MAILORDER
CATALOG Part 5
AC
MEDICAL SUPPLIES Post
Office Box 29011,
Westmount Mall,
E-mail: acms@acmedi.com
Updated on February 20, 2010
OLGA VINYL OR RUBBER
PANTS:
These
are designed with a generous space for bulky
diapers and with a large crotch. They reach high on
the waist and can
be made either with a strong 1/3" (1cm) wide elastics or with a 3/4"
(2 cm) wide elastics at waist and legs. These are not
soft
lingerie elastics: they are strong
a stretchy to prevent leaks.
These Olga pants are well suited for those who use bulky diapers.
For photographs (Olga pants #460 and #463), please
click here:
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#463 Olga
Vinyl Pant
Made with wide
elastics (3/4", i.e.,
2cm) at waist and
legs.
Large space for bulky diapers, wide
crotch, and a high
waist.
These pants are made in a light blue, cherry red, or
pink, navy blue, yellow, or
in pearlised pink
vinyl, or in a clear vinyl
or
in amber or in shiny white, or in a plain
transparent extra soft vinyl, or in different
types of printed vinyl.
The
printed vinyl
is soft, very smooth, and thin and is available as
follows: 
. The
printed vinyl is soft, very smooth, and thin and is available in
several types:
polka dots +
animal figures on a pink background
(click here on the text to
see) or
polka dots + animal
figures on a blue background
click
here on the text to see, or
polka
dots + animal figures on a yellow background
click here on the text
to see, or
butterflies
in many colors, with
flowers, on a transparent background (click here on the text
to see) or
little
sleeping babies on a blue
background.
Some
more photographs of #463:
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SIZES: There is a limit on the hip size due to the
fact that the hips
must pass through the waist opening. However, once inside,
the actual
hip space is much larger, made for very bulky
diapers.
Small size for
waist 28"-34"
(72cm to 87cm), hips up to 41" (104cm).
Medium size for
waist 32"-48"(82cm to
122cm), hips up to 51" (132cm).
Large size for waist 36" to 54"(92cm to 138cm), hips
to
57" (144cm).
Extra-Large size for waist 44" to 65"(110cm to
162cm), hips to
68" (169cm).
Price: In
#460 Olga
Vinyl Pant
Large space for bulky diapers,
wide crotch, high waist, and made with a 1/3"
(1 cm) wide elastics at waist and legs.
These are strong and stretchy elastics. These pants are made
in a pink,
navy blue, yellow, or clear vinyl or in
different
types of printed vinyl (same
as for pant #463, see explanations for the pant #463).
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The following photograph compares the #460 Olga and the #240 Christie
pant (the
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SIZES: There is a limit on the hip size
due to the fact that the
hips must pass through the waist opening. However, once
inside, the
actual hip space is much larger, made for very bulky diapers.
Small size for
waist 28"-34"
(72cm to 87cm), hips up to 41" (104cm).
Medium size for
waist 32"-48"(82cm to
122cm), hips up to 51" (132cm).
Large size for waist 36" to 54"(92cm to 138cm), hips
to
57" (144cm).
Extra-Large size for waist 44" to 65"(110cm to
162cm), hips to
68" (169cm).
Price: In
#563 Olga
Rubber Pant
Large space for bulky diapers,
wide crotch, high waist, and made with
a 3/4" (2
cm) wide elastics at waist and legs. These pants
are made in a
pink, light blue-grey, medical green,
or white
rubber.
SIZES: There is a limit on the hip size
due to the fact that the
hips must pass through the waist opening. However, once
inside, the
actual hip space is much larger, made for very bulky diapers.
Small size for
waist 28"-34"
(72cm to 87cm), hips up to 41" (104cm).
Medium size for
waist 32"-48"(82cm to
122cm), hips up to 51" (132cm).
Large size for waist 36" to 54"(92cm to 138cm), hips
to
57" (144cm).
Extra-Large size cannot
be made in rubber, for technical
reasons, please do not request it.
Price: In
#560 Olga
Rubber Pant
Large space for bulky diapers,
wide crotch, high waist, and made with
a 3/4" (2
cm) wide elastics at waist and with a 1/3" (1 cm) wide elastics at legs.
These are strong and stretchy elastics. These pants are made
in a
pink, light blue-grey, medical green,
or white
rubber.
SIZES: There is a limit on the hip size
due to the fact that the
hips must pass through the waist opening. However, once
inside, the
actual hip space is much larger, made for very bulky diapers.
Small size for
waist 28"-34"
(72cm to 87cm), hips up to 41" (104cm).
Medium size for
waist 32"-48"(82cm to
122cm), hips up to 51" (132cm).
Large size for waist 36" to 54"(92cm to 138cm), hips
to
57" (144cm).
Extra-Large size cannot
be made in rubber, for technical
reasons, please do not request it.
Price: In
Speed of our
service:
Most of our garments are ready in stock (they do not need to be sewn
first) and
can usually be mailed out immediately
or only with very minor
delays: these are marked in our catalog in dark
blue color (i.e., the names and catalog numbers
of these garments
are in dark blue). Some other garments
may be associated with
delays: those with minor delays are marked in purple
color and those with
extensive delays (usually 1 to 8 weeks
or as indicated) are in
red color.
Those marked in red typically require more time-consuming sewing (or if
they
are not made by us, may require complicated restocking from a
contractor).
Immediate delivery is impossible. Many customers expect the
parcel to
arrive within a few days after they mail their payment,
however, the mail usually travels slowly. For
example, it normally
takes 5 to 15 days for us to receive your letter with your
payment (if
you mail your payment by slow mail) and once we dispatch your parcel,
the
postal service might still need 2 to 5 weeks (or, in extreme as long as
10
weeks) to deliver your parcel to your address. It is important to order
long
before you need the garments urgently.
ORDER
FORMS.
Please view and print out our order form sheet on your computer to list
the
garments you wish to purchase. Please click here to view the
order
form: Order Form
Sheet However, if you
decide to pay us with your
credit card (Visa, Master Card, etc.) using the PayPal
system, then you do not
need the order form.
Simply e-mail us the list of all items you wish to buy (please do not
forget to
list the item numbers, the chosen sizes for each of them, their colors,
quantities,
and your address), add up their price + parcel postage and then pay us
directly
on the
internet site of PayPal system .
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G R E
A T S A V I N G
S: Our
garments are economical.
Thousands of dollars can be saved per year if they are used with our
reusable
cotton cloth pads and our diapers (instead of disposable diaper pants).
They
are ecologically safer by preventing the growing mountains of
non-biodegradable
diapers in our North-American garbage disposal sites), see Canadian
Living
Magazine, February 1989, page 121, an article by Eng: "Cloth diapers
come
out on the top".
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NO
RETURNS OF GARMENTS: Once
purchased, the garments cannot be returned. We do not sell and could
not
re-sell garments "tried on" by a customer or handled by him or her in
unsupervised situations. We inspect the garments before mailing them.
However,
if you are dissatisfied, please let us know by mail or e-mail. Please
never
mail us any garments for any reason, without obtaining our prior
consent
first.
THE NAFC & THE SIMON
FOUNDATION: these are
non-profit charitable organisations
to provide valuable information for persons
who suffer from urinary incontinence. Address: The National Association
For
Continence
Post Office Box 1019, Charleston, SC 29402, Telephone (843) 377-0900,
Fax (843)
377-0905, and help line at:
1-800-BLADDER; 800-252-3337, and internet homepage at http://www.nafc.org .
The
NAFC publishes newsletters, sell books, videotapes, and
provide
confidential advice about new treatments or causes of incontinence.
This often
helps to restore normal bladder control. Contributions to NAFC are
tax-deductible in the
Simon Foundation also organizes self-help groups and also provides
valuable
information for incontinent persons. You too can join the Simon and
NAFC for a
low fee.
The address of the Simon Foundation is as follows: SIMON FOUNDATION,
Swiss Association for Bladder Weakness (Schweizerische Gesellschaft fuer Blasenschwaeche) is an assocation presided by leading Swiss urologists from the leading Swiss university hospitals. The following is an advertising. Although in German language, the video is self-explanatory. The German commentary only states (at the point in time where the actors are shown in diapers) that a large proportion of Swiss residents suffer from inkontinenz and that people should not hesitate to talk to their physician about it or contact the Swiss Association for Bladder Weakness, see the video:
PROSTATE DISEASE? Contact theHealthopedia
on cerebral palsy:
an encyclopedic explanation of cerebral palsy (a physical disability
that can
be associated with urinary incontinence), in a descriptive
style: http://www.healthopedia.com/cerebral-palsy/
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INSURANCE
REIMBURSEMENTS: Many of our
clients have obtained their expenses with us paid by their health
insurance. If
your insurance covers the incontinence care garments, we would issue
you a
receipt, on your request).
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NEEDS
OF DISABLED PERSONS:
Medical textbooks for nurses specialized in incontinence management
have often pointed
out that each incontinent person has his or her very particular needs,
depending on the individual life style, the person's professional,
occupational, school, or leisure activities, and the particular
personal
disabilities. While some persons are very concerned with skin comfort,
many
teenagers might ask for short but waterproof garments inconspicuous
under short
summer clothing. Many adults are concerned about the aesthetic
appearance of
the hygienic garments for reasons related to their close relationships.
Only
few drugstores, pharmacies, or surgical supply stores in
OUR PICTURES ARE NOT FOR ENTERTAINMENT: If you seek
pictures of
garments in similar materials for fashion wear or visual entertainment
rather
than medical clothing for the disabled and chronically ill, we cannot
help
you. While there are other companies, specialized in
entertainment, and
internet sites that display related garments for entertainment, we do not provide
entertainment as our goal is to
serve the disabled and sick.
Our photographs were generously provided by talented artists, as an
altruistic
gift to the disabled and chronically ill people. However.
the same as famous actors
play different roles in
different movies, or the same as famous fashion models may display
clothing
from different manufacturers, you may encounter the same models seen on
our
photographs on some other internet pages of non-medical nature to which
our
company is clearly not related. Briefly, please
bear in mind that
our company deals with medical items for disabled persons only and has
no staff
time left for unrelated correspondence.
Please also note that most of the fashion models decline when
approached to
wear incontinence garments for medical photographs. They
almost all
decline as incontinence remains a major taboo in our society.
We all
should applaud the personal courage and charitable attitude of the
benevolent
ladies that kindly provided these artistic pictures to help the
disabled.
Please pray for their good health,
and personal
well-being as well as for the well-being of their families.
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Questions? Save time: inquire
by e-mail
(click here): acms@acmedi.com
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Please report defective links to us at: acms@acmedi.com
Incontinence
themes in
contemporary movies (
The movie director M. Bryson is
presently preparing a very
important movie about childhood incontinence and of
its emotional
aftermath. A short preview version of his
movie, in the form of a
brief trial with the actors, labelled
as "Redemption", was posted by the author for public viewing at the
internet site of VEOH in 2008. His movie script has
created various comments that are also displayed on that
website, including comments from former bedwetters.
Bryson's movie is important as it depicts the socio-psychological
trauma usually associated with incontinence in
later childhood.
As most of our customers know, the trauma related to incontinence in
childhood
years often involves teasing by peers or siblings, the hidden but
nagging
feeling of shame and self-doubt, as well as the scolding or punishments
by
parents who assume that bedwetting is a willful or careless act: as
they do not
show a sufficient compassion, their attitude usually leads to a gradual
emotional estrangement of the child. The buildup of the child's related
unresolved anger or bitterness may eventually take on a destructive
turn.
In Bryson's movie, a suddenly widowed single mother unleashes her
bitterness at
her bedwetting daughter. Not knowing how to help her daughter
in a
constructive manner, she resorts to verbal abuse and physical violence
in the
hope of stopping the child's nighttime incontincence.
As her daughter continues bedwetting, the mother forces her to wear the
diapers
during the day (when it is not necessary), in the hope that the
humiliation
would stop the bedwetting, and she also adds a pacifier.
She eventually orders the girl to wear diapers inside of the house,
without a
skirt, to be visible to anybody, with a pacifier in her mouth, and she
forces
the girl in this attire in the yard. The punishment only generates the
child's
hatred of her mother.
The movie shows emotional suffering so common to many children in our
society. As an expert attorney
pointed out
from the forensic-legal perspective, much of physical abuse of children
in our
modern society is still within the context of a misguided
parent's
attempt at "disciplining" a bedwetting child. Even in a
complete absence of parental physical abuse, the experience may still
be
socially very traumatic and result in longstanding emotional wounds.
Clinical psychology teaches us that similar traumatic events are often
subsequently replayed in nightmares during the sleep, in intrusive
involuntary
daydreams or thoughts during the waking state, and these may continue
the
entire life time, if no treatment follows. Sigmund Freud and many of
his
successors viewed these repetitive replays of the traumatic events as
compulsive attempts (a "repetition compulsion") at mastering the
underlying original emotional stress or at healing the related
emotional
wounds. Some of psychoanalytic experts may predict that many
of the
former victims of the trauma, now adults,
might
feel strangely tempted or compelled to wear diapers during their adult
years,
at least at times, even if this is no longer physically necessary (the
bedwetting
often stops after hormonal changes associated with puberty, even though
it may
often resume later on, with aging, often reappearing as soon as in late
20s or
30s).
There can be also paralel
explanations for this same
medical phenomenon (obsession with diapers) from clinical psychologists
trained
in behavior therapy,
however, these are more complex
and less easy to explain in a sufficiently concise style.
Briefly, Michael Bryson's wonderful artistic talent
provide
and cinematographic skills provide us with an opportunity to
contemplate on
hidden aspects of emotional life of the victims of urinary incontinence
and
also on its long term consequences. Bryson's artistic work may educate
the
public about the socio-psychological trauma potentially associated with
urinary
incontinence.
Some movie clips displayed on the internet seem to be made by
cinematographic artists who are well aware of the emotional damage done
by teasing, and
by verbal or physical abuse, to the self-image of the incontinent child
or
to adult who suffered or still suffers from urinary
incontinence. Some
of these movies show that wearing diapers does not make a person look
ugly
and that, in fact, the person may look quite likeable, e.g.,
the brief movie
clip "Diaper
girl Shawna" that was also posted in the past on the VEOH
website. This
short movie (Diaper girl Shawna) definitely boosts the self-esteem of
disabled persons,
those with urinary incontinence, those who need to wear diapers all the
time,
nonstop.
Most of them struggle with
depressive or suicidal thoughts (at least episodically), feel ugly or
socially
vulnerable, and are indeed mocked at, too often. This movie is made by
a team
of true artists as evidenced by their excellent camera work, excellent
acting,
and overall composition of each individual picture (the difficult art
of
cinematography), and the pervasive sense of harmony. It shows that
disabled
persons may be attractive in diapers, that they have a right to desire
to be
wanted and loved (by those who do not hate diapers), and that their
life is not
over when the bladder control is lost. This movie clip may give hope to
millions of people around the world, those who suffer from chronic
urinary incontinence.
From the spiritual
point of view, the work of this
artistic team is very beneficial and constructively contributes to
emotional
healing.
However, certainly not
all movies with
diapered scenes may have a similar impact. Some naively indulge in
making fun
of those in diapers or are otherwise not concerned with the emotional
suffering
of those afflicted with incontinence.
A recent
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Incontinence
themes in
contemporary TV shows (
The recent
television show "Soul Food"
includes, in the episode #21 and #22, scenes of the wife having to wear
diapers
due to a bladder problem (to see, click here: soul1
and soul2
) and her discussions of
the diapers with her husband. The actual movie
clip, was in the
past posted on the internet on several
sites.
The producers of this TV show
(Soul Food) have posted have very brief
descriptions of the show (all existing episodes) at:
http://epguides.com/SoulFood/
It is a relief to see that the movie director has included the scene in
which the female actor temporarily suffers from urinary incontinence,
has to wear diapers (and it is also associated with emotional
problems in her marriage). Very few movies ever include scenes with
people in diapers, even though at least 50 % of adult women experience
urinary incontinence before the age of 50, according to the survey
research published in medical
literature. It is nice to see, in this movie clip, that the
actress is very attractive and that the diapers do not reduce her
personal charm.
Hopefully more movies would include similar scenes because these mass
media could re-educate the
mainstream public to be more socially tolerant (and emotionally
supportive) to
those in diapers. It is noteworthy that black
Americans
have made this
important pioneering step for the rights of disabled persons.
If you
want to view a brief
movie clip from Soul Food, please click here: http://www.acmedi.com/acms/Soul
Food.html
Diaper wearing surgeons in Grey's Anatomy TV show: one of the most recent episodes (Grey's Anatomy, Season 6, episode 7) of this medical show can teach us that, in the real world, surgeries lasting more than 10 hours require certain personal & social adaptations, as medical doctors may resort to wearing diapers to avoid unnecessary interruptions of a time-consuming difficult surgery. Above all, the film deals with the surgeons' struggle to overcome an initial sense of social embarrassment, and with their responses to teasing, among other issues, for example, see the brief video clip:
The full set of Grey's Anatomy videos will be available in some public libraries and also from vendors such as the Amazons Bookstore, see:http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=grey%27s+anatomy+&x=12&y=20
Incontinence themes in contemporary books:
Very few writers had the courage to describe their own struggle with urinary incontinence. A rare exception to this trend is Ms. Constance Briscoe, a prominent British barrister (lawyer), who also works as a judge in the UK. Her autobiographical novel "Ugly" describes her difficult childhood in London (UK), growing up with nocturnal enuresis, and with a mother who hated her and physically abused her and also with an abusive stepfather. Some of her abuse was related to her urinary incontinence that lasted until her early teens. The same as many parents in the past (and some parents even at present), her mother assumed that Constance wet her bed on purpose, to annoy the parent: she was punishing Constance in various angry and often very painful ways (beating, verbal abuse, food deprivation, making her to wear again the wet clothing the next day, or making her to sleep on the floor, etc.). The bedwetting did not stop. Attempts to treat her with the alarm system (an electrical mattress that triggers a sound alarm when wet) also failed to help to stop her nocturnal enuresis. She was repeatedly told by her mother in a rather cruel manner that she was ugly, even though other relatives did not share this opinion. Furthermore, it is obvious from her appearances on British public TV (and also from her childhood photographs) that she is a beautiful lady, see e.g. an interview with her on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZFFVEfJTp0&feature=player_embedded#
In her book, she describes how frightened she was when she had to sleep over in another house, in another person's bed (for fear of wetting their bed) and her fear that her classmates in the school would find out about her bedwetting, etc. She also describes her suicide attempt at a early age by drinking bleach,
It is a well written psychological document of what many of our customers had to live through. We recommend this book, it is available in many countries via mail through the Amazon Bookstore or other bookstores on the internet, seach for Constance Briscoe's book, Ugly, published in 2006.
INCONTINENCE AND FINE ARTS very few people truly enjoy the arts, to the extent of frequently vising museums of modern art. If you do not frequently visit museums of modern art, you would not enjoy visiting our display of related art photography and, furthermore, we ask you not to visit it: art re incontinence
MEMORY
LANE:
if you are looking for some items no
longer in our catalogs, please visit our memory lane. That
page lists
items (with photographs) that we no longer have: memory
lane.
For example, the Olga diapers #840X, #841X, and #888X, Carol diaper
#806, and
also some rubber and vinyl pants from many years ago.
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DISPOSABLE
DIAPER PANTS? Are
they safer than reusable diaper pants? Researchers found several types
of
bacteria in disposable incontinence pads and underpads
(see Journal of Hospital Infections, 1988, Vol.12, page 125-129). Our
plastic
pants and reusable cotton cloth pads give you more control over the
possibility
of infections. Disposable diapers may also contain traces of
carcinogenic
chemicals (dioxine) or
dangerous levels of bleach:
they feel hot and itchy on the skin.
DISPOSABLE
DIAPERS
If you wish to buy disposable diapers, please ask elsewhere: we
apologize but
we have none.
INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS: Many of our clients have obtained their expenses with us paid by their health insurance. If your insurance covers the incontinence care garments, we would issue you a receipt, on your request).
OUR MAILORDER
CATALOGS, PART 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6.
Please click here
to proceed to them:
Part 1 Vinyl
pants, usually no
delays
Part 2
Cotton diapers, Beta
vinyl pants, rubber sheets, vinyl sheets
Part 3 Susan
and Christy pants
(vinyl or rubber)
Part 4
Bloomers and Hygienic
Belts (vinyl or rubber)
Part 6
Liquidation pages: they lists
discontinued garments, now sold here at a very low price.
Or, back to our
homepage: homepage
E-BAY: E-Bay
is an excellent institution that
makes it possible for people to trade various goods directly.
However, we have never sold on E-Bay.
We do not have any
control over merchants who sell their goods there. These are
independent
merchants. For this reason, if you purchase your incontinence underwear
on
E-Bay, do not approach us to complain about the quality. In
one rather
rare case, defective pants sold in our internet liquidation sales at
the retail
price of only $ 2 (described by us clearly
as
"flawed," made by a careless contractor with "poor crafsmanship", and as likely to
open up in their
"poorly welded seams," have re-appeared on E-Bay as
brand
name pants at a high price, presented as "AC Medical" pants,
with our name implying a good and flawless quality. You can
avoid similar
pitfalls by reading the feedback left by other customers, for the E-Bay
vendor.
It appears that E-Bay has a feedback mechanism that allows you to examine the
business history of each particular
vendor (customer feedback): this information may help you to
proceed more
safely with your purchase. Furthermore, at least one of these
re-sellers
has his own excellent web site/mailorder
catalog. Some disabled customers may be unable to
find reusable
adult size plastic pants anywhere else, they are happy to buy them on
E-Bay,
and give the reseller high ratings.