What medical condition makes you wear diapers for Protection?

Oh well. I have just been told I have almost certainly developed type 2 diabetes. The Doc did a test and I had a reading of 18 which he says is almost certainly ndicative of diabetes. I now have to go on a fasting test in a few days to confirm.

Glad you saw a Doctor to get it checked out. With a little luck, you caught it early and will be able to control it with diet, exercise and maybe a medication.

When I was first diagnosed, we tried one medication that dodn't do anything, and swiched to another one that seems to work very well for me.

I've had followup bloodwork on a quarterly basis and the blood test has been consistently around 5 or a little less (6 or above is considered diabetic). I do still check my blood sugar twice daily and it has been quite consistently in the target range.

Best of luck to you.

A mixture of mild sleep apnea, chronic caffeine addiction (it's actually on my medical chart, so I'll include that) and stress factor into why I wet the bed. Also, I'm starting to question the strength of my bowel control, I've been thinking of talking to the doctor about it.

Urge incontinence for some blasted unexplained reason. Although I'm 62, I have none of the risk factors. Several urologists seem totally mystified, although they would never admit that. I've given up on the medical profession helping me.

And it's getting worse by the week, it seems. After too many accidents, I started several years ago with drug store diapers when I wouldn't be very close to a toilet. Then it was diapers at night because I couldn't get to the toilet soon enough. Decided to retire early rather than wear diapers to work. Now, I sometimes can't get my pants down fast enough even at home.

So, I'm wrapping my mind around diapers 24/7, which is why I'm here.

Well falcon your not alone here so dont worry. i also suffred from and still do to a extent from urge incontinence, mine was from type 2 diabetes nerve damage. I feel orrible the med profesion was not able to help you out but me neither. sometimes i think docs are pretty stupid when it comes to incontinence.

Due to injuries sustained from a car accident. On the freeway someone from behind clipped my vehicle and it spun at 100 kph. The vehicle hit the safety cable fence however the fence's design made it that the cables pierced the car from the side and injured me.

The surgery left scarring and it the weakened the bladder muscles. The doctors did the best thing and saved my reproduction organs rather than the bladder and that I am thankful.

Despite all this, I am glad that I can move quite freely with a slight limp which qualifies me for a disable sticker for my car however I do not park in disable zones in respect to those whom need it but park in other areas where I get away with paying parking tickets 😁 .

I have cerebral palsy and i wet at night so i wear diaper at night but staring to wear dearing the day bec i like them so much should i do that will it make me more incontinc

I recently started suffering from stress incontinence following a very bad chest infection which caused me to wet myself everytime I coughed. Even though the illness has cleared up I am still having problems with the incontinence, maybe I don't want it to clear up. As yet I've only used Tena pads ranging in size from small ones when I go out to the larger ones in the house and at night but I am longing to try out a full diaper at night to see how it feels. I can't wait to know how it feels being able to just let go while lying in bed and feel what it is like to wet myself without having to worry about it leaking out. Have still to pluck up the courage to purchase adult diapers from the shop but am determined to do it soon.

Sweet Drams,

You don't need courage to go & buy daipers, just go to the store & ask nobody will take any notice.

I ended up with nerve damage from Type 2 diabetes. I have both urinary and fecal incon. I did however wear diapers for many years before that.

I had my prostate removed do to cancer. They said I would get control back, but I still leak and it has been almost three years. I will say I am not trying real hard to get control because I have been a DL most of my life. I wear Depend shields and pull ups.

Neurogenic bladder. My bladder is shaped like and orange (not the normal pear and faces forward not the normal backwards. It is also very vascular and over muscled thus I pee myself 9 times out of 10. I also have issues with my bowels and soil often, Not every day but once or twice a week. Some time I have flareups of IBS inflammed bowel and will soil much more often 😃. Thus I wear diapers or pullups on a full time basis. I wet very heavily at night and often soil upon wakening or rushing to the toilet in AM

Pinched nerves from my back. And ibs that acts up now and then

I am a prostate cancer survivor and had a prostatectomy. I was catherized for 10 days after the surgery.

When the catheter was removed I was totally incontinent and was had to wear Depends. I had to change them a few times a day.

I am much better now and just have some stress incontinance.

I wish I would have "embraced" the problem and realized how erotic wearing them actually was and enjoyed the diaper experience.

While I was in rehab from hip replacement surgery there was another person sharing my room and had to wear diapers 24/7 and every few hours one of the revolving nurses the we both shared and only one of the nurses was male would constantly ask him if his diaper was wet or bieng that this is Quebec and mostly everyone is French, if he did ka ka and would pull the curtain for privacy and and change his disposable diaper. I later learned from talking to his visitor who was also his sister that he was 24 and at 17 he developed leukemia and that the treatment destroyed a lot of his insides and although I really felt bad for him,I couldn't help but when the female nurses inquired as to the condition of his diapers I kind of wished they did same for me only they would cloth diapers and plastic pants,only they would have called the plastic pants "rubber panties". He is still there and apparently due to go home next Tuesday. To what fate I don't know. Sometimes god can be so cruel.

I too am a cancer survivor having had a radical prostectomy to survive. Like Rufusc24 I wore a catheter for about two weeks and was informed that when I came in to have it removed to do so with a diaper ready. I did so happily wearing disposables and cloth. I wore cloth pull on diapers (better side protection) with soakers and plastic pants to bed.

Fortunately I sat down with my personal manager telling her that I would like the use of a private bathroom to change diapers in and was even given an additional fifteen minutes at lunch time to do a better cleaning and change. I carry my diapers in a back pack with a small lock for the sake of security but most everyone knows anyway.

I've been practicing exercises that strengthen your pubococcygeal muscles, sometimes called the "Kegel muscles" in reference to the exercise (and doctor). Originally the pelvic floor muscle exercises were designed for women after childbirth but they help men who have had prostate surgery as well since the same region is effected.

Remarkably after about a year I was having orgasms wearing diapers just by doing my "Kegel exercises". Even better, I can do so at work and the only risk is when I orgasm and get that blank look in my eyes! Ye Ha!

It's never been about what fate befalls us but how we gather ourselves and get back up. Of course surviving is the key but wearing diapers has been a real boon for me. My wife understands, neighbors, co-workers.

I shop on-line, and often browse the stores to see what's new. I even started wearing coveralls just for the room they give me (no belt bonus). I've even become something of a consultant regarding diapers. How cool is that?

After I think I’m finished emptying the bladder and “put it away” there is more, and at times embarrassing because it shows on my pants down the leg. Post void dribbling. This is happening more often than not now. If the bladder is really full I can lose some control as well. The stream is good so there’s no obstruction, and I can go for many hours without having to go. I don’t think I have any health problems otherwise, no neurological disorder, no diabetes, no history of injury.

On the occasions I’ve had diarrhea I’ve gone in my pants in bed or when passing gas. So I guess it’s time to think of wearing diapers all the time. Goody.

Fred01ca, I was having the same problem when I had a catheter removed during my rehab for hip replacement surgery. I was constantly peeing despite going to the toilet a lot. They said that they found something in my urine and gave me a prescription for an enlarged prostate. I have an appointment with an urologist Jan 18. I am just saying if you're still having to pee after you feel you've emptied your bladder you might want to see your Doctor, just to make sure everything is working properly.

I wet the bed ocasionally when I was in my late teens/early twenties after drinking to much alchohol. I managed to hide it from my parents with a lot of air freshener and somewhat cleaning the sheets before Mom did the laundry. It helped having a couple snakes and a large iguana as pets in my room, because of them the smell of a wet bed was covered up by me using the air freshener to cover up the pet's smell. Then some time went by without any accidents untill I had surgeries on my hand (twice), and my ankle (twice). The pills I took for the pain would make me so drowsy that I would fall asleep and not wake when my bladder wanted to "let go". This lead my wife and I to agree that if I was unwilling to discuss this with a Dr. then I would have to wear "something" to bed. Depends pull-ups were the first option, they leaked, next were the walmart briefs, they leaked, finally the Depend max. protection briefs were our solution, they only leaked about once a week. Now present day, I am wearing either depends max. pro. or walgreens briefs with a stuffer (some depend briefs that I bought in a rush one day on accident) because the problem persists. I am currently taking a decent muscle relaxer for back pain, and 2 benedryl before bed, these as you can imagine put me out. That along with the many fountain sodas I drink a day, as well as the stress from work equals a perfect storm when it comes to wetting the bed. I am thankfull that I have a wonderful wife who continues to apply the A&D, the powder, and diaper me even though she wishes I would talk to the Dr. I've yet to find the courage, not just because of the embarassment, but also the unknown.

I use disposables for bowel inco, normally only needed when my bowel program gets messed up because of meds or diet, have flaccid bladder so 24/7 cathed.

Thumper, that’s my problem - I don’t feel I have to go any more after peeing. It just leaks out when I’m not aware of it. I don’t think there is any retention problem as I’ve had investigation for that. I think a diaper is the #1 choice now. (no pun of course).

Lifelong bedwetter and have been having daytime accidents as of late. oh well lol

I had a spinal cord injury when I was in my early 20's, and was in the hospital for 6 months. It left me needing to use a wheelchair, and I still had spotty sensation but no control over anything below my mid chest. At first they had me wearing condom catheters with a drainage bag. The doctor came by one time to see me because I kept getting skin irritations on my penis. He was one of those doctors that talked to the nurses like I wasn't even coherent. So as they are walking out I hear him telling the nurse have me wear diapers until it clears up. I couldn't believe how awesome it was once I was changed into them. Regarding sex, I was terrified because I thought I didn't have enough sensation to enjoy it again. But the diapers made me realize everything still responded to stimulation and it felt AMAZING.

Once my irritation did clear up, I asked to stay with diapers. I only use the drainage bags if I am on a plane flight or if away from a changing for more than 10 hours.

Large prostate, allergy to some of the meds used to treat the condition. All that happens is after peeing 1/2 ounce may dribble out within a minute or two. This usually results in a spot on my light colored pants. (and I worry about pee odor) The Dr and I agree a soak-er pad would be the best solution unless it gets worse .

I find the carefree ultra thin, extra long to be the best. Kotex is developing a pad for us but it is not on the market yet.

I didn't know it at the time when I started wetting the bed again. That I had a old compression fracture in my lower spine. Well it first started with bed wetting . Then I started with having wetting accidents in the day. So I just started wearing diapers again. At age 40 I guess I was to embarrassed to se my doctor about it. An I didn't have any insurance. So I just delt with it for about 10 years. I started to see a doctor at the VA. An told him finally about needing diapers all the time. He had me try a medicine but didn't work. So he ha me see a urologist. After some test an I told the doctor how long it had been going on . He said I have a nureogic bladder . Where the nerve in that area where the compression fracture is has been damaged . An that nothing can be done now. An that I'll have to wear diapers 24/7 for the rest of my life.

This is for all of the sufferers of stress incontinence. There are more exercises that just Kegels.

I has specialized physical therapy for stress incontinence. The main idea is to build up your Core muscles which I think are called the trans abdominal. muscles. Just google Core Exercises and you will find a bunch. They are easy to do at home.

This has helped, but not completley cured my incontinence.

June 69 Viet Nam shrapnel 1/2x 14 in almost completely severed the neck of my bladder. Went to war a man came home a baby in diapers.

Well I have urinary incontinence which developed recently and thought it was due to diabetes but now it looks like it might be something like MS. Also some bowel episodes probably related but much rarer thankfully.

A heart condition. The meds make it (incont) worse.

I'm still trying to figure out what my condition is. Have noticed in recent months that it's difficult to complete a bowel movement--not because of constipation, but because my bowel movement will just stop when it's halfway finished and it's hard to get my muscles to complete it. I also seem to have difficulty keeping, well, clean in that area. I thought it might be rectal prolapse--the symptoms seem to fit, but I don't fit the profile of someone who might have it, and an exam that I got from the P.A. told me that everything was fine. I have an appointment with a gastro-intestinal specialist next month and so hopefully I'll have more insight then.

I haven't had out and out bowel incontinence, but I've had to reason to worry about soiling myself, so have been wearing diapers occasionally. It feels like overkill in a way, but I do sometimes need something and I haven't found any pads that meet my needs.