Since I am sort of responsible for getting this forum started I guess I should be one of the first to post something. First off a forum exclusively for and about cloth diapers will (or should) end the rivalry between those who wear cloth diapers and those that wear disposable diapers. There is no need to push one over the other because here we all use cloth diapers. Some all the time some just at night and some a mix of the two. Cloth diapers, as we all know, are different in many ways. People use them for many reasons. Some because it is environmentally better, some for the comfort of cotton and the absorbency that disposable diapers can never match with layering them. There is no need to diss on disposables they are not a part of this forum. Also, we each choose our own way of dealing with a common condition/problem. We have chosen cloth diapers and plastic pants for our own reasons and hopefully we can talk about why as well as the uniqueness that cloth diapers and plastic pants presents. I have been incontinent for 12 years. A direct result of surgery for prostate cancer, caused by Agent Orange. Maybe unique to me here is the fact that I knew 4 months ahead of time that I would face incontinence and having to wear diapers. I was told it would last, most likely, 3-6 months, possibly a year. It was mentioned that it could last longer (10% will face it for life.) Lucky me! Three weeks after being diagnosed with cancer I had a heart attack (also Agent Orange) - the war that keeps on killing. That pushed off the cancer surgery for 3 more months. I had a lot of time to research diapers, I was actually more concerned about the impotence than the incontinence. I was 56 at the time and a widower of 5 years with a new woman in my life. I once thought nothing could be worse than Vietnam but I was VERY wrong. Watching the girl you loved so very much, the mother of your two sons, struggle with life and death for two years and then die as you held her hand, made Vietnam seem like a birthday party. I will go into my choice of diaper in another post and let others write for now. Schoppy - Thank you for listening and I hope this will be a big success. I feel better already that we have this forum. Papa
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