I know that the last thing that you’re looking for are platitudes, but if I can look at things in an optimistic rather than pessimistic manner and I can keep from getting a bad attitude I can get through it. The bad days make the days that aren’t a shit storm seem all that much better for me. Whoever came up with that old saying about “into every life a little rain must fall” probably wasn’t dealing with crap everywhere, but likely they were dealing with their own problems they considered just as bad as those we go through. So look forward to those days where you GI track isn’t turning on you and be thankful, it always helps me to keep things in perspective.Diaperman95 said:
I got a million miles in a diaper. Thank God I only was bladder IC then. But it still is a chore. But a quality diaper and you can drive a good 500 miles with out stopping. I use to get so mad if I did not get 625 miles a day.Lurker247 said:
You are so correct. I am always thankful for the control I have left and try to realize someone always has it worse. We have several members here that are paralyzed or worse. I have a very close family member with stage 4 brain cancer. Even myself I have horrible Gastroparesis that can get so bad I throw up up non stop every few minutes until they place a NG tube to empty my stomach and will spend a week in the. hospital over it. In fact I take a laxitive daily because when my bowel stops up it shuts my stomach down and I get stupid sick. But I have made a choice, pooping myself is nothing compared to the hell of Gastroparesis. So I certainly do understand things could be worse and I try to look at the big picture but it does get old having to clean up and the fear of having it around people you know as well as public spaces. I started physical therapy on my hip again today. The other main therapist I have known 20 plus years and she knows I have issues. But she has some new workers that was helping me and of course both of them had to reach inside the back of my diaper to put on the tens machine and take it off and the main therapist taped my hip up for bowling tonight. Not that I am super worried what a medical professional thinks. Like the therapist said to day when I apologized for showing her my mega max. She told me you have nothing to be sorry about. Just be glad we live in a age with such good products so you can live life and not be stuck at home. Then she made me do all of these stretches that made my bladder spasm and leak. (Lol) I almost had a number 2 during one stretch but the bathroom was like right there.Zeke said:
I got a million miles in a diaper. Thank God I only was bladder IC then. But it still is a chore. But a quality diaper and you can drive a good 500 miles with out stopping. I use to get so mad if I did not get 625 miles a day.Lurker247 said:
I know that the last thing that you’re looking for are platitudes but if I can look at things in an optimistic rather than pessimistic way and I can keep from getting a bad attitude I can get through it. The bad days make the days that aren’t a shit storm seem all that much better for me. That old saying about into every life a little rain must fallDiaperman95 said:
It sounds like you’re already doing a great job on being thankful for what you have and looking for the positive things in your life. Have you had hip surgery or are they just trying to keep you as mobile as possible? Bowling must take a bit of diet planning to prevent diaper surprises while sending your ball down the alley.Diaperman95 said:
I have had one hip replaced a year ago and the other one i need. I had surgery on both of them and then the left one got way worse. My surgeon that replaced it told me the other guy should of never tried to fix them. /i had AV necrosis in both of them ad the done is dying from the inside out leaving a rotte hole then the face of the femur head will cave in, I am trying to put the left off a bit. My left is the one I replaced 11-28-22 and did not heal up right so I am a bit scared of the other side. I mean it is not as painful as it was before surgery but pretty close. It is just in a different spot. .. I love to roll that stupid ball. Not as good as I was pre hip replacement. I had 2 300 games in 2022. I actually wear a mega max when I bowl. I wear jeans a size or 2o larger and a stretch belt made from tiny bungee cord that has been braided. Looks like the old braided leather except it stretches. Best belt a diaper user can own. i have bought 3 or 4 over the years. Wal-mart sells them for about 10 - 12 bucks You can put on pants a couple sizes big and suck it down and wear a loose untucked shirt and I do not think anyone has ever noticed. I have been bowing in diapers since age 21 and no body has ever asked me about it or said anything. I honest to god have bad dreams of my shitting myself at the bowing alley and everyone figure ing it out.Zeke said:
If I could have back every dollar I have spent on that stupid? LOL. I would not have to buy diapers ever again and could get a new car. Lol I had best be able to get a few x's for that kind of money Last year my brother came down from alaska and he had only boweld with me one time an him my sister and dad went. After two games they quit. They said it was hard to have fun watching others that are good at it. I rolled like 254,243,227 for a 724 serious. I will admit that was one of my better serious. My dad just told me how I was wasting my money because I was paying to throw the ball twice. I just told him the reason I got good is because I hurt tw bad to throw the ball twice. I currently have a 68% strike average. It use to be better. My personal best is 17 in a row of a short sport pattern. One of the tougher oil patterns. But I got a ring and a lamp to remember the good days from. Lol I got a pin out of the rack on my first 300 and I made a lamp out of it.Zeke said:
Truck driving is a much harder life than anyone thinks. It is the absolute worse for truck drivers. My mom was so horrible at burning us and having it in my face I had such a strong hate for smoking. My dad was a pipe smoker he use to hold me down and blow it in my face. So thanks to them I never did smoke I to this day have only smoked weed and that wa only in the last 5 to 6 years.Zeke said:
"Into each life a little rain must fall" is true, and as long as it's not raining oobleck (thank you, Dr. Suess) too often, it's easier to cope.Zeke said:
I’m currently in your shoes today. I might have a handful of bowel accidents in a year and today just happens to be that day. Had to drop what I was doing miles from the nearest facility and make tracks in hopes of making it…to no avail. Needed to hold it for about 30 minutes and was 10 minutes short. Diabetes is a demoralizing disease…. I can handle the urinary accidents but bowel urge just sucks.Diaperman95 said:
Pretty much how I handled it. Graceful exit from a job site without facilities, tried to get down the road to an RR, and was 10 minutes short of my destination. Couldn’t hold it, but it was contained, and just drove home to clean up. Was loose and messy so there was no cleaning up in the field today.greatlake5 said:
