuff that involves undressing and/or wearing less clothes.

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Single and no children that I'm aware of.

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
A yes to both which I'm very grateful for.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
Germany / NRW

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Definitely yes

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
After 10 years of total UIC I'm quite at peace with my condition. But once in a while it still upsets me.

Cheers

 

[NotTheAverageMan]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary only

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Disposable: 100% Tena slip proskin, maxi and Ultima. I get them for free.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Illness, diagnosed with Interstitial cystitis

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Lots of tests, and lots of drugs. I discontinued all drugs due to unpleasant side effects and zero effect. Ialuril helped with the bladder pain to some degree.

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
No, other than issues with going to the beach but I manage with a pad if it’s a long walk, otherwise, well my shorts will get wet anyway.

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Married with children

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
Yes and yes. Obviously, it’s impossible to hide incontinence from those in your household, including children. I’m Very careful to keep my personal issues private around most others.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
Denmark

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
YES!

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
I have been dealing with OAB symptoms for years, but managed with timed voiding and pads, was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis via urodynamics and bladder biopsies in summer 2023, because they suspected cancer due to an small amount of blood in my urine and my frequency went through the roof combined with agonizing pain in my bladder, this was last summer, I have been fully urinary incontinent since the onset of IC, I was given ialuril as an option of hopefully restoring the GAG layer in my bladder, it worked out somewhat positive, but I get strong urges out of the blue still, and it’s painful to try and hold my bladder. So, I’m okay with diapers as they allow me to live my life, and working on seeing the positive in wearing diapers. Singlehand sailing now is much more manageable..

 

[AlwaysPissed]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
UIC only, mostly daytime. Beginning to think that night diapers would give me better sleep.

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Disposable mostly. Will use more cloth in the coming years.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Other

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Oh hell... So many tests, drugs and the poking/prodding. These forking doctors have no idea just how invasive they are. I am content to manage my IC with diapers.

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
No. Now that I have accepted it, I no longer let it control my actions or attitudes.

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Married, children

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
Some, sort of. My wife knows, adult kids might.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
USA

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Too soon to tell - recently joined. Other forums I've been a part of for years have been very helpful.

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
Hi.

 

[Footielad]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary at night

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Disposable: 100%. I use plastic pants or terry lined plastic pants when wetting is heavy or I need to be sure I don't leak.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Mixed causes - OAB, deep sleep, neuro

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Lots of consultations, alarms, drugs over the years but no great success

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
With protection and planning I can do pretty much anything I want

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Married no kids

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
Yes and yes.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
UK

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Yes

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
My bedwetting was emotionally difficult as a kid and teen but as an adult I came to realise it is just a part of who I am

 

[rio20090]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Bedwetting only

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
85% Abri-san 11 pads in a plastic pant with a cotton-spandex pull up brief to hold leaks. 15% cloth diaper in a plastic pant, for times when the pad is not sufficient.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
I've been a bedwetter all my life. I have a neurological condition that causes me to lose control of a full bladder when asleep.

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
The whole battery of urological tests and sleep tests. MRIs and CAT scans of the brain, spine and urinary tract.

When I was young, before the neurological condition was diagnosed, doctors prescribed the usual drugs. They didn't help.

An anticonvulsant reduced the frequency of wetting. However, it had unpleasant side effects. I was still wetting a couple of times a week, so I still needed to wear a diaper. So I stopped taking it.

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
My bedwetting has never bothered me or kept me from doing anything I wanted. I wasn't even bothered by it when I was a teenager. I knew that it didn't mean that I was immature or infantile.

It never affected my love life or sex life.

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Married with children

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
My wife is aware and completely accepting.

My mother was completely accepting. She made my diapers until I was at university. She knows I still wet the bed. My father was a teen-age bedwetter; he was accepting.

My father-in-law is a doctor and my mother-in-law is a nurse. My father-in-law is completely accepting. My mother-in-law unfortunately got her nursing degree when the accepted wisdom was that bedwetters were either lazy or acting out for attention.

My children don't know.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
USA

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Yes.

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
I am not AB or DL.

 

[princessarya]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary only. At the moment it's just OAB with a touch of urge incontinence, but it has slowly gotten worse over the years

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Disposable. I've tried pretty much everything over the years and disposable are the best

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Illness

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Not really. I saw a urologist once, but they weren't really helpful

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
Nope

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Single

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
My best friend is. It was his encouragement that led to me going full time and it's been a great decision

8. What part of the world do you reside?
USA-Massachusetts

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Haven't been here long enough to know

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
I am a HUGE wrestling fan, have been to 7 WrestleManias and was supposed to go to 36, but COVID. I was also supposed to go to Tokyo for WrestleKingdom 2021, but, again, pandemic.

 

[Braindead]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary only

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Northshore MegaMax and Go Supremes with booster pads

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
A whole lot of "other"! At age ten I was raped and sodomized by 6 men. (they even signed their work with felt pens). Different times as my parents were too embarrassed to do anything. That led to occasional uncontrolled muscle movements, shaking, incontinence and about 20 years of very self-destructive behavior. Now at age 65 I have 3 types of arthritis, an overactive bladder and prostate issues to go along with my screwed-up liver.

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Yes, me and the urologist are quickly becoming besties. Got another Hydro test coming up as he wants to sell me on surgery

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
Well when your clavicle is pushing into your throat causing a lot of pain and nausea, incontinence isn't much of a factor

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Married, but no children as I have always been scared of who I might become.

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
Wife and sister only as not so many friends left. They are kind of accepting, but are always optimistic

8. What part of the world do you reside?
We live in Washington DC, and I always finish that with, I am very sorry but I didn't do it! We are very much trying to leave but finding medical is becoming a real problem

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Yes, I've gotten more info from this site than from any doctors, and nobody here bills me, ridicules me, or ignores me!

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
I have found that many times in life a single person whom you may not even really know can make all the difference in the world. It can be a small innocent interaction or a major life-saving event. I just always try to remember "there but for the grace of God go I". And never say "it can't get any worse"!

 

[Ellyn]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary only

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Northshore MegaMax and Go Supremes with booster pads

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
A whole lot of "other"! At age ten I was raped and sodomized by 6 men. (they even signed their work with felt pens). Different times as my parents were too embarrassed to do anything. That led to occasional uncontrolled muscle movements, shaking, incontinence and about 20 years of very self-destructive behavior. Now at age 65 I have 3 types of arthritis, an overactive bladder and prostate issues to go along with my screwed-up liver.

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Yes, me and the urologist are quickly becoming besties. Got another Hydro test coming up as he wants to sell me on surgery

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
Well when your clavicle is pushing into your throat causing a lot of pain and nausea, incontinence isn't much of a factor

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Married, but no children as I have always been scared of who I might become.

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
Wife and sister only as not so many friends left. They are kind of accepting, but are always optimistic

8. What part of the world do you reside?
We live in Washington DC, and I always finish that with, I am very sorry but I didn't do it! We are very much trying to leave but finding medical is becoming a real problem

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Yes, I've gotten more info from this site than from any doctors, and nobody here bills me, ridicules me, or ignores me!

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
I have found that many times in life a single person whom you may not even really know can make all the difference in the world. It can be a small innocent interaction or a major life-saving event. I just always try to remember "there but for the grace of God go I". And never say "it can't get any worse"!

I’m so sorry and saddened to have read of your ordeals! Turn it over to God and allow His grace to lift you. It’s wrong for us to wish bad things onto others but everyone answers to God in the end here.
I wish for you peace, good health, and happiness.

 

[dpcare]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Mainly bladder occasional bowel although I have had bowel issues most of my life

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
disposables (tab) plastic backed Abena Abri-Form L4 with a booster pad and occasionally plastic pants with underpads on my bed

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?

I was a bedwetter as a child I have had bowel issues most of my life and I am permanently urinary incontinent after injuries in a car crash

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc?
yes many tests there was a time they tried Impramanine for my bedwetting didn't help, and now I am diapered 24x7



5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
no, I have learned to live with it


6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?

single almost got married twice but both of my fiancés passed away before we got married


7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally, accepting?
my family knew about my bedwetting and soiling issues but most of my family is gone now
no, they were not accepting I was teased and bullied by my brothers my mother would constantly punish and threaten me with diapers but there weren't a whole lot of youth diaper choices in the 70's when she found some that fit they were a total failure so she gave up on them



8. What part of the world do you reside?
USA

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
not really I find IT a little bit helpful but I find that there are a few AB/DLs WHO completely forget that this forum is also for those with incontinence and not everyone here is AB/DL

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
I am not AB or DL.

 

[Jellyfish]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary only. Bowel once in a great while.

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Tab-style disposable 100%. Tried pull-ups, but how do you change that? Tried pads but not enough capacity and they move around. Tried external cath but had some really bad blow-outs.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Birth defects / neurogenic bladder / chronic voiding dysfunction leading to UT damage.

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Many tests. Tried medications. Did not try them for long as the side effects were worse than the problem and was not 100% effective anyway. Surgery offered but declined.

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
Day-to-day, not at all. Travel requires more planning and I still don't have a good solution for the beach. But I love both so I make it work.

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Married with children

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
All family knows; no need to hide it. I'm private about it around others although my close friends know. Nobody has ever been negative about it.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
USA - West Michigan

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
I've been IC so long that I really don't think about it any more, and it did not seem like something I would need to talk about. But it has been good to open up and share ideas and hear from others.

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
I started and ran XP Medical for 13 years and it was one of the best experiences of my life.

 

[Tom29303]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary only

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
At Home - Depends Pull ups Real Fit Quick Errands - Depends Pull Ups Night Defense Bed and to Work I wear Tranq Tape with a onsie.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Illness

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Many Dr appointments, meds. Done with it ..

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
No not really

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Single

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
I have NO family my Best Friend knows

8. What part of the world do you reside?
USA-Spartanburg, SC

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Yes but it also makes me feel more lonely .. really want to meet people in person

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
Hello

 

[JolandaH]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Unfortunatly both.

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Abena M4, better dry & insert pads.

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Birth defect.

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
Yes, many doctor visits when i was young, alot of testing and trying, even surgery but still incontinent.

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
I would like to say it doesn't but it does impact life. I am happy (most of the time) and just try to make the best of it with the cards i got dealt.

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
Single, no children. It is hard for me built up relationships due to my condition.

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
My family and friends know, being life long incontinent i was not able to keep it secret. Especially when i was younger word tended to get out at some point about me. Most people are generally accepting, it is not something you normally have a choice in, people tend to feel bad for me.

8. What part of the world do you reside?
I am from The Netherlands.

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Yes, talking about it helps me, and I hope others as well.

10. I can’t think of anything else to ask. What else would you like to add?
Not sure, let me know if you ever want to talk...

 

[bigboysven]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary only

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Disposable diapers and sometimes pads

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Accident, a surgeon damaged a nerve on my spine

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
The nerve got damaged so bad that there is barely anything left to do

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
Nope, im fine but the bulge sometimes makes a bit embarassed

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
i dont know. on and off

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
Yes and yes. Some are even IC aswell due to age

8. What part of the world do you reside?
Germany

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Mostly yes

 

[sport1]

1. Is your incontinence urinary, bowel, both, or neither?
Urinary only

2. Are your diapers disposables (tab) , cloth, pull-ups, pads, combination (with percentage), or none?
Disposable diapers and sometimes pads

3. Is your incontinence due to an accident, illness, birth defect, child birth, other?
Accident, a surgeon damaged a nerve on my spine

4. Have you been treated by medical doctors for your incontinence? Tests, drugs, surgery, etc? Status?
The nerve got damaged so bad that there is barely anything left to do

5. Does your incontinence (only) limit you from living a full and happy life?
Nope, im fine but the bulge sometimes makes a bit embarassed

6. Are you single, married, engaged, sharing your life with a partner? Children?
i dont know. on and off

7. Are your immediate family members and/or close friends aware of your incontinence? Generally accepting?
Yes and yes. Some are even IC aswell due to age

8. What part of the world do you reside?
Germany

9. Do you find that this forum helps you deal with and/or manage your incontinence?
Mostly yes

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