condom catheter
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Yes, I use them when traveling quite often, or when I want to stay dry for rash healing etc. The silicone ones stick the best, and there is also a foam strap that is available to add some extra security if you feel the adhesive is not enough, but it really is! A 2000 ml bag will do most people just fine.
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Do you think it would work on my 85-year-old father? I am just concerned that it would detach, and I'd be worse off than my current routine, which is quadruple layering at bedtime consisting of:
Tranquility TopLiner Booster Super-Plus Contour flow-through pad of capacity 27.5 oz
inside of a less-expensive locally purchased pad with a moisture-proof green backing
inside of a standard Depends, to hold things in place
and the outer layer is a Large/X-Large violet-colored Molicare diaper No 3, with three Tena Protective Guards #2: one on each side of the front of the diaper at the outside edges of the absorbent material, and one on the back of the diaper at the edge of the absorbent material on his right side, as he sleeps on his right side the most.
I have to get him up after 6 hours max to go pee, then layer him back up.
There is no adult diaper or any other product that on its own will keep his bedding dry. The absorbent material on the front and back of every diaper I have tried or have seen online does not extend far enough out into the tabs. No liner or pad, no matter how many ounces it can absorb, can contain all of the urine he passes in his sleep, because the absorbent material on the back of the body at the top of products cannot absorb its share of fluid. The fronts of the two innermost layers get maxed out, then the urine flows out the sides. So the 27.5 oz TopLiner works in the front, fluid flows through to the next layer, and then out the sides into the 'wings' (Tena Guards) that I stick on the diaper, and sometimes into the diaper itself. The material on his backside is always dry for several inches down from the waist. It isn't rocket science. It's just very basic physics.
Tranquility TopLiner Booster Super-Plus Contour flow-through pad of capacity 27.5 oz
inside of a less-expensive locally purchased pad with a moisture-proof green backing
inside of a standard Depends, to hold things in place
and the outer layer is a Large/X-Large violet-colored Molicare diaper No 3, with three Tena Protective Guards #2: one on each side of the front of the diaper at the outside edges of the absorbent material, and one on the back of the diaper at the edge of the absorbent material on his right side, as he sleeps on his right side the most.
I have to get him up after 6 hours max to go pee, then layer him back up.
There is no adult diaper or any other product that on its own will keep his bedding dry. The absorbent material on the front and back of every diaper I have tried or have seen online does not extend far enough out into the tabs. No liner or pad, no matter how many ounces it can absorb, can contain all of the urine he passes in his sleep, because the absorbent material on the back of the body at the top of products cannot absorb its share of fluid. The fronts of the two innermost layers get maxed out, then the urine flows out the sides. So the 27.5 oz TopLiner works in the front, fluid flows through to the next layer, and then out the sides into the 'wings' (Tena Guards) that I stick on the diaper, and sometimes into the diaper itself. The material on his backside is always dry for several inches down from the waist. It isn't rocket science. It's just very basic physics.
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Sizing is EVERYTHING in external catheters. If you get one of each size, ir if you can measure in mm, they come in a variety, from 25, 28, 30, 31, 35. Small is 25, medium to average is between 28-31, large is 35. Mentor or Coloplast are good in the silicone, Coloplast can send you samples, including leg and bedside bags for at night. Once applied, (I add a skin prep to aid adhesion (spray or swab from 3M), they are VERY secure. Lots of companies send samples, Hollister is another one.
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