Hospital Supply Professionals.

How many of us visit the same Medical Supply Outlet and deal with the same person over and over again? I have with a wonderful Lady that I have known for twenty years now. She has always been a Professional and always has given me the best advice. This past week I was in picking up a few packages of M4s and she was being her usual professional self. I happened to look at her bending down to a bottom shelf and saw the outline of diapers under her white coat. I could not keep my big mouth shut and had to ask her how long she had been a user? Her answer threw me a bit also her openness with her answering. She told me She wore earlier in her Career to find out what the diapers where like to wear. She thought it would help her by experiencing them first hand to appreciate what her customers went through. My answer to that was, that is dedication beyond the call of duty. She smiled at me, put her hand on my shoulder and leaned into my ear a bit. I wear them now because I like them.

I guess we are creatures of our environmental exposures. I knew there was always something special about Her. I don't know but this could be a very sticky Worker's Compensation Claim.

I have a lady at my local continence clinic who is helping me sort out my incontinence issues. I think she plays a bit of a game though; she always refers to the pants as 'knickers' as in 'I better order you more net knickers'. Dont know if this word is used in the States; it is the equivalent of 'panties'. What do the girls think on here, is this a deliberate tease?

My outlet where I buy diapers always calls them briefs. They seem to go to great lengths not to use the word diapers. Call them what they are in my books, diapers. I have them on my bottom while at the store so it won't offend me someone calling them diapers.

I laughed one time when I was getting the sizing checked by my Lady friend and she out of habit patted my bottom. She apologized and said she had been caring for her nephew and just did it out of habit. We both had a good laugh after I told her it was OK.

The terminology that the professionals use it interesting, don't you think? The ladies at our local Incontinence Clinic who supply our nappies (diapers) won't call them nappies - they insist on calling them "pads". To me, pads are like Tena Lady inserts or something of that sort, but what my husband and I are supplied with are exactly the same as babies' nappies, except that of course they are bigger. So as far as we are concerned they are nappies, but if we call them that when we request replenishment supplies, it is somewhat frowned upon, and they insist on calling them pads. I suppose using this terminology is designed to make non-dl users feel a little better, and less "babyish".

Yes dl couple that is why nobody in the medical field calls them that unless it is a new person who dont know better or someone who dont care how a incontinent person feels. When i was in the hospital they were called briefs or pads but never diapers/nappies. But they are what they are, And anything you want to call it does not hide the fact it is a diaper/nappie.

Thats why I am intrigued by this professional ordering me some 'knickers'! If they think people might be embarassed by the word nappies, then why would she say to me I will order you some more 'knickers'? Sounds kinky. She even told me they were a size 18 which I believe is a womans knicker size. Interestingly enough when she left an ansaphone message which she knew could be picked up by my wife, she called them 'pants'.

OK for those of us that are incontinent and really do need diapers for protection, you feel bad enough your incontinent and feel less then others. You can say i dont but i know how you really feel.

I love the feel of diapers on me when wet messy or dry. But i HATE the fact i need them also at the same time. Even though i love my diapers i do not care for them to be called that outside my dr's office or medical supply shop.

I know what they are trust me, and i dont need someone to remind me what i am wearing under my jeans. This is why people who are incontinent do not call them diapers, even though thats what they are. A diaper to non handicapped people is for babies to wear and old people who are not able to get around well anymore. I am neither of these things yet i wear them.

So seeing i am not a baby or a old person who cant get around well anymore, i will call them briefs, pads, protective underwear. But i dont call them diapers to non medical people.

Now in a kinky fun time with a lover or whoever and we are role playing then fine diapers they are and diapers they will be called.

But i for one hate when i run out of my mail order diapers (usually my own mistake to order more) And i need to go get some crappy depends and the young cashier who is barley out diapers herself/himself calls them diapers. I have set more then a few straight, being nice about because i am sure they dont know its not proper to call them that to able adults.

But if your incontinent we know what they are and we sure dont feel good about needing them in life so we try to not call them diapers and wish others would do the same.

Just returned from Norway again. God knows what they call them but they do have a great selection and are very open to helping a person to select and buy their products. All I did was walk into their outlet and showed them the top of my diaper sticking out over my belt and the Lady was just so very helpful. I should have had Webby along to translate.

My incontinence nurse refers to them as adult incontinence pads or just pads for a girl or woman is okay, but for a boy or man, it must still be rather obvious what she's talking about?

I have been incontinant for fourty years.

It wasn't until I could call them diapers that I was able to deal with the facts. I wet! And I can't stop it so I'm in diapers.

There was the rejection, made fun of, and depression and drinking to work through.

Now I don't really care what others think. It is a disability same as any other.

It's all a head game. How you deal with it boils down to "Do what is best for you."

I will tell you though, my life was made a lot better because of my wife. We have been married for 36 years.

It's almost impossible to find diapers in Medical/Hospital Supply Outlets where I live. I asked at one place, and they said they couldn't compete with the online/mail order places. This was 5 or 6 years ago.

I have bought at a few places, and occasionally asked why they were called "briefs" and not diapers. The explanation involved dignity, blah blah blah. After paying, I looked at my receipt and it said "DIAPERS." I chuckled and showed the saleslady.

My doctor refers to my nappies as pads but refers to a rash between my legs as nappy rash

To me I feel as embarrassed talking to doctor or nurse about wetting the bed as equally as wearing nappies

Okay, I am not typically a diaper wearer, although, and this is way way way too much information for any one to know about me, and after I am doing saying what I am going to tell you, most of you are going to be like, "ewww, Mashie, that's disgusting, did you really feel the need to share that much with us?" Lol, trust me on this.

I am going to sort of show my age here a bit too. But back in the day I couldn't wear tampons at all. I just couldn't get them in right, or they were too big or something, not to mention that they were very uncomfortable. They always felt like they were not in all the way and might fall out at any moment. Beside that, at the time I used to have rather large (now here comes the gross parts, sorry but it adds too much to the story to leave it out) amount of volumes and also a lot of rather large bloody clots. Was so nasty, trust me. Well as any woman can attest to you, a tampon won't stop a clot. The clot will just somehow slide out around the tampon anyway, so you still have to wear a pad anyway. During the day I was okay for the most part, but it was during the night that the clotting problem usually occurred. I guess because I was laying flat and gave the time needed for the blood to clot due to less activity. Well I often found myself curled up in a ball, afraid to move and afraid to dislodge other clot that would then cause me suddenly rush to the bathroom to get rid of it. Sometimes I made it, and sometimes I didn't. Then I had to get up and change the sheets again, it was a total mess.

So one day I came up with the bright idea to start wearing the Posy pads. They were thicker, longer, and in generally seemed to do better than the other normal feminine hygiene pads out on the market. However they did catch things and I had to change them a lot less, then I would have and had to with the regular pads, so over all, I would have to say that they were an improvement from the old ones at that time. I was a heavy flower. Then some of my friends suggested getting a box, or splitting a box of the blue washable chucks/soaker pads and throwing them in the washing machine you were done. This also helped knowing that I douldn't have to worry about leaking on every pair of panties I had and trust me, that sucked.

Still this didn't seem to be enough during the younger years during my very heavy flows, so my next thought was to wear a "pull-up" with an extra pad in them, then putting on a pair of panties, also while using the blue soaker pad underneath me. Well that did the trick for me. No matter how hard I was flowing, the combination of the things along with some much needed Advil for the cramps, aches and pains associated with menstruation, allowed me to be able to get a good night sleep, and was able to sleep in an any position I wanted and didn't have to worry about leaking onto my sheets.

I only had to do this for a few years, 3-4 years actually, but it made such a huge difference in my life you have no idea. So for about 3-4 years Mashie who doesn't particularly enjoy the AB/DL fetish found myself in these incontinent products. They sure made life during that time a lot more comfortable that's for sure.

I can tell you that as a medical professional we do try really hard from using words to our elderly population that might be in any way shape, or form degrading, such as baby talk, and or pointing out their "flaws" in public.

We never say diaper to them but use other tactful ways of talking about such products by calling them things such as "incontinent products, which to us mean the ones that open with Velcro on both sides and basically resemble a diaper. Or for the ones that have a lot of the elastic on the sides that are totally open and you pull them up and down like regular undies, we call those "pull-ups". I have also heard my staff comment that they just call them Attends or Pull-ups. So I guess it's whatever your facility does is right, and as long as it isn't degrading to your patients at all.

Another quirky thug I have noticed is that I have noticed during my 10 plus years of nursing that more residents use what is called a shirt saver. These things are basically adult sized bibs. They are made of terrycloth material. Both are comfortable and definitely serve a purpose. They laundry very easily and bleach to just about looking brand new each and every time.

Once in a while all of us slip up every now and again and spout off with something we shouldn't, but over all, we do a pretty good job if I do say myself, lol It's all about respect for our patients have worked so hard to gain and earn their entire lives.

Mashie

Wow mashie in a pull up hmm. Hot to think about lol. But you are right mash.

I have never ever had a nurse or dr. call them diapers . They were called a attends unit or brief or pad, but never diaper. And for the person who is being placed in them (talking from experience) we thank you for that.

It was embarrassing enough to be placed in these things whether i needed it or not. To be totally helpless and vulnerable when in a hospital paralyzed from your neck down and scared and being placed into diapers because you have no control suck ass. And my nurses were very comforting and understanding about trying to be as discrete as possible when changing or checking them.

However there was some nurses who for some reason must have thought that if your in diapers then you brain must not work and you dont feel embarrassment. The only one i can remember who either liked putting me in them or liked diapers herself was named mary. She was totally cool as far as just being funny and nice , but i could swear she got off on embarrassing her patients by putting them into diapers and checking them often like you were a toddler. She would just walk up to me sitting in a wheel chair in the tv room (rehab center) and just grab my crotch or bend me forward and pull my diaper out in back, no matter who was near or watching. And if i needed a change she would just say lets go get you cleaned up and into a new brief.

Now mind you it was not like you couldnt tell i was wearing a diaper. They were attends and back in 88' when i was in them they were thick to the extreme and loud as hell. If i so much as shifted weight they would crinkle. And the bulk was impossible to hide , even under sweats pants(rehab attire). But all in all it opened my eyes and mind to a new sexual feeling back then.

My mind was that of a 20 year old but my bodily functions were that of a new born. They fed me like a kid bathed me changed me (often. Heavy wetter) and dressed me. Ahh the good old days of my youth lol (even though they were not that good back then).

Lol mamasboy I did have a nurse like that

but maybe it was my fault I sorta made more than a Lil pissed at me (damn they get touchy when ya shoot spit ball into their hair as they walk by or squirt them with a squirt gun) or if your munching on ice cubes when they come in to take your temp, BP etc.(I was threatened with rectal temps more than once) ???

I called her "Brutal Betty to her face" and that wasn't a very good idea at all 😮

more than once when she went on break and I had visitors she would stop in my room and tell me she was going on break and if I needed anything like a diaper change because I was wet or messy to just call the nurses still on duty and they would help me out RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY VISITORS!!

at the same time the rehab hospital I was in still used enemas and if I really pissed her off she would use ice cold water! >😢

eventually I did learn not to pick on nurses because they have you as a captive while you there