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Hello,
I have been experiencing incontinence since my prostatectomy 5 weeks ago. I am in my mid-40s and do not receive care assistance (I take care of myself). After discontinuing use of the foley catheter, I used Depend products. During the day I used Depend Fresh Protection Maximum Absorbency and at night used Depend Fresh Protection with Night Defense. Neither of these products had sufficient absorbency to meet my needs. DFP lasted 2-4 hours during the day and DFRND lasted 3-5 hours tops at night before leaking down one or both my legs if I hadn’t changed underwear before then. I switched to Seni Active Super Plus. I found that this product absorbs well when primarily sitting, standing, and walking (up to 6 hours during the day and up to 8 hours overnight). I encounter problems when trying to get up from lying down in bed, sometimes after sleeping overnight, but more often after only short periods. I find when I put on a new pair of SASP underwear and lie down for 1-2 hours and then get up, I often experience leaking down one or both my legs. The problem is not that the absorbency is over capacity because the underwear is relatively light weight (the padded part hasn’t absorbed much) when I change after this happens. I think the problem is that because I sleep on my side, the urine collects between the padded area of the underwear and the cut out for the leg(s) which is not the part of the underwear designed to absorb the urine. When I toss and turn for several hours overnight, I think the urine eventually moves to the padded part meant to absorb it and I usually don’t have an issue if the capacity for absorbency hasn’t been reached. I should add that unfortunately I rarely can fall asleep on my back and/or stomach.
Any suggestions for products that work well for male side-sleepers with heavy absorbency needs? I don’t know if there are any products that specifically address the issue I described. I should add that I tried both medium and large sizes of Seni Active Super Plus. I found medium a bit snug and prefer the fit of the large. The large size stays in place, but perhaps it isn’t snug enough, leading to the frequency of the issue I described? I don’t want to try every incontinence product under the sun in hopes of finding a product that will remedy this issue. But perhaps because of the particular shape and size of my body, there isn’t an easy way to know what products would stop this problem from occurring without trying them. While the issue I described isn’t necessarily due to absorbency capacity of the pads in the underwear (I'm guessing it is a design issue?), I do still need to use underwear that has heavy absorbency capacity. Thanks in advance for your input.
I have been experiencing incontinence since my prostatectomy 5 weeks ago. I am in my mid-40s and do not receive care assistance (I take care of myself). After discontinuing use of the foley catheter, I used Depend products. During the day I used Depend Fresh Protection Maximum Absorbency and at night used Depend Fresh Protection with Night Defense. Neither of these products had sufficient absorbency to meet my needs. DFP lasted 2-4 hours during the day and DFRND lasted 3-5 hours tops at night before leaking down one or both my legs if I hadn’t changed underwear before then. I switched to Seni Active Super Plus. I found that this product absorbs well when primarily sitting, standing, and walking (up to 6 hours during the day and up to 8 hours overnight). I encounter problems when trying to get up from lying down in bed, sometimes after sleeping overnight, but more often after only short periods. I find when I put on a new pair of SASP underwear and lie down for 1-2 hours and then get up, I often experience leaking down one or both my legs. The problem is not that the absorbency is over capacity because the underwear is relatively light weight (the padded part hasn’t absorbed much) when I change after this happens. I think the problem is that because I sleep on my side, the urine collects between the padded area of the underwear and the cut out for the leg(s) which is not the part of the underwear designed to absorb the urine. When I toss and turn for several hours overnight, I think the urine eventually moves to the padded part meant to absorb it and I usually don’t have an issue if the capacity for absorbency hasn’t been reached. I should add that unfortunately I rarely can fall asleep on my back and/or stomach.
Any suggestions for products that work well for male side-sleepers with heavy absorbency needs? I don’t know if there are any products that specifically address the issue I described. I should add that I tried both medium and large sizes of Seni Active Super Plus. I found medium a bit snug and prefer the fit of the large. The large size stays in place, but perhaps it isn’t snug enough, leading to the frequency of the issue I described? I don’t want to try every incontinence product under the sun in hopes of finding a product that will remedy this issue. But perhaps because of the particular shape and size of my body, there isn’t an easy way to know what products would stop this problem from occurring without trying them. While the issue I described isn’t necessarily due to absorbency capacity of the pads in the underwear (I'm guessing it is a design issue?), I do still need to use underwear that has heavy absorbency capacity. Thanks in advance for your input.
