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[StevenC]

I'm a T3 complete and rely exclusively on a condom catheter and leg bag for bladder control. This is normally fine but sometimes I am somewhere where there is no accessible bathroom I can get into, and I can't go outside because I'm up steps or something, so I have no way to drain my bag. The ones I use now hold 1000cc. I'd love one that held more, which I could use if I knew I was going to such a place where I wouldn't have a bathroom to use. A couple of friends houses come to mind.

Does anyone know a site or something that sells extra large leg bags? I see this one:

http://www.jrsmedica...62/product.aspx

Any others out there? Any other recommendations at all?

Thanks!
LT

[mellowgator]

you can drain you bag into an empty soda bottle and hide it in your backback or under your chair and dump it later. just an idea.







mellowgator

[Zack]

This 44 ounce or 1,300 cc Leg Bag is the Largest I can find. If a 300 more cc Bag helps.

http://www.medcompar...z-Capacity.html

[ClaraTaylor]

I'd drain it into a bottle rather than have a huge amount of urine hanging off my leg. The weight alone could get uncomfortable and the risk of the bag leaking / splitting / causing a tidal flood and drown an unsuspecting midgets would put me off.

[StevenC]

I've done the bottle thing. I'm trying to get away from that. It's really freaking creepy when you say, hey, I'm gonna go in a bedroom and close the door and do something, I'll be back.

[greybeard]

StevenC, on 11 February 2012 - 11:09 PM, said:

I've done the bottle thing. I'm trying to get away from that. It's really freaking creepy when you say, hey, I'm gonna go in a bedroom and close the door and do something, I'll be back.

Don't be coy. They are friends we're talking about, right? Tell them what you're doing.

[Zack]

My 1,000 cc Bag when it's been emptied by a friend who's only seen others help me water the grass, say "WoW you bladder was full, I always knew you were a pisser!" too many drinks I guess has them not really knowing it's stored in the bag, and think I'm just needing to go. I leave em baffled!

[qbounce]

greybeard, on 11 February 2012 - 11:39 PM, said:

I'm gonna go in a bedroom and close the door and do something, I'll be back.

I'm sorry, but what else IS a bathroom for??

I say, "I'm going to the bathroom . . . . be right back. And, DON"T touch my drink!"

[greybeard]

qbounce, on 12 February 2012 - 04:13 AM, said:

greybeard, on 11 February 2012 - 11:39 PM, said:

I'm gonna go in a bedroom and close the door and do something, I'll be back.

I'm sorry, but what else IS a bathroom for??

Haha. I thought the same, but to each his own.

Edited by greybeard, 12 February 2012 - 10:43 AM.

[ClaraTaylor]

StevenC, on 11 February 2012 - 11:09 PM, said:

I've done the bottle thing. I'm trying to get away from that. It's really freaking creepy when you say, hey, I'm gonna go in a bedroom and close the door and do something, I'll be back.

If your mates can cope with you being in a wheelchair than the fact that you're going into a bedroom (rather than an accessible bathroom which we all know is a problem) to pee really isn't going to phase them as much as you think. Certainly I bet most of them will know the feeling of being caught short on a long journey! You don't need to explain what you're doing unless you want them do. "Back in a minute" usually suffices and close the door as you leave the room so they don't even know where you're going. You don't say "hey guys I'm going to go into the bathroom and close the door and do something" so why feel the need to explain just because you're having to empty your bag elsewhere?

Do you have a close friend who you could discuss these concerns with? One who'd be willing to empty a bottle when you're out or at least relieve your concerns? Alternatively take a small rucksack with a suitably sized bottle, some wet wipes and hand sterilizer, and a small towel and leave it in the hallway before you need to use it.

I would really have a chat with a mate about this. I worry that you're panicking about something that isn't going to bother your mates in the slightest.

Edited by ClaraTaylor, 12 February 2012 - 10:46 AM.

[pikey]

I agree with Clara 100% those poor midgets!

[Edinburgh Colin]

The other alternative I've used on planes before is a night bag (inside a plastic bag for safety) in a rucksack, you can drain the legbag into the night bag, tie it off the nightbag and your good to go again.

[Tetracyclone]

On planes I have asked stewards for empty bottles and they do not bat an eye. They bring me a big one.