Help with an incontinence product?

• By RickB
• Posted November 3, 2009 at 8:05 pm
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Cindy,

Continence during the day is usually good to very good or excellent with a neobladder, though results vary by person. Age can be a factor.

Night-time is more challenging, and there are various strategies to deal with it. A condom catheter is an option, though there may be some challenges with leaking. It is certainly worth trying. Tapering fluid intake toward evening is another option. Setting an alarm is yet another. I get up and go to the bathroom nearly every time I wake up (light sleeper).

There are exercises such as Kegels that can be done to improve continence, and surgical options as well.

I would definitely talk to a professional to determine what options would be best or if there are other options to consider.



Rick

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• By mmc
• Posted November 4, 2009 at 8:14 am
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Cindy,

I got my neobladder Oct 8, 2008. I use condom catheters attached to a night time catheter bag. I also use the 18" extension hose to attach between the catheter bag and the condom catheter. That way I can just toss the catheter bag on the floor and I've got room to move around without anything pulling. I think the ones with resevoir might not be big enough for night time. A leg bag may have more capacity than the resevoir but even that isn't enough for me.

If he plans to still get up in the night a couple of times, then a leg bag or resevoir type may be ok. In my case, I just like sleeping through the night so much that I gave up on worrying about night time continence.

It all depends on his strategy for dealing with nights.
Also, for the condom catheters, I use the ones with adhesive inside and not the ones with the wrap around band. I'd prefer not to choke off any of the blood stream with a wrap around band and I've found no problem with leakage at all. I am dry every night.

Mike

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• By jj803
• Posted November 4, 2009 at 9:54 am
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Like Rick I set an alarm for about 3.5 hours at night and if I have been asleep for more than about 2 hours when I spontaneously awaken, I empty my bladder. This works quite well for me. I would not give up hope yet as you are not outside the time frame that it took me to achieve continence, although from the description in your post, I was not leaking as much as I was just wearing a pad by that time. We are all different though. I no longer restrict liquids after 6 PM, but am careful not to drink an excessive amount later in the evening. Best wishes

JJ

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• By birdman
• Posted November 4, 2009 at 10:22 am
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The Alpha dry condom with resavoir worked for me day and night, use the tape .I could sleep all night but the weight of the urine and turning wrong could pull it off but I liked it much better than diapers.The tape being so tight did occasionally cause a rash and would use the diaper then.I highly recommend it just after surgery when the incontinence is so bad,I walked at least a half a day with it hunting and like peeing normal was easy with no mess.

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• By fran1
• Posted November 5, 2009 at 6:06 pm
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Hiya
My hubby voids before bed and uses a kind of pocket-shaped pad in his underpants.Looks a bit like this:
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He finds it the most comfortable out of all the night time options. It is mostly a precaution as his night time continence has steadily improved over the years. He does kegels and doesn't drink a lot in the evenings.

He usually goes to bed around 11.30 and gets up at 5.30 to pee.

Hope that helps!
Fran

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• By fran1
• Posted November 5, 2009 at 6:08 pm
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Sorry, Cindy, I should have read your post a little better, I see that your hubby is not ready for light protection yet. All the best with trying the condom catheter.
Fran

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• By lube
• Posted today at 12:37 pm
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I had my surgery on 2/09 and have had the same problem. I use an alarm clock and get up every 3 hours, also i use a diaper and i put a wash cloth on either side cause they are not designed for the little guy to move. I kept a stack by the bed with apale and change as needed. This way I'm not leaking onto the bed. Also put a pad and towel and extra sheet to sleep on. Another thing put a pad in the diaper a big one first and another over. This way you change pads instead of diapers which are costly. Boy we are not alone.

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