Bed pan experience

I was in the hospital with a broken femur ug! The most painful ordeal of my life,I was put in traction and felt exposed to every one for 4 weeks lol. I had to have a bm and had to use a pan for the 1st time in my life. I was put on it and left for what seemed like for ever, then my nurses came back in and cleaned me up. I felt so bad for them, and depressed that I couldn't wipe my own butt. After it was done I kind of felt helpless. Has anyone eles had to use a bed pan before and what was your experience?

The bed pan gets a lot of use during enema sessions 😁

I had to use one of those several times when i was a kid (between 5 to 10) because i had several orthpedic surgeries that requiered inmovilisation of legs. It was very uncomfortable and akward, specially for the lack of privacy, even though i was a kid, i was very ashamed of being cleaned by my mom and aunt.

As an xray tech who works primarily in the ER, it is not uncommon for me to have to help a patient on or off a bedpan. I can tell you that the healthcare providers dislike bedpans almost as much as patients do. They're just not fun!

@Moms_Egirl . I hit puberty early and school matron, don't know how or why, noticed that my foreskin was not retracting. So I was sent for circumcision. On the night before the operation a nurse appeared, pushing a trolley with the contents covered by a towel. She closed the curtains around my bed, smiled and said "its time for your enema". Under the cloth was revealed a large jug of soapy water, a Higginson syringe, a jar of lubricant, a roll of toilet paper and a bed pan just like the one you posted. Oh my goodness seeing that brought memories flooding back.... nearly sixty years ago!!! Thank you.

When I was a teenager and in the hospital for pneumonia the antibiotics were really strong so I often did not have time to call for one of the nurses to take me to the bathroom so they would just leave a clean bedpan on the night table next to my bed. It was horribly embarrassing on a ward of kids to have diarrhea in a bed pan and then have a nurse come with a screen and put it next to the bed while she cleaned you off and took the stinky bed pan away. Fortunately after hip surgery a few years ago I was able to use a portable commonde next to the bed but I needed help with the transfer. I was also able to wipe myself from the opposite side.

The old bed pans were big metal contraptions, but they held gallons. The new little plastic ones seem tiny, but I guess they do the job.

Had a broken femur as well at a young age was in traction for weeks the in a body cast. A bedpan was the only choice. Was not a good experience the pain meds did not help matters . Enemas where give to help thing along. Prefer a diaper over a bedpan.

I had an appendectomy earlier this year. I used a bottle to urinate initially but when the time came to evacuate my bowels I painfully hobbled my way into the bathroom like a drunken brawler. It was either force it out painfully or have an enema. I sat on the toilet and wailed like a banshee for a good five minutes. I released it with some discomfort. Enema? No thanks , I will hang on to my dignity.