Fecal Incontinence

[Guest guest]

Dear Beth,

I don't know if your husband is mobile or not. Can he get to the bathroom

at all? Or is he confined to the bed.

It has been my great worry that I will not know what to do if he is ever

confined to bed, but here is what we do now.

The bed is covered with pad, plastic sheet and sheet. Then there is a

waterproof baby pad, rubber on the inside and sort of felt on the

outside. Then there is a draw sheet which consists of an extralong twin

sheet (Penny's) across the full width of our queen-sized bed. That way I

usually don't have to change more than the draw sheet and the rubber

sheet. Chuck wears waterproof underpants that he gets over the Web from

TENA. Sometimes he wears two. Chuck can get to the bathroom, but often

not in time. The bed is only about 4-5 steps from the bathroom, but that

is still too far.

I'm afraid that he goes through many more sleepless nights than I do. For

me, it's just cleaning up in the morning. For him it's constant changing

of underpants during the night.

Chuck has this during the day also.

Last night he was up most of the night and was terribly weak and shaky

this morning. This incontinence and diarrhea is his main problem right

now.

Hope this helps. At least you know that someone else is going through it

too.

Barbara Woodford (Illinois)

[Guest guest]

Dear Beth,

I don't know if your husband is mobile or not. Can he get to the bathroom

at all? Or is he confined to the bed.

It has been my great worry that I will not know what to do if he is ever

confined to bed, but here is what we do now.

The bed is covered with pad, plastic sheet and sheet. Then there is a

waterproof baby pad, rubber on the inside and sort of felt on the

outside. Then there is a draw sheet which consists of an extralong twin

sheet (Penny's) across the full width of our queen-sized bed. That way I

usually don't have to change more than the draw sheet and the rubber

sheet. Chuck wears waterproof underpants that he gets over the Web from

TENA. Sometimes he wears two. Chuck can get to the bathroom, but often

not in time. The bed is only about 4-5 steps from the bathroom, but that

is still too far.

I'm afraid that he goes through many more sleepless nights than I do. For

me, it's just cleaning up in the morning. For him it's constant changing

of underpants during the night.

Chuck has this during the day also.

Last night he was up most of the night and was terribly weak and shaky

this morning. This incontinence and diarrhea is his main problem right

now.

Hope this helps. At least you know that someone else is going through it

too.

Barbara Woodford (Illinois)