Recently, I have been facing a bit of financial crisis. A large portion of my earnings go towards diapers/diaper related supplies. I was wondering if I could somehow minimize my expenses.
I have a weak bladder with reduced capacity and urinary frequency. I used to get woken up to pee at night. But now I don’t wake up at all. On an average, I have a sleepwetting accident every 3/4 days.(During good days I may go without any accident for weeks). During daytime, I can hold for a while if I try & concentrate and can make it to the toilet most of the time. But sometimes I just start leaking without realizing anything. I’m wearing 24/7 to avoid the risk of any accidents. I’ll admit that sometimes I’m just a bit lazy and rather than trying to hold and make it to the toilet, I just go in my diaper. I have full control over my bowels and don’t use diapers for that.
Things I have tried :
Setting up alarms at night to wake up and pee. It kind of works. But I have to sacrifice sleep.
Limiting the amount of fluid I take
Using baby diapers to cut the cost. But as a result, leaks on bed/ wet spots on underwear during day/night.
Any tips to minimize the costs & overall improvements for the condition?
I buy all of my diapers on Amazon. I keep an eye on the prices because they fluctuate every day. When I see the diapers I use at a good price, I will order 1 or 2 cases. I currently have a very good stockpile of diapers in my basement because I typically use 4 to 5 diapers per day due to total bladder and bowel incontinence from a ruptured disc in my lower back.
Since you are only bladder incontinent you can try moliform pads and wear them in some sort of fixing pant. I know what you’re thinking, “pads”?, but they have basically the same coverage and capacity as a full diaper but at maybe half the cost. They have all different levels of absorbency. I think I buy something like a 7 or 8 but you can find what is right for you. I wear these for exercising as they also give some more air to the sides of my hips. I don’t recommend them for nighttime but for daytime they are perfect.
I use to buy my diapers from GoodWill when they had them .
Having overactive kidneys at night and being medically incontinent leads to very wet diapers every morning. Using a high-capacity diaper with good leak guards + high capacity booster pad saves my bed and covers .
Cheap diapers simply will not work in my situation … the high capacity diapers I use for night time cost less than $2 each ( bought by the case when on sale ) and the booster pads ( 1,300 ml ) cost $0.40 each.
BetterDry is your best bet for “cheap” , “high capacity” , and “good quality” .
Actually, most companies have pads that are basically a diaper equivalent, but just without the side wings. For example, Tena makes a 2900ml absorption pad that is the equivalent of their Tena slip maxi. Same with Abena, Molicare, Lille, Attends, iD; all have pads that have the same specs as their diaper counterpart. These pads not only fit the need for people who don’t want to wear “a full-on diaper” but also to accommodate the wide range of body shapes and sizes that a diaper just wouldn’t fit comfortably on.
And back to the main point, they are all cheaper than buying the diaper version of the product.
I’ll have to look into wearing pads when I can’t wear nappies because of the disposal problems. I’ll try Tena to start with. Expense isn’t the problem but disposal Is. Pads would be easier to dispose of. Thank you.:(y):
I work at a place that has a flexible spending account. I sent up an amount in the fall and come January 1st i can use that towards a variety of items and a fixed amount is taken out of my check each pay. I can buy diapers, wipes, boosters, sunscreen, contact solution, bandaids, breathrite strips, wrist supports, firstaid kits ect. It comes out pre tax wich i guess saves you a little bit. The weekly payments strung out over a year is what i like about it. Can also use it for co pays prescriptions and sunglasses at the eye dr.
My insurance covers most of my inco stuff so I can buy whatever diapers I would like usually at a very low price, but abdl stuff aren’t covered. So I can get white diapers at like more than 50 percent off
Premium diapers are expensive but give you the best protection, using a baby diaper along with your diaper may extend the life of the main diaper enough to help you reduce your over all costs. I guess once the baby diaper becomes saturated you can remove it and then hopefully you will have a dry diaper to carry on for the rest of the day.
I keep thinking about trying this as well as others have recommended but have not experimented with it yet (really do not want to buy a case of baby diapers to find it doesn’t work)
Agreed. Buying a weeks worth cost me just over the cost of a case of disposables, but I’ve used them for well over 2 years now. So I’ve gotten well over my money’s worth in them. The worst I’ve dealt with is needing new plastic panties since I gained weight.