Heather, I have been using the peerwick for a while. I just had a right heart catheterization yesterday and have been using it.
My results of the test showed that my heart and lung were in better shape now than they were in 2021
So the meds are doing their job!
My doctor is very happy,

Oh, Heather, I can relate! My first exposure to the "pee-wick" was last June when I was hospitalized and on bedrest for a few days. My introduction came with a male aid which of course was embarrassing right there and then to be told to "just let it go" went against all things we've come to believe!! 😂. After spending years as a nurse, trying to prevent or taking care of pt's with skin breakdown because of moisture in that area, I was obsessed with the possibility of leakage because I just couldn't see how it could not. Every time I peed I'd watch that stupid bottle to make sure it was doing the job it was supposed to do ( I guess that helped pass the time ☺️). I had a few bouts of leakage mostly because it wasn't positioned right, but all in all, it beat having to wait for someone to come and help me to the commode (exhausting) or to use the bedpan (worse) which also can "leak" or pulling on a catheter (ouch) which isn't too comfortable. Then I thought of all the wet beds I'd changed over the years and why didn't someone come up with this idea years ago. The one disadvantage I see is that it cuts down even more on patient to staff interaction. Well, that was lengthy, wasn't it? Sorry. Hope you are doing well.

Thank God for pure wick because my first hospital stay for PAH was when I was diagnosed I thought I had weird asthma or lingering covid but by the time I went to hospital I was franticly trying to find a way to not stay there I mean I didn't want to use bedpan but they had me on super high flow oxygen and I was still hypoxic for like the first weeks in they said we know u can use bathroom at home but right now ur so sick u have to be bed and bed pan and pure wick were only options and while I didn't eat for the first week nearly trying to avoid the bathroom at all cost the bromex injections twice daily for my fluid forced me to use pure wick and it was only way I wasn't completely feeling like crap and hopelessly ill tbh a catheter would have been hard no I would checked myself out before ever having my heart cath done and I would still probably be on verge of death from undiagnosed pah .. anyways I kinda made joke everyday that my physical therapist was my bm bff cause she could help me untangle the cords and haul my oxygen to bathroom so I could go number 2 like civilized human being ... I know for sure I wouldn't have stayed long enough to get better if I didn't have the option of pure wick

From a nurses perspective, we LOVE that device. It's so easy to use, and very comfortable for the patient (provided they are not confused and moving around too much). I have not personally had to use it myself, the times I've been admitted I wasn't required to stay in bed. Even my hip replacement they got me up right away to walk. It's interesting to consider it from a professional and personal perspective.

@A myPHteam Member Thank you Sir!

As a side note, I’ve been trying to post another Q&A thread about the second technology I was exposed to but this site won’t let me. I’ve been in touch with admin and they are trying to work out the glitch.

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