The Betterdry medium size is still too loose for me. But that is the smallest size that they produce for the Betterdry nappies.
I am a lean guy and my waist size is only 31 inches and therefore, in theory, the medium size should be the correct size for me but it still feels loose after some time of wearing it.
I need to wear the diapers for at least 2 to 4 nights, rather than just one night.
Because I have limited finances and I am unemployed.
And managing a bedwetting problem is proving to be financially costly due to the cost of day time underpants / pads, night time diapers, essential oils to reduce the urine odour in my bedroom etc.
The good news is that in the past 8 days, I have not had any severe bedwetting.
I have had 5 nights with zero bedwetting because the Betterdry nappy contained all of the urinary incontinence.
And I have had 3 nights of moderate bedwetting but even on these 3 nights, the amount of bedwetting was only 30 to 50% of the level it was 3 or 4 weeks ago.
My UTI test showed that I have two types of bacteria present in my urine at relatively low levels.
The first bacteria is Staphylococcus aureus, which is a type of staph bacteria. And this particular strain of staph does not generally cause UTI symptoms and therefore I am not too concerned about it. Also, many people have staph bacteria that live on their skin and other parts of their body and therefore this is not a big cause for concern.
The second bacteria is Enterococcus faecalis. Research and evidence has shown that this particular strain can and does cause UTI infections and therefore there is a chance that this low level bacteria UTI infection is causing some or the majority of my urinary and bladder issues and night time bedwetting.
However, the only available treatment for this type of infection is antibiotics and I generally avoid taking antibiotics whenever possible. And currently, I do not want to take antibiotics because there is a significant chance that the bacteria could beecome resistant to the antibiotics and then I will need a second or third course of different antibiotics.
Some additional medical tests showed that I have persistent and abnormally low serum sodium, and I have abnormally high serum cortisol in the morning.
This shows that my body is in a state of chronic and significant stress and my adrenal glands are working over time and producing chronically excessive amounts of cortisol.
The adrenal glands are also responsible for monitoring the level of sodium in the blood and body and there my adrenals are exhausted and not able to effectively maintain a healthy and normal serum sodium level.
Excessively high cortisol levels can definitely cause frequent urination, urge incontinence and night time urination.
Also, a low sodium level in the blood and body can cause more frequent urination, particularly at night time when a person is mostly asleep and unconscious.
Also , adequate sodium levels are necessary to produce sufficient amounts of Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and therefore when sodium levels are low, the body may not be able to produce sufficient ADH in order to effectively concentrate the urine at night and prevent night time urination.
Therefore, in summary, my suspicions were correct.
I do have a low level UTI infection and I do have chronically excessive stress levels in my body.
I have gone through a very stressful time during the past few years and my life is still significantly stressful every day and week.
I have made some good progress with my diet and lifestyle changes.
And I am going to continue making some more changes to my diet and lifestyle and I think that these changes will be able to mostly eliminate the moderate level of urinary and bladder problems and night time bedwetting that I am having.
I am going to work on reducing or eliminating my life stressors as much as possible.
I will let you all know how things go for me with an update every 10 to 15 days.
Thank you to all of you for your continued support and suggestions.
Best regards,
Tome White.
