Oh, my gosh! I have experienced so much of what you all have experienced - leaving underwear behind, running to the bathroom only to get there not quite in time, having to change clothes multiple times, fear of leaving the house, unwilling/unable to go anywhere if you don't know where every bathroom is located and that it is close by, being caught totally off guard and not even knowing that an "event" occurred or was occurring right then and there without any warning, spending waaaaayyy too much time in the toilet stall, etc. I really thought I was the only one. There have been times when I would be driving and looking out the window trying to imagine if there would be anywhere alongside the road that I could just pull over and go into the bushes if I needed to (kind of planning ahead) - and some of you have had to do that! So, now I know I can do it, too, if I have to. I have sat in poo in my car driving home from a store from which things "moved" so quickly that I couldn't get to the bathroom and just had to leave. I spent Christmas morning in a family members bathroom cleaning myself up and changing clothes (luckily I had brought a change of clothes) because of one of those incidents that happens without any warning at all. I had to leave the bathroom to go grab my extra clothes hoping no one would smell me or go into the bathroom before I could get back in.
A couple of weeks ago, I had to go to a training for work in another city. It meant a carpool ride and a ferry ride, and having to go to the front of the room to get a pass to leave the room (security) to be able to go to the bathroom. I was terrified I would have an event. So, I started looking into adult pullups. I ended up ordering Prevail Protective Underwear from Amazon. I ordered this brand because one of the first reviews mentioned that it had worked for them for bowel issues. I ordered them from Amazon because I was concerned a co-worker might see me purchasing them locally. Normally, I wear long, thick feminine pads every single day of my life. At work, I keep an extra one in my pocket and extras in my purse. When I have an "event", I throw the original pad away and replace it with the one in my pocket because there have been many times I have not even been able to get back to my desk before a second "event" occurs and I don't make it back to the bathroom, either. There have also been times I've had to throw my undies out and replace with extras I keep in my desk. OK, back to my original story - When I received my package, I tried them on and they fit fine. To me, they didn't seem noticeable under my clothes (and no one else the day of the training seemed to notice - someone in my group would have said something if they did). I ordered a size smaller than I normally would have in the hopes that it would contain any mess. I made sure that I could tear them apart at the sides so that I could get them off with less mess. They didn't make that papery noise when I walked. I packed a pack with extra clothes and extra pullup things. When I got to the meeting place, my boss asked if I was planning on spending the night, but I just made a joke. Ha Ha (but not really). Coincidentally, I'd discovered a few weeks beforehand that if I had a small amount of flaxseed, I could temporarily plug myself up. I'd only tried it twice before, so I didn't know how reliable it would be. So, the night before the training, I had a little bit of flax. I made it through the day with my diaper on, going out for lunch (which normally is a no-no for me), with only one bathroom incident that was totally controllable (SURPRISE! thanks to the flax). The good news was that I didn't humiliate myself and got through the day. The bad news is that I can't give any info on how well my diaper would have worked. The other good/bad news is that these diapers are purchased in 4 packs of 20 each, so I have a LOT of them.
