I was injured in an accident when I was six years old. I have been incontinent since the accident. Today I am in my late teens and still wear protection around the clock. During the day I wear pullon type protection. At night I use a thick cloth diaper and plastic pants. Even so, I still sometimes wake up with wet pajamas and bedding.

 I have Cerebral Palsy. I am 46 and have worn cloth nappies and plastic pants all my life. I don't have a problem with it.

 I have been incontinent for ten years and I have absolutely no bladder control. I wear Depend pull ups with a Poise ultimate pad which I find a very good combination. I enjoy the way I am.

 I have absulutely no bladder control and wear cloth diapers and plastic pants all of the time. The cloth diapers are the most comfortable and reliable type diaper I have ever worn. Now that I have had to wear diapers for so long I do not care who knows.

 I have been incontinent for five years I wear Nappys 24/7 and I am proud of it the subject of incontinence is tabbo and it is time we all got together and told the world about it and that it is more common than people think. So go on tell your friends and familys. We need to stand up and be counted.

 I'm in a wheelchair so geting to the toilet is hard so I've just became fully incontinet at the age of 34

 I too am incontinent and wear cloth diapers with plastic pants 24/7. I have been to the hospital on numerous occations wearing diapers. My doctor is who first told me to wear protection and prescribed my diapers to the pharmacy.

 I to am incontinent and have to wear diapers 24/7. I wear cloth diapers with plastic pants. I find they do not leak as much as disposables and are much more comfortable. I have had to wear them for several years now and I have been to the doctor, and to the hospital as well wearing my diapers. I think wearing diapers is being responsable when you have to wear protection.

 There are some truths here that some adults won't admit. I was a very normal child and started to wet the bed at sleepovers from the age of about 14 to gain attention. I did it on purpose at a friends house several times because I wanted to be bathed.

 I am a daywetter and bedwetter and I wear disposable diapers 24\7 because I am incontinent.

  Hi.. I had to take predisone in my early 20's and just one of the side effects left my bladder in poor conditon..after seeing a dr and being told to lose 20lbs and walk a couple of miles a day..which I did..and still do walk daily..it did not help..I was incontinent..and during the day had to urinate approximately every 20 mins..had leakage..and during sleep, every hour on the hour I was up using the bathroom..my mother who has been studiing alternative medicine for many years suggest a herb called uvi-ursi. I took this for 2 years and because it is all natural with no side effects..I had a series of x-rays done 9 months after stopping the herb..now I can say my bladder is 100% confirmed by me and my dr..it sure is nice to know the pharmaceutical co's are not getting anymore of my money..Thanks P.S. I do have other stories email me if you are interested. Rhonda

 I have been incontinent since 1995. Since day one I was enbarased by a wetting accident only once. Never had a problem buying incontinent briefs in the store or anywhere for that matter. No one I knows of my problem only my doctor has seen me in "diapers" never made a comment except to say at least you take care of yourself, that's good. I think most people feel funny and think others see and know what is going on, that is not true unless someone has there nose where it does not belong but it's my problem not theirs, heads up keep trucking. I am very active. US

 I am incontinent i wet the bed every night i have done for 12 years. I dont care what people say

 I have been incontinent for nineteen years, due to brain injury and genetic disease. But I cannot opt out of the human race. I still must fulfill my duties to my family and community, and I must deal, creatively, I hope, with folks who take advantage of my situation to threaten me at work. Other people are blind, deaf, living in wheelchairs from childhood, and more. Incontinence is just another item on the long list of medical conditions which handicap people. I suspect people have been forced to deal with incontinence ever since our earliest ancestors began to walk upright. The list of conditions which cause and contribute to incontinence is so long that it guarantees that people will be dealing with it for generations to come. The best ways to deal with incontinence are to support each other, learn from each other, keep that closet door as wide open as possible, and welcome the newly incontinent.

 Living in the USA has it's benefits, such as finding incontinence products quite readily, but it also has it's drawbacks. I've been incontinent for numerous years, yet sometimes when someone finds out that I need absorbent protection (such as adult diapers, etc.) I'm almost looked upon as a second class citizen. USA

  But now - like you say - people I confess to are astonished and tell me they would never have guessed. No one has EVER said anything. Now I feel confident and can do almost anything I want to without fear of embarrassment. And that, surely, is what we should at least expect from our doctors: ability to live as near unhampered and unhandicapped as possible and to get on with a normal life!(USA)

  I deal with pretty well, and realize that what you can't change you might as well get used to. I have had to wear the protective undergarments for years. I have always had a open mind and I have never hid the fact that I am incontinent. Whenever I mention it to a new friend, or during a conversation nobody believes me. I take that as a compliment because it seems like so many of us try so hard to hide our conditions. I have spoken with a lot of women that tell me they have leaked but are to shy to mention anything to their doctors. The best thing anybody can do, is accept it, and deal with it, and go on. (US)

 Well, in fact it IS a taboo. In our society, most children are toilet-trained at an early age and taught that to have an "accident" is shameful. Therefore, adult incontinence can lead to low self-esteem. Older patients who become incontinent may become depressed, believing that this is a natural part of the aging process (it is not) and perhaps an indication that their health is worsening. Because continence is easily maintained throughout most of life, losing the ability to control bladder function may cause a feeling of loss of control of their life. Those who have witnessed the admission of a friend or family member to a nursing home after becoming incontinent may believe that this will happen to them also. This also can lead to anger, particularly for active people who may need to alter their usual social activities.