Diapers instead of a catheter ?

The nurse would much rather you be cathed then diapered a lot easier for them and you.

It's also much easier to track/measure urine production when hospitalized being cathed. That can be important in certain medical situations.

The nurse would much rather you be cathed then diapered a lot easier for them and you

I understand and agree, but they're not the one that gets the UTI and then deals with it.

Actual I have been known to do the other way.

After a blissfully unaware cardiac arrest, brain injury, coma back about 7 years. When I emerged from the coma it took me about 3 days to become verbal again. A nurse came in and said, “let’s get that cath out of you.“

I started melting down ,” I am incontinent you don’t need that hassle or extra work.”

She countered with, “You don’t think I was aware I would have diaper duty when I became a nurse. It’s in my job description."

I said, “That’s fine if I was a baby or I was 84, but you shouldn’t be creating work for yourself with a 45 year old. Your not paid for that.”

”Being 45 and not 84 does not get you a pass as any less deserving of me doing the job I signed up for, and it would be illegal , under federal law you can not be cathed because your nurse is lazy. You no longer require it, we can diaper you just fine."

As you can probably tell I was still not aware it had been months since I went to bed in my last memory before my heart stopped. I had no idea what my body had been through. I had the greatest power nap the body is capable of.

I was destined to have that cath removed and it was somewhat self defensive of me trying to not be a bother to others. Because, deep down, I am somehow still unworthy of basic care. Other people need it more, type of deal. I am slowly trying to bring myself to accept the dignity of me being worthy of the care i used to provide. We all have some kind of big or small mental illness. That is mine, but I am working on it .

I remember my bedwetting and urinary leakage early on, my doctor suggested that I use the catheter, I just told her it was out of the question to use and I will never let anyone insert a catheter into my penis. I absolutely refuse to have a catheter and would rather put on something else. She answered me firmly the only way to deal with this, so the diapers will be instead,I found it really embarrassing make myself to say that . When I walked into the house I told my wife what she wanted to offer me, she said said be ok diaper will be fine on you, you will go straight to diapers with waterproof plastic panties from now on.I didn't tell my doctor that I prefer being in a diaper than a catheter.

Catheters are not put in just for fun. They are usually put in because a person cannot pee. A diaper doesn't help with that.

Also, a lot of fuss is made about getting a catheter. I've had quite a few and if the nurse is well trained it's a bit "ouchie going in, but nothing more. If there is real pain, YELL to stop. Something is seriously wrong. As a precaution, I never let the nurse inject anesthetic gel. Pain is a warning flag.

Likewise, if it has been in for an hour, removal can be a bit ouchie for a few seconds, but nothing more as long as the nurse lets the Foley balloon fully deflate.

Once a Foley catheter has been in for a half hour, my experience has been you don't even feel it and, unless you know you've been cathed, you can't even tell whether you have one in or not.

YMMV

Last time a cath was used on me …… after neck surgery I woke and called nurse in I asked her if they even read my chart and told her it said BOWEL/BLADDER inco. for a reason…….. now I need a bedding change and a DIAPER!!!!!!

Personally, to be perfectly honest, when it comes to being comfortable vs being irritable and in pain I would always go for wearing diapers vs catheters as I am more comfortable and i don't bleed all over the place.

Plus I never really grew up so the idea of wearing a diaper/nappy while in hospital or at the doctors does not make me embarrassed or ashamed.

As for myself I have been particularly incontinent ever since I turned 30 in 2010.

See my previous replies for more information.

I also have had bad experiences with catheters in the past, so like I said earlier, wearing something even if it makes me look babyish/childish or like an over-grown toddler. It really isn't really a problem.

As diapers are much more comfortable and stress free for me to wear. As they are just another form of underwear and therefore I don't see anything wrong with wearing them.

My longest stretch with a catheter was about 2 months. Most of that was in the hospital. I ruptured my bladder and busted my pelvis in an accident so was on a continuous IV flush to make sure blood clots didn't form. It didn't work. Got a massive internal infection that required surgery and a suprapubic catheter after. I never found either painful or really, that uncomfortable. Then again, I wasn't moving around much either. I found it kind of odd that the doc or nurses never mentioned I'd have zero bladder control when they removed the catheter after that long. Found that out the hard way LOL!

Catheters suck I do agree.

I like a foley catheter inside my cloth nappies and plastic pants as day goes I effortlessly wee and my nappy gets wetter and heavier and saggy.

A feeling of total loss of control.

I have to be careful as I do have dirty nappies and care not to get water infections in a full poopy nappy.

If I had a choice? A diaper. Absolutely.

With me, and hospital stays, as I have both urinary retention and incontinence, so they will Foley cath me and tape protection (I have constant bladder spasms but with a Foley they are not as painful but still happen)

My choice is a nappy any day. I don't like the discomfort of a catheter

Oh my god to have that dam foley removed and not put back in. This thought raced through my mind as I was diapered by the orthopedic technician and my nurse. That was day 80 of my convalescence and the last of my urinary tract infections.

In hospital, I had a catheter for nearly a year. I was so glad when I no longer needed it. I then went into nappies which are far better?

The last time I had a Foley catheter was after my heart surgery. I was glad to have it removed. But even after that, they gave me a urinalysis to pee in so they cold keep track of my urine volume. They did that even when I could get up to go to the bathroom. I would have loved to wear a diaper but no such luck.

I got hurt as a child which caused me to have bladder incontinence, the options were use a catheter, or wear diapers, the doctor actually pushed me more towards diapers because being using a catheter 24/7 almost guarantees some form of infection. I hated it as a child at first, and thankfully none of the bullies at my school(s) found out about it because I'm sure they would have had a field day with that one. Though when I got older, I realized I didn't mind them as much and being ‘taken care of’ by someone I trusted felt amazing.