Lee, it's difficult to handle ANY kind of pot (chamber or commode) when
it's a mom or dad. Much easier if it's your spouse. I hated having to clean
my mom's commode even if it was only urine. I'd put about 3 inches of Lysol
in the bottom of it because I couldn't stand the smell, let alone the sight
of the waste. Now that it's my husband, it doesn't bother me at all. We have
his commode within his reach by his side of the bed (he can't walk; have to
keep it close). I remind him that I'll clean it up in the morning. But
before we go to sleep, I have to remember to lift the lid or I may have to
mop the floor in the middle of the night!
 Keep the pot. It's easier for everyone.
 Good luck.
 Mary K
 > she's got her own old chamber pot - highly doubt she'd accept anything
else
 > at this point... the big issue isn't so much her using it, but rather
that
 > she - in her effort to be independent, and to keep me from ~knowing~
that
 > she's quit "trying" the disposables I bought for her -- is emptying it
all
 > by herself.....  most recently, in the kitchen sink  - which did contain
a
 > few dishes, silverware, etc, and the dishcloth at the time..... prior to
 > that, she's dumped it in the bathroom sink.... and got it all over the
 > counter where my toothbrush, etc USED to be (we now have an up and out
of
 > splash range shelf for such things)
 >
 > I made a bit of a fuss about the kitchen sink thing - I REALLY can't
cope
 > with that.... and she agreed to not do it again .... but she'll forget
 >
 > Wonder how many times she's done that when I wasn't looking  : (
*GAG*
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 > "Robert E. Lewis" <rlewis@brazosport.cc.tx.us> wrote in message
 > news:mNIAc.4$mG2.247@newshog.newsread.com...
 > >
 > > "Howard Goldstein" <hgoldste@mpcs.com> wrote in message
 > > news:1087487502.18301@news.queue.to...
 > > > On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:25:53 GMT, Lee
<sleeplessinwherever@hotmail.com>
 > > wrote:
 > > >  :  anyone had a LO that still uses/used one?
 > > >
 > > > Oh yeah.  The med supply place calls what we use a 'commode,' just a
 > > > toilet seat on a tubular frame with nice grips and a frame to hang a
 > > > bucket to catch the winnings.  It's fancier than what I think of as
a
 > > > chamber pot (Dickens and olde England and heavy nasty pots to pour
 > > > out of the bedroom window in the morning)
 > > >
 > > >  :  We are having ~issues~ around this -  but I'm leery about
 > > ~disappearing~ it
 > > >  :  in case it leads to even worse messes
 > > >
 > > > Is having the stuff in the bucket instead of on the AD person easier
 > > > for everyone?  If so then you may have most of what you need to feel
 > > > better about having the thing around at least for such time as your
LO
 > > > is blessedly continent.
 > > >
 > >
 > > We had one of these (still have it, packed away in the garage, in case
 > it's
 > > needed again), from the time my father was released from the hospital
 > after
 > > a serious illness about four years ago.  The version we had included a
 > > bucket, but it also had a plastic tube, like the bucket but without a
 > > bottom, that allowed us to place it over the toilet, where it was
easier
 > for
 > > Dad to use because it was higher and had the tubular aluminum
had-grips.
 > >
 > > I wonder if you might be able to acclimate your LO to it not as a
chamber
 > > pot, but first as a safety feature with the existing toilet - use it
over
 > > the toilet for a while, and then move it into the bedroom or wherever
as a
 > > 'convenience' for the person once they're used to it. Dad didn't mind
 > using
 > > it as an adjunct to the toilet, but I think he'd have had *issues*
with it
 > > as something I had to empty for him.
 > >
 > > (My grandparents kept a cleaned-out gallon paint can under their bed
for
 > > nighttime calls of nature.)
 > >
 > > --
 > >
 > > Robert
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