I’ve come across posts where people have indicated the struggle to wet while driving, stupid question, why is that hard for people? Having slight incontinence that has never been an issue for me, sitting, driving, walking, running, etc…
I will say the posts I’ve seen are typically from those who are trying to become Incontinent (rolling eyes)
As you get older, and are prone to an enlarged prostate, this can affect your ability to urinate while there’s pressure being placed on the pelvic floor. Sitting on a surface, other than that of the toilet seat, is one of the few times that I don’t urinate unaware that it’s occurring. Stay padded, it’s a pain getting older but it beats the other option.
I can provide my thoughts and experiences on this.
It depends on what your symptoms are and type of incontinence. I find in addition to pressure due to sitting, the jarring vibrations and movements cause discomfort to my bladder and believe it creates a conflict with spasms-contractions. This can be painful and distracting on longer trips. Personally, I would rather forgo the discomfort, leaking constantly and dealing with the changes sounds great. However, this is not my case. The net result is the same as the vehicle slows down or stops, my bladder reacts with a unstoppable urge to empty or automatically voids w/o warning. So, the end of the journey is the same, it’s how you get there that counts. As with so many other things.
Like Zeke, my prostate is enlarged and I have ureters that are scarred from many bouts with kidney stones. I have no problem peeing in the car, the pool, on the moon, anywhere. LOL Trying not to pee and wet my panties is the problem. Yes, many here enjoy peeing themselves, if they only knew what it was like not being able to control your water. Ugh!
Sometimes when I can’t be bothered I just put a pull up on. Then it hits home I think if I was ic not being bothered to change is not an option .feel a bit guilty.
I have no problem peeing while driving. I’m incontinent and I can pee in the car while driving, mowing the lawn, sitting grooving to Bach, Mozart, AC DC anytime anywhere. I’m the Pee Pee king!!! I leak worse than grandma’s basement!!
For me it’s more or less the same as for Daylight. It’s sometimes more painful while sitting because the the bladder pressure gets higher due to the pressure on the pelvic floor. This can be whery unpleasant. The movement or the vibrations are not a problem for me, but if I get out of the car - especially if it’s cold outside my bladder often cramps suddenly.
Wetting while diving comes down to what you are wearing, the water temperature and the pressure (how deep you are). Obviously, if you are wearing either only a swimsuit or a wetsuit you shouldn’t be wearing a diaper. In those cases, the “problem” for some is that the cold water and or pressure increases the need to urinate but sometimes the combination of the pressure of the wetsuit and/or the increased water pressure as you go deeper can put backwards pressure on the bladder when trying to void.
I typically dive using a dry suit without a “P” value and even though I am not incontinent I have found it most convenient to wear a good high quality diaper and simply use it. During our open water certification there were a couple of professional underwater repair divers who were helping out with the dive. One had a “P” value and the other used diapers. I only know this because they were joking about the stares that they get from the drug store clerks when they go buy the KY Jelly (for the “P” value) and adult diapers before a dive. Those guys could make a 120 pound 3500 psi tank last 75-90 minutes.
The increased pressure has never been an issue for me but the extra buoyancy caused by the diaper and the trapped air has affected me my ability to achieve neutral buoyancy on a few dives. I have since compensated that by adding 5 or 10 pounds extra weight for each dive.
If any of you ever consider doing some cold water diving, I would highly encourage you to get dry suit certified.
Coldest diving I have done is in Monterey Bay, California. Surface Temperature of 58F, bottom temperature of 55F and that’s in the summer! Not dry suit certified, I wore a 7mm suit, gloves, boots, and hood on those dives (no diaper). Having since moved to SC and done diving on the Great Barrier Reef, in Hawaii, and the Caribbean, I admit I do prefer warmer water dives.
I don’t actually dive, I think I take the crown for cold water. 32 degrees. 7mm wetsuit. It becomes an “innie” when the water hits it. I was in for like 20 minutes. I was kayaking far upstate NY in the winter. I decided since I was already wearing the wetsuit in case I fell in, I decided I was going for a swim.
I can’t voluntarily pee in a moving vehicle. It takes a bursting bladder combined with a big bump, and the result is definitely not voluntary.