I guess now I don't care who knows I wear a catheter. I don't plan to flaunt it, but if someone asks I tell them. Damned right I wear a catheter. Right now I don't have to wear a catheter.
I had Botox injections in my bladder to stop my bladder for being over active. I was having to pee a lot, many times I would just pee my pants, no warning. My urologist and talked about the various methods to treat my overactive bladder, the best solution was the botox injections. They do work, only my body asoarbes the botox I think rather fast.
I got so a catheter was the only way I could keep up with my problem of peeing my pants/ diaper or Depends. I was going through Depends about every 4 hours. I wouldn't even know I was peeing. No one could offer a better solution.
My biggest problem was I couldn't go swimming or sit in a hot tub. While wearing a catheter those are two things you can't do, I don't have a bath tub, so I didn't have to worry about that. Those are the three things you can't do wearing a catheter. Swimming, sit in a hot tub, take a bath. A shower is fine. I would unplug my pee bag and get in the shower and wash myself very well and the catheter and then rinse all the soap off. Never had a problem.
My neighbors knew I wore a catheter and I got so I didn't know who knew it. Remember there are many people who have to catherize themselver many times a day just to live. Also remember there are at least 33 million people who are incontent. Some have to deal with just urine, others with both urine and feces. So those of us who have to deal with urine are lucky in many ways. We also do this for fun, many don't have a choice.
Haaving and overactive bladder and peeing your pants is very embaressing and how you deal with it is or can be a problem. I chose to use a catheter and a pee bag and I am one lots of diuretics and so that has not helped one bit.
So who knows I use a catheter, I tell anyone who asks, not many ask which is fine with me.
I did take pictures during my botox procedure and before. I was suprised they let me do it.