Dick (and Herman),
It has been a few years since my Leaking Days .. now long gone. Having a lot of wet pads (and associated irritations that can cause over time) is a downer for sure.
I have not had cause to mention this lately, so the method is kind of buried in long past postings, but one very novel (and fun!) approach to continued incontinence is:
The Cup Method.
It is fairly simple: You get a plastic disposable 10 oz cup (preferrably one with a curved lip and good flexible plastic that will not crack -- don't use Beer Cups -- and maybe a 12 or 16oz if you are a shower-not-a-grower!). Then strap it to your inner thigh using one of the latex straps that your have left over from your urine bags. Then flop old leaky willie into the cup. Adjust as needed. Maybe put some tissue or toilet paper in bottom to keep slosh to a minimum. Empty as needed.
Also have some storage bottles around the house where you can stash the golden liquid as it accumulates. i had bottles all over the house -- the Missus really loved THAT -- not! But just hide them. Of course this only really works in the evening when you are in a bathrobe (but loose Boxers might work too) and I suppose if you have no kids in the house wondering what all the bottles are for. You can even manage sitting down but you gotta shift the angle while you do or else.
The good thing about
this method (well two good things) is that 1) you really can see when you are leaking and get feedback when to clench. 2) You will really save on extra pads -- whatever you normally would waste in the evening hours -- so you now no longer use pads up. For the tightwads ( heh!) among us that's some good saving! Sure beats drying out the pads and reusing them yes?? Also willie gets a good airing out the whole time -- which is a good thing also.
This idea always gets a laugh, but who's gonna be laughing when you have all that savings? NO one, that's who! One other thing. I used this method because I did a lot of jogging-in-place. That also will help pelvic floor muscles get back in shape over time (but in the mean time you do leak while doing the jogging!).
Have some fun with it ....
J
Post Edited (JStars) : 12/11/2011 9:27:07 AM (GMT-7)