Name: Jeff
Ages: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18+
Current Age: 33
I got mono really bad at age 13 and was hospitalized for several days.
During that time I was so weak I became completely incontinent. Before
I was brought to the doctor I began to have accidents at night and
during the day. In fact, I messed myself in the doctor's office. My
mother was less than pleased, but it got me immediate attention. I was
stripped, cleaned up and put into a diaper before the exam. I was on
strict bed rest for about 4 weeks. Because I was so sick and couldn't
get out of bed anyway, I wore a diaper the entire time. I was a smaller
kid so a Pampers fit fine.
After about 2-3 weeks, I felt better and began getting restless and
becoming more active. I still could not control my bladder or bowels.
We went back to the doctor, still wearing diapers, about 2 months later
and was given pretty much a clean bill of health. My mother asked the
doc if my ability to control myself was going to come back. He said I
would at best have to be re-potty trained or it may never come back.
The thought of wearing a diaper the rest of my life didn't thrill me at
all. Because I was pretty shy about it, I wouldn't say anything when my
diaper was wet or I had messed it so I was told to just wear a diaper
around the house so it was obvious whenever my diaper needed changed.
I was allowed to return to school in May for the last 3 weeks of
school. Everyone knew I had to wear a diaper but no one ever made fun
of me because mono almost killed me. At school, the nurse changed me
whenever I needed. I was pretty used to wearing a diaper at this point
and being changed didn't bother me anymore. Whomever was available
would change it.
My parents went on vacation that summer and I was left in the care of
my aunt and grandma. I still only wore a diaper around for their
convenience. After the summer, I was beginning to be potty trained. I
wore a pull up to school and a diaper when I got home. It didn't work
that well as I would soak the pull up so I was put back into a diaper.
Around Christmas I began getting bowel control back. I would still have
accidents so there was no rush to go back to pull ups. By my 14th
birthday I had bowel control but no bladder control. It took a couple
more months of potty training but I was wearing a pull up during the
day and a diaper at night by summertime. I was still not allowed to
touch either the pull up or diaper. I would go a couple of weeks and be
fine and then go a couple of weeks having to wear a diaper all the time
again.
This cycle went on until my 18th birthday. I was wearing a diaper all
of the time during that stretch. My mom woke me up to change my diaper
like she did every day. Instead, today she said you're an adult now and
you should be changing your own diapers from now on. Suddenly, changing
my diaper was a burden. I could no longer just walk up and say my
diaper is wet or I pooped my diaper. Now I had to take care of it. To
this day, I still have to wear a pull up during the day and a diaper at
night.