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Looking For Advise On Middle Of The Night Bathroom Trips??

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Boise, ID

I'm interested in any suggestions for middle of the night bathroom trips. Tips that may reduce the number of trips? Have you discovered safety tips? Has anyone found washable men's underwear that provide leak protection? Or other great products you would recommend?

Some things we've tried (but looking for new suggestions)....We have a urine bottle handy at the side of the bed for those times when he can't make it all the way into the bathroom (but by morning our bedroom smells like an… read more

April 7, 2023
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A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

I broke down and finally bought some Maximum absorbancy Depends for men. I wear them everynight I bet I "use" them 4 times a week I have recently quit my intake of liquids about 8 my bed time is around 10:30 or 11. I do save a gulp or two of water for my bedtime meds. As mentioned above I take Sinemet too...tends to help some . Talking to a Urologist as well I have catheters if I choose to you em. She said before I go to bed use on to make sure my bladder is empty, I may try them nightly soon here to compare, but the depends don't hurt except, well maybe your pride a little but I was over it quick :)

April 8, 2023
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

Maryann, I feel your pain. My husband is going through the same exact issues! I wish I had a lightbulb answer! We have 2 waterproof mattress pads that I can swap out if he leaks through his depends. Silk fitted sheets help to get him out of bed, since he sometimes can’t move his legs. The portable urinal, bedside potty, none have worked for us. Most nights we average 3 times where I have to help him out of bed, and then back in to bed, sometimes changing his clothes too. Like clockwork he wakes around 4 pm to go to the bathroom, and I have convinced him to go to his recliner lift chair rather than back in bed. It has worked out well. I can usually get 4 hours of sound sleep. A well rested wife is important! Good luck. I will follow others answers hoping to find some lightbulb moments to help us both!

April 8, 2023
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

I have prostate enlargement like all men over 60 some younger.
I had the Urolift procedure done and first 6 months only got up once a night. Now,one year later, I sleep all night and no leaks.
I do not have PD, I'm my wife's caregiver.

April 8, 2023
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

I have a portable potty by my husband side of the bed witch helps a lot so much closer then going all the way to the bathroom there are waterproof pads that you can buy that goes under the sheet and put one on top of sheet
Then if the briefs leak all you have to change is the top pad they are throw away so easy to change
Hope this helps

April 8, 2023
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

I have found a solution after trying almost everything out there. When I read your post it was as if I wrote it! My husband was only occasionally incontinent up until he fell and got a traumatic brain injury in January. He spent five weeks in hospitals and rehab center. I wasn't prepared for the nighttime bed wetting when he came home. I have to get up early for work, and it was exhausting me to be changing layers of absorbent pads and sheets multiple times a night and having to wake up to make sure he safely used the commode I put next to his side of the bed. Three months before the TBI, he had a sacral modulator put in, but it never really worked well. Unfortunately, it likely didn't work because of the slower processing that can occur between brain and bladder with PD. He also tried all of the medications, but they either made him loopy or he would faint. Fainting is a significant issue with him so getting up at night is scary and dangerous and new medications are risky. When in the hospitals, they used a condom catheter. It's external and goes on like a condom. You attach it to a catheter bag and empty it in the morning. I sleep much better. He doesn't get out of bed now and we wake up with dry sheets. Medicare pays for it, and so does the VA if he is a veteran. I still use pads on the bed, and he wears Depends over it because on occasion there have been mishaps, like the time he detached the tube while urine was still in it and hosed the sheets and the side if the bed. If you do get them, be aware there is a sticky glue on them that can make removing them not very fun, but I found a product on Amazon called Goo Gone that can be applied to a cotton ball and it helps remove them in the morning. Just make sure you wash the Goo Gone off. Hope that helps.

April 8, 2023

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