@Maymay941 I also found Purewick creepy, both the vulva component and the bottle of pee. I would much rather wear a diaper. However, if they offered it to me as part of a hospital stay, I think I would try it! Let insurance pay to try a different, very expensive product! I do think it’s a pretty innovative product - though odd! - I’m glad it helps some ladies; I’m all in favor of that!
Thank you for thinking of me! My foot surgery was on October 6, a week before I started my new hellacious job. The first two months were a feat of Everest proportions. For the first six weeks my foot was supposed to be elevated above my heart, but my company shipped me all this giant computer equipment, about nine attachments to a computer and a massive screen. There was no way I could work from bed. I’m sure it made my pain much worse, but I survived! Work has been so demanding that it really cramps my time on NAFC, regrettably. I think of all of you a lot and wish I could be more present. This community is a vital part of my life! I will continue to be around as able! I don’t think I can handle this job for much longer, so maybe I’ll be back full-time! That’s *almost* funny but with mandatory 18 to 20 hour days, I am going bonkers. Two weeks ago they decided we’re not getting paid for overtime anymore. I was getting paid about $70 an hour for that. I’ve pretty much had it with them!!!!! They are also majorly-guilt tripping me for doctors appointments. Both of those things are illegal but this company gets away with rapes and murders, So no threat of a lawsuit actually means anything to them. There are major lawsuits against them, even a massive one by the state of California being prosecuted. When I quit, I’m going to look into joining them. There are nearly zero compliments or thanks at this job; just mean nitpicking shit. It’s the worst job of my life!
Just got Botox on Thursday; with my new doctor as my old fellow retired. It hurt much worse for the three days afterward than previously - felt like a UTI but fortunately wasn’t!, but the Botox us now in full affect. I went from peeing 28 times during the daytime hours only, down to six today. Most wondrous! Totally worth the pain! The new doctor used a plastic catheter rather than a solid metal catheter like my old doctor used. I think my old doctor had done the procedure many more times; this guy looked like he was about 35. My old guy was 80 something. They had me watch the camera doing the injections for some reason, maybe because the injections might be more predictable and less painful that way? I found the office it to be true. My old doctor never showed me the screen. When I get it for my migraines, the needle only goes in about a quarter of an inch. In my bladder, they were pushing it in 1 inch; no wonder it hurts so damn much! I can tell you this: there were so many, many, many blood vessels and visible nerve structures in the bladder. Quite amazing, though quite a torture for those of us with incontinence!
I hope you ladies are doing well!
@pegasi99 Please feel free to ask me any questions in advance of your foot surgery, or after! I’m so sorry you have to have both of them! I think a bedside commode could be quite useful. After what I went through as a single woman living alone, I’ve decided when I get my knee replacement in October or November that I’m just going to hire an aide or a nurse from care.com, for an amount of time in assistance that I’m not sure how much I may need until it happens. Insurance never pays for a hospital stay for a knee replacement nor do they pay for any kind of home health care. I think that’s majorly ridiculous! Every bone in my leg is going to be implanted with metal rods and plastic pieces, yet insurance can’t be bothered to provide any kind of assistance?! Accordingly, I am saving money to pay for my own assistance via care.com. I think about how bad my foot hurt and my previous four knee surgeries, and I just can’t fathom the pain that is going to come from a knee replacement. I am still quite terrified but I am much more terrified of never being able to exercise again in my life. My soul is depleted from not being able to move like I used to.
@pegasi99 I think you’re doing a great, smart thing by letting them know you’re incontinent far in advance. That’s all you *can* do! I think if you have much time in the hospital, you should definitely take your own diapers. Perhaps you could take a brand new pack so they can’t go claiming that it’s unsanitary! Sorry to read that you have such a bad UTI!
