I am learning about the pains of living with MS myself. I have also had many messy accidents that leaked away from home, I am always afraid of messing myself because of the smell and when the diaper brief leaks when I am out in public it makes me want to isolate myself because of the embarrassment I feel. With pull on plastic pants it might make changing a little difficult if stool leaks out but changing on a chux will help. If this become a regular problem you may have to change the briefs you use. I have had to do that 3 times but often they offer samples instead of having to buy whole packs. Right now I am using the Megamax adult diapers briefs from Northshore and they work really well for me because of the wider absorbent area and the plastic landing strip makes changing easy. They are a little expensive but I need to do my laundry at a laundry mat so containment of stool is really important for me.
We use the briefs and pads that our insurance covers through HDIS or the local home healthcare & medical supply company We use. Its mostly the Tranquility products for incontinence. There has been others but I'm not sure what brands. In the mornings usually if I don't have to get out of bed. I can sit for periods of time in bed. But for incontinence I just lay on a pad. Its better for My skin to breath. I'm trying to avoid rashes and pressure sores. But I do have to wear the adult diaper briefs in my wheelchair. Its under My dress or skirt so nobody but My carer or family knows usually. But I've had some bad accidents and leaks. So I have to sit on the bed pad. Which is embarrassing. I'm hoping the plastic pants eliminate the need for that.
I am sorry I have not been on lately as I have a lot of doctors appointments. I think I might try laying on my bed without a brief on now we are moving into the summer time because rashes are horrible. I have some reusable chux that I use at night so I am a little nervous about having a bowel accident during the day. I could try finding a cloth backed diaper/brief to allow my skin to breath after I have a bowel movement. I don't think I would be able to use them all the time because of the volume of urine and poop released in an accident and the odor of my accidents.
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I'm quadriplegic so I spend a lot of time in bed. Just laying on a overnight bed pad works fine most days. I only need the adult diaper briefs when I'm in My wheelchair. With complete loss of bladder and bowel control. Cloth backed briefs. Just don't really work. I was in a long term care center for about 6 months. They used cheap cloth backed briefs and even the better cloth backed over night briefs. As well as bed pads. Too many times I lost My bowel in My chair or bed. And thank goodness for the bed pad. Because the briefs did not do their job.
