I have been wearing them for so long that I am used to the maneuvering J Of getting it on. So we actually timed how long it took to get it on. My daughter who is by far the most experienced quad dresser I know takes 4 to 5 minutes, my new attendant only works on the weekends and it took her 9 minutes. But the difference it makes to me is amazing. If I sit up in bed without it on, my stomach will hurt after a short time. But I can sit up all day-14 hours-with no problem.
It definitely would not work with a SP, too much tugging up and over the stomach. My very first attendant suggested it 24 years ago, and I haven’t tried anything else since. Of course I have had to find new types, but spandex by itself doesn’t work for me and is extremely difficult to put on. This is what I use: http://www.walmart.com/ip/23653086 The secret as with anything related to quads is to make sure that it is smooth before putting on my jeans. It works for me so I am not going to try anything else. If it ain’t broke why fix it, right? Have a great day, it’s 39°for a high here to day after 78°last week –brrrr! Joan From: Michelle Kephart [mailto:michelle.keph...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 5:49 AM To: diannal...@aol.com Cc: Joan Anglin; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Quad Belly I'm curious about this "girdle" too. What is it exactly? Would it bother an SP catheter? I wore a binder for almost a year until it started to irritate my skin and cause more problems. Michelle On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:29 PM, <diannal...@aol.com> wrote: How in the world do you get a girdle on? That's gotta take a lot of turning & tugging. What do you women think of Spanx? Just as hard? dianna I am definitely happy that I’m a female if I have to be a quad! That is why I wear “a girdle”, so I don’t have to have an apparent quad gut. J. I was not happy with binders as they would roll and pinch and cause more problems than it cured, and the body suit that I wear is smooth and doesn’t hurt my skin. We can’t really Eliminate our bellies, because it is just those darned intestines refusing to stay in place inside our bodies when we sit up. But we can force them back inside. LOL Joan -----Original Message----- From: Joan Anglin <poaj...@sbcglobal.net> To: 'Larry Willis' <lwillis82...@gmail.com>; quad-list <quad-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Mon, Apr 6, 2015 12:23 pm Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Quad Belly I am definitely happy that I’m a female if I have to be a quad! That is why I wear “a girdle”, so I don’t have to have an apparent quad gut. J. I was not happy with binders as they would roll and pinch and cause more problems than it cured, and the body suit that I wear is smooth and doesn’t hurt my skin. We can’t really Eliminate our bellies, because it is just those darned intestines refusing to stay in place inside our bodies when we sit up. But we can force them back inside. LOL Joan From: Larry Willis [mailto:lwillis82...@gmail.com <mailto:lwillis82...@gmail.com?> ] Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 7:01 AM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Quad Belly Same here, Greg. It makes me miserable and even hard to breathe. It feels like my food sticks where my gut folds. I hate it but don't know how to eliminate it, other than starvation. Larry Willis Retired and proud of it Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com From: greg <g...@eskimo.com> Date: April 5, 2015 at 11:09:34 PM EDT To: <quad-list@eskimo.com> Subject: [QUAD-L] Quad Belly After my stoma my quad belly went down a lot, but it sure came back. Bigger than ever. Even a binder does nothing for it. When laying on my back, my stomach looks pretty flat. But once I sit up... it just flop out. It actually gets uncomfortable. Exercising really does nothing for that area, since I have no muscle control there. I am trying to twist and do what bending forward that I can. Diet does not seem to help, the rest of my body it average. Greg
