bowel program and camping/traveling

[metronycguy]

[QUOTE=newbee;1070500]. He said he just sat on the "growler" and watched the sun come up in all his[QUOTE]
i believe the correct technical term is GROOVER, we must keep the language correci in important nouns like this.

[betheny]

Somewhere I saw, no joke, a toilet seat that fits over your trailer hitch on your vehicle! Just back up into the bushes, I guess.

Most halfway civilized campsites in the U.S. have decent facilities. Rough camping would take a lot of prep.

At T4, you'll be sitting up to do bowel care, I think

[goldnucs]

Originally Posted by Charlie67

I'm another happy user of the nuprodx shower/commode chair. Yes, its expensive, but it packs up great and has made travel a lot better for me. I'm a T6 para

Nothing wrong with the shower chairs from Nuprodx. The comparable Go-Anywhere Chairs from GO! Mobility (www.GoesAnywhere.com), however, are lighter, require no tools to assemble and, in the case of the tub-slider model, cost less than half of Nuprodx. No re-stocking fee, either, if you try one out and it doesn't do it for you.

[goldnucs]

Originally Posted by betheny

Somewhere I saw, no joke, a toilet seat that fits over your trailer hitch on your vehicle! Just back up into the bushes, I guess.

Most halfway civilized campsites in the U.S. have decent facilities. Rough camping would take a lot of prep.

At T4, you'll be sitting up to do bowel care, I think

Here's the ultimate solution (to which Bethany was referring): http://www.bumperdumper.com/

[goldnucs]

Here's the demo of the Bumper Dumper in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9pgSH3Zybs

[metronycguy]

[QUOTE=metronycguy;1071476][QUOTE=newbee;1070500]. He said he just sat on the "growler" and watched the sun come up in all his

i believe the correct technical term is GROOVER, we must keep the language correci in important nouns like this.

,
inwas hoping to find a quick easy picture,
but alas the digital cameras werent around then.
this is the best i could do.
the originail rafting troilet was a ammo box.
you sat on it, and thst is how the groover got its name,
the imprint of the 50 cal box into your butt cheeks.
As time went on they started packing seats to go over the box.
many of these area had carry out human waste ,way beofre anywhere else. The ammo boxes were watertight, and by pooping in plastic bags, they could stack the poop bags from the evening in the ammo cans.
maybe i coulld see if "hot for words" has covered this .

[ButterflyMom]

to gurly2356, pretty cool idea using a board to slide on. I had started learning how to cath from my chair and was even able to get my pants up and down on my chair. Was pretty proud of myself! Then my body spasms kicked in making it extremely difficult. even on baclephen in was taking me about 45minutes to an hour just to tinkle in the toilet. Then my bladder spasms started. i couldnt lift myself to put a pad under my already soiled self; and my bladder spasms sometimes liked to kick in when i finally got in the position to cath. Pee'n all over myself and my chair just ISN'T an option.
From the toilet is where i cant pull up my trousers. Still wondering how you manage a straight-on toilet transfer and the dynamics of how you do your bowel program. Especially wondering how you balance yourself.
So many different ways: just need help visualizing what youns are all doing to see if maybe it might work (or not) for me.
Gurly2356, Hope your having a great time camping.
All youns sound like a great bunch to camp with
Rebecca

[ButterflyMom]

Well,,, I think i might be gettn somewhere: I tried the bowel program as KLD suggested by leaning on my wheelchair (but still sitting from the shower/toilet chair). that didnt work because i was reaching over the curve of my back and the angle for digital stim just wasnt right, I couldnt feel my sphincter muscles to tell what they where doing and felt like i was stressing my sensitive insides (and got yucky messy). I found that scooting Way forward on the chair and using the hand rail to pull me upward instead of forward helped arch my back in an easier posture to reach and also do dig.stim. without stressing my inards. Still adapting on trial and errors but alot less mess. I then had to firgue how to get this posture with just my wheelchair since i know there will be times when there will be no hand rails available (especially with camping). I couldn't get the right posture with my chair facing me, so i turned it arount backwards. Using the back and the handle bars, I was able to balance myself and raise up my upper body to gain access. The hard part was reaching the brakes to set them(VERY IMPORTANT!). I was so proud of myself this morning! I know, Silly, sound like a two year old who discovered how to go poo in the toilet for the first time! Just amazes me what i can accomplish with the Right motivation. Youns All gave me that, just by being able to talk about it ( and really silly crude videos, a crude version of RedGreen Showg. gross but gotta laugh). Thank You. I do have one question though: Because I Have to sit so far forward on the toilet chair, I am concerned about tipping. I looked at the travel chairs mentioned and i like them, but their frame is simple and doesnt have the wheels in front that give that extra balance for leaning forward. Before i buy one of those expsive toilet chairs, has anyone had any trouble with tipping or have tips on how to stabilize the chair??
Thanx bunches, Rebecca

[bob clark]

HERE'S a commode/shower chair that should work pretty well for you.

There's another model at SpinLife that costs about half as much but it doesn't come with 20" tires. Only 24". I think the 20" tires give ya extra room "under there". This model comes Rigid & Folding.

ALL the commode/shower chairs at SpinLife

Bob.

[goldnucs]

Originally Posted by bob clark

HERE'S a commode/shower chair that should work pretty well for you.

There's another model at SpinLife that costs about half as much but it doesn't come with 20" tires. Only 24". I think the 20" tires give ya extra room "under there". This model comes Rigid & Folding.

ALL the commode/shower chairs at SpinLife

Bob.

Not to knock the competition (too much anyway), read the review that someone has posted at http://www.spinlife.com/Activeaid-Re...roductID=70997.

My main concern after looking at this would be safety. It looks like the chair I bought years ago which I would not get into a second time. That's the one I cut-up in order to try to make safe but couldn't so here I am today at GO! Mobility. Doesn't even look like the front casters can lock and there's an upgrade to get it in stainless steel.

Second, it looks miserably uncomfortable. It's not adjustable at all and they don't even show the carrying case.