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I posted this up above in the topic on England, but thought I would post here as well. I will be coming to Belfast and over to England in June-July 2018 (from the US) and will need to buy diapers (nappies) for my time in England. I should be able to carry enough to get me through the week conference in Belfast, but will need to pick up supplies when we get to England. We will be there for about 3 weeks. I use the tape on diapers (Tena Slip Maxi or Abena M4 and my wife likes the pull-ups). I would like to be able to go to a store and buy what I need, but have heard that incontinence supplies aren't that available in stores. Just wondering what stores you might suggest, if any. We will be coming to the Leeds or York area first. Thanks so much for the help!
Gary

It has been years, June of 2006 if you want to be exact, since I was in London, England. I could NOT NOT NOT (got it?) find adult diapers / pads call-them-what-you-will. My wife and I even went to a hospital, to the Emergency Room, and asked them about getting them. They, the hospital staff mind you, a Doctor in fact was one we spoke with, were of absoultely no help at all. We were stunned at this.

I have no idea of what you will find some twelve-years-later. For all I know, each and every single drug store in London is carrying them on their shelves. Maybe even showing them in their storefront windows as I have seen in Hong Kong, China.

Good luck. I hope you will keep-us-posted about what you find in-the-trenches over there.

Tewi,
Thanks for your comments. It has been almost that long since I was in England as well. I do now know that I should ask for adult nappies and that might help!

Just a short check-in Post here. I have fully recovered from my broken left hip (November 2016 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates) and my left kidney issue (possible tumor diagnosed in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in August of 2017).

So?

So this. I am now in Seoul, South Korea. I just (and I mean literally) flew in from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, to Seoul, South Korea. In a few days I head back to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and then up to Irkutsk, Southeastern Russian Siberia.

I will check out supply options for incontinent supplies here in Seoul on this, my first ever, visit to South Korea.


PS : A friend I visited here in Seoul had access to the local military base and I got the products I needed. BUT I myself could not go with him onto the base and so did not do a photo-shoot. Maybe next-time.

PPS : Next time has appeared.!!See my post published February 23, 2019.

Tewi

Its great to hear that you have recovered from your medical problems and are back enjoying your travels.


Schoppy

Hi, Tewi - It's good to hear from you. I'm happy to know that your medical issues have resolved.

W.

Ah yes. Life with a computer. And hitting the dreaded Ctrl Key by accident. I just lost a rather lengthy Post because I did just that. Instead of hitting the Shift Key I hit the Ctrl Key and, in a dreaded nano-second, lost the Post. Then I did not have the common sense to Hit Ctrl Z to instantly to get it back.

I am now back in Russian Siberia. I was last here in August of 2017 when I visited Ulan-Ude for 3-days and found, readily available, many absorbent incontinent products. I am now in Irkutsk, Siberia, just West of Lake Baikal a most famous lake, where I plan to visit for several months or longer. My wife may join me here later.

We have a word : Apothecary. This word has come to mean Pharmacy.

In Russian they have a word : А П Т Е К А . The Russian Cyrillic Alphabet Letter : П sounds out as out letter P.
So this Russian word А П Т Е К А sounds out as A P T E K A and I associate it with A P O T H E C A R Y.

This is where you need to go to find absorbent incontinent products. Find an А П Т Е К А.

Now, before I lose another Post and photos, I am going to publish this. Then, in my next Post, I will take you inside of a
Russian А П Т Е К А.

Hi, Tewi - Great photos. Thanks. Interesting how the graphic on the window depicts young, trendy women!

W.

In my previous Post above, I showed several exterior photos of two Russian Pharmacies ( А П Т Е К А ). In this Post (photographically) I will take you inside of them. At one time in my life, I used to have (call them) negative thoughts about these mega-sized International conglomerates. No longer. I am so happy to be able to find TENA products literally world-wide. Now inside we will go.

This will wrap-up my series of three Posts showing Russian Pharmacies (А П Т Е К А) and their selection of absorbent incontinent products here in Irkutsk, Russian Siberia. In this Post I will simply show some closeup photos of the TENA products that I have purchased here, along with the cost of them. I am so thankful for TENA to have a world-wide presence in 90 countries along with the availability of their first-class first-rate products. In the United States, I am pretty much an Abena customer making my purchases via Amazon. I also use Tranquility and Molicare products as well. These TENA products are absolutely as good as any I've ever used. I have to chuckle. Not having been outside the country for a prolonged stay (months / years) in a few years, I have not used any TENA products in awhile. Now TENA call (what I have always known as wrap-around-briefs) them TENA SLIP. I don't have a clue-in-a-carload why you would call wrap-around-briefs SLIP. Onward with a few photos.