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An explanation why most, if not all, AI and CGI adult diapers look CGI and not real?

Yes and no. The initial diagnosis was due to muscle weakness. Later Constipation was added, with the explanation that new poop builds behind the constipation and eventually squeezes past uncontrollably. My GI Doctor mentioned stool softeners, which I am now taking. While they haven't seemed to have helped the incontinence, they do seem to have helped with regularly going.

And smelly.

Hello. How long have you been incontinent? I'm bowel incontinent about 2 1/2 years now. I wear 24/7, used to be by choice, but now by necessity.

Where I live just opened a Hygiene Pantry, and one item they specifically asked for is Large Adult Diapers. I have a case of Tranquility and a package of some weird Molicare design. Neither are horrible, but neither fit my needs either. Very oddly in the VA Hospital Dayroom, I forget what they labeled it as but it functions as a barracks Dayroom, I saw sitting on a table a bunch of Adult Diapers. I was somewhat surprised, I hope whomever dropped them off is getting better ones.

I've donated most of the crappy diapers the VA sent me, the last of them go today or tomorrow.

They only buy by the case, so you won't get 60. 80 MegaMax should be enough for U-IC. My problem is F-IC, so I've gone through four on really bad days. U yeah 120 MegaMax is overkill.

If anyone I worked with ever noticed they never said anything. Without knowing how big your problem is or exactly what sort of trade or even where you live giving advice on a product is difficult. For a light problem you might try Tranquility ATN, don't bother with the SlimLine. The ATN is significantly more absorbent and not much thicker. For a moderate problem NorthShore MegaMax Lite or BetterDry Day. For a heavy problem Forsite AM/PM, or BetterDry. For a severe problem NorthShore MegaMax, Sun kiss, or Tears. These are much bulkier though. The other advice Slomo gave is pretty good. I would add a travel pack of wipes to any bag of supplies though. Always good to at least wipe the area each time you change.

Yeah, the first prescription I got was for 3 cases of MegaMax, because 2 cases probably wasn't enough. I got it switched to MegaMax Lite and two cases, 96 diapers a month. I still have a ridiculous number of diapers.

I got this email today. I might have had something to do with it.

To be honest, whatever was supposed to be sent was an attempt to provide support for the cheap crap that they had sent me. Shortly after these were ordered, I got a prescription for MegaMax, which I got changed to MegaMax Lite. The really bad thing is that I can't even donate these, because there is no packaging and they are "underwear." If they were at least regular plastic pants, I could use them for extra odor control. Plus they have no or very little working knowledge of adult diapers and accessories. One of my sisters is a nurse and has worked exclusively in nursing homes and she is stuck using cheap diapers because of rules and regulations. Adam at NorthShore was or is trying to change that.

https://www.medline.com/product/Reusable-Impervious-Adult-Briefs/Z05-PF137899? Um, yeah... OK, I was sent 2 dozen of these. They were sent in a poorly taped closed cardboard box. They were in no packaging. There is no label on the whatever it is. No care instructions included. I have no idea if bleach can be used, if they can be tossed in a dryer, or any laundering instructions. I'm not sure if they are even the right size. I emailed the company that they came from complaining. I sent a message to the pharmacist about the company. I was expecting something more like this https://www.medline.com/ce/product/DMI-Protective-Underwear/Z05-PF299302?sku=MDPMBH6070001923 Crappy plasticish panties.

I hope you can get your issues resolved.

I forgot to update this one. Thanks to Adam at NorthShore, I was able to get the Pharmacist the info she needed. Now as soon as NorthShore sends them to the VA, and the VA sends them to me, I'll be getting some NorthShore diapers every month. At least until March next year, when the VA changes to some new system. On the other hand, my Senator is apparently going to bring this up somewhere, probably the Veterans Affairs Committee. Here's hoping for some changes.

I heard back from the Head of the local VA Pharmacy, who is still trying to get me some NorthShore diapers. It seems that NorthShore isn't NorthShore for Federal Government concerns. She believes that she will be able to get them eventually, but the VA is currently in the process of changing to a new electronic record system and that will most likely end her ability to direct order them from NorthShore. On the other hand she is sending me some sort of diaper cover.

I think I would prefer a medium blue or red. Grey just makes me think of dirty dingy water.

I would try the BetterDry, either samples or one package at least. Don't forget to add in the cost of the boosters.

I went to take your survey, but I'm not urinary incontinent. I'm bowel incontinent so the questions weren't right.

Instead of going cheaper, where you might end up using 5 or 6 a day. I would suggest looking for one that is around £1 each, where you could go down to 3 or 4 a day. It might end up a bit cheaper in the long run, but will also mean fewer changes. Plus as diapers get cheaper, the quality in construction goes down too. That means less odor control, cheaper materials, more chance of the diaper loosening as you move around. Not much worse than trying to hold your diaper on through your clothes. And yes I've had to do that.

Make sure you clean thoroughly during each change. Make sure to wash thoroughly when you bathe. Stay hydrated. It may sound counter intuitive, but if you are dehydrated your urine becomes more concentrated and more likely to cause problems. Also smellier. Most importantly remember that people are too involved with themselves to notice what kind of underwear you have on. Lastly, with adult diapers you get what you pay for. Cheap is just that, cheap. You'll get a bad fit, leaks, falling off, all sorts of problems. That doesn't mean you need the most expensive diapers, but you certainly don't want the cheapest.

For the same reason that they think the flimsy elastic that they use will hold their products up. I gave an AB friend one of the Attends Pullups, diapers and Tranquility SmartCore diapers the VA sent me, this was his response I told him I was working on it.

Welcome to the forum.

I just got a "case" of 96 Molicare Premium Elastic 8D cloth backed diapers. I put the case in quotes because 72 appears to be a retail case. I got two oversized boxes with two packages of 24 diapers each. These have a strange design, and I can see what they were trying to do. Sadly they failed. The front panel is only slightly larger than the padding. When I was first opening the diaper, I thought it was a pad to stick in underwear. The rear side panels are normal sized, but have long elastic tabs to pull around your waist and Velcro to the front panel. The elastic isn't really strong enough to hold the diaper in place. It fell off in the morning as I walked to my bathroom. The sizes are also very large. I should have asked for a medium, not large. Most medium diapers fit, but are not comfortable, large fit better. These though are way bigger around the waist. They are single tabs on each side, but are very lightweight.

I got in touch with CptKirk, thanks, he gave me some information, including the VA hosptial that he gets them through. I called the VA back and the Pharmacist told me that when she attempted to get NorthShore added to the National list it was rejected within a minute. Also other pharmacies have had the same thing happen.

@Slomo I heard back from the Pharmacist. She explained that she is limited from ordering from a certain group of "medical suppliers," and can't just order from a website. She did find a cloth backed Molicare, but I'm afraid it won't be as good as the Tranquility. She is going to continue searching. I joined Spandi and DMed CptKirk and mentioned you, please vouch for me if he asks. The Pharmacist mentioned that all their computers got flagged for inappropriate websites while searching for adult diapers.