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  1. Lessons from a Cat: Maintain Your Independence When You Are Incontinent

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    We’re going to talk about a cat.

    Not just any cat, but the feline that inspired David Dosa’s book “Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat.”

    Oscar lives in a hospice home keeping company those who are near the end of their lives and the family that they leave behind. He has an unfailing ability to know who will be the next patient to pass, and he spends his time in that patient’s room keeping them company until that day arrives. Dr. Dosa, the doctor who runs the hospice and wrote the book, wanted to understand how Oscar impacted surviving family members, so he visits with them to learn what they thought of Oscar’s presence.

    The book is eye opening. Its unfettered stories show how family members deal with their aging parents losing memory, losing control of their bodily functions and losing their independence. Young families who have aging baby boomer parents must read this book.

    At GaryWear, we don’t have a cat like Oscar, but we hear stories about aging seniors and their caring family members. Many of the customers we help aren’t thinking about hospice yet, but seek solutions to help them maintain their active lives. But, just like the book shares, possibly the hardest part of learning to live with incontinence is acknowledging your loss of independence. And for the caring family members, it’s watching your loved one grow old. That’s one of the biggest revelations that Dr. Dosa exposes—families hold onto the image of their loved one at the peak of his/her health, often refusing to accept the frail reality of aging.

    Because so many of our customers experience incontinence while living active lives, we’re happy to offer a washable incontinence pant that gives an extra layer of protection. Our ActiveBrief has a slim fit with numerous benefits, and we believe that this leak-proof cover for disposable diapers gives its wearer confidence to attack the day. It becomes clear in this book that maintaining one’s independence is one of the most important aspects of life, and we think our incontinence pants help our customers do just that.

    Certainly, very little in this world can help us prepare for the tough reality of watching our loved ones grow old. Though, we recommend reading “Making Rounds with Oscar” to gain a deeper understanding of those relationships and to learn a bit about the companionship of a cat, even if his name isn’t Oscar.

  2. New Year’s Resolutions: Take Life by the Horns

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    Do you know your 2013 resolutions? We think this year should be about taking life back—let’s grab it by the horns and have the ride of our lives.

    For all of our friends of GaryWear and our growing customer base who struggle with incontinence issues on a daily basis, we recommend this set of New Year’s Resolutions for 2013. We want this year to be free from economy woes, embarrassing leaks and fears of new things. We want this to be the year that we take life back.

    • Spend More Time With Family – It’s said all too often: life is short. This New Year let’s resolve to spend one less hour at work, one less hour in front of the TV and one less hour on Facebook, and invest all of that time chatting with our children, playing with our parents and brunching with our brothers.
    • Spoil Ourselves – It seems simple, but this New Year lets resolve to invest a few extra dollars in quality products that will help us live active lives without the worries of embarrassing bladder leaks. The economy struggles, the housing market stagnates and the job market looks bleak. But in 2013, we’ll spoil ourselves with a few pairs of GaryWear Active Brief incontinence pants to give us the security to leave home, go out after work and play at the park a little longer. Because we deserve it.
    • Try One New Thing – That’s it: in 2013, we resolve to try one new thing. The adventure terrifies us but also makes us feel alive. We can do it. With the love of our family on our side and the security from a reliable diaper cover, we will break out of our regular routine and test drive a new car, fly somewhere we’ve never been, rent a bike to ride a new path, or buy that fancy dress we’ve always wanted to wear. This is the year to add spice to life and do one thing that we have always dreamed about.

    What resolutions are you making?

  3. It’s the Holidays: Treat Yourself to Quality Incontinence Solutions

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    The holidays are about spending time with others and seeing their eyes light up when they open the perfect gift. We love the sparkling holidays lights and the spiked eggnog, too. And, we also believe that this is the time of year to treat ourselves to a little something special.

    This holiday season, treat yourself to a little extra protection from diaper leaks and give yourself a little extra discreetness when managing your incontinence solutions.

    We’ve talked about our Active Brief incontinence pant for men and women and how it eases travel stress, improves quality of life at work and home and gives comfort overnight. Why wait any longer to treat yourself to a few pairs so that you can experience these joys throughout the year?

    You can always buy multiple pairs of your favorite color or get one of each. We have white, blush, latte, gray, navy and black. Each of these incontinence pants has a slim fit, tight elastic around the legs and breathable and durable fabric. This holiday treat to yourself will give you a dependable layer of protection that helps hold your pad or diaper in place to ensure you can beat the long holiday trips and spend more time with your family.

  4. Get GaryWear Active Briefs Through Online Retailers

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    Get GaryWear Active Briefs Through Online Retailers

    For more than 20 years, we’ve have designed and manufactured high-quality incontinence wear and related incontinence products for customers around the world. In this time, we’ve relied on our distributor partners to sell our products and connect our customers to high-quality incontinence solutions.

    Why do we mention this to you? Our customers sometimes ask us why we don’t sell direct. We’re a family-owned business with a long history of innovation, and we manufacture our products in our facility based in San Diego. We value our relationships in this industry, and a large part of our success has come from our knowledgeable distributor partners across the U.S.

    Our distributors offer one-stop centers for all of your incontinence needs. They carry our pull up incontinence pants and many also sell our washable diapers as well. But in addition to GaryWear Active Brief, these retailers also offer a variety of other products to help you manage incontinence.

    For example, check out our friends at AdultClothDiaper.com. They built their entire business on the concept that obtaining quality and reusable products to help manage incontinence should be easy and hassle free. They have committed themselves to selling economic and durable products with a nod to environmentally sustainable multiple-use products. They instantly liked our Active Brief pull up incontinence pant because it fits into their business model.

    AdultClothDiaper.com is a great example of a partner distributor that provides easy access and one-stop shopping experiences to make buying incontinence solutions easy for our customers.

    We also know that many of our distributors landed into this business because they also have bladder-control challenges. This means they know firsthand the struggles that our costumers face and also the solutions that can help. We believe they know and understand the difference in our quality waterproof incontinence pants from the other, cheaper brands that don’t demand the best results from their products. We know this because we ask our retailers for feedback.

    Many of our distributors also have practical advice on the types and combination of products that can help their customers effectively manage incontinence. We think this is a valuable part of the purchasing decision. They have time-tested knowledge, which is priceless.

    Thinking about buying your next pair of pull up incontinence pants? Go right ahead—find your favorite local retailer on GaryWear’s website.

  5. Overactive Bladder Impacts 20 Million Women in the U.S.

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    Overactive Bladder Impacts 20 Million Women in the U.S.

    Are you one of them? If so, according to the PFD Alliance, there’s an 80 percent chance that you will never seek treatment. In its article on overactive bladder in women, the PFD Alliance says that most women will try to manage their condition on their own through coping strategies such as wearing pantiliners and dark clothing, toilet mapping and avoiding social activities.

    The organization says that the long-term impacts of these individual coping strategies may lead to a decline in quality of life, lost productivity and increased psychological distress.

    Overactive bladder is often described as an uncontrollable urge to go to the bathroom with additional symptoms such as an involuntary loss of urine, a frequent need to urinate (as much as 8 times or more a day) and waking during the night to urinate. If this sounds like you, treatment may help. The news article recommends working with an urogynecologist and having a more knowledgeable conversation with your doctor.

    At GaryWear, we meet all types of people dealing with varying levels of bladder control, or lack of control. Our customers range from those experiencing uncontrollable bladder releases for the first time to those who have dealt with it for a lifetime. We also meet young adults seeking solutions for their senior parents.

    Everyday we see the quality of life impacts and psychological distress that incontinence causes men and women. That’s why we are determined to offer solutions to help our customers gain independence from incontinence. We created the GaryWear Active Brief, an incontinence pant to give customers more confidence in their absorbent product so they can continue living an active life.

    If you are one of those 20 million women in the U.S. suffering from overactive bladder, please read up on the issue and seek the appropriate medical care. As the PFD Alliance says, get the help you need to “Break Free Today.” Should your condition continue to decline or should you need a little extra protection for long holiday trips or throughout the night, contact us. We’re here to keep you active.

  6. Gary Active Brief Deconstructed: Slim Fit

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    When we first tested our Gary Active Brief in user groups, we learned that the slim fit of our incontinence pants mattered for men and women both. Perhaps it goes without stating, but when an active adult manages his incontinence, he wants discreet products that fit under his regular clothes. No one wants to wear a bulky incontinence diaper that bulges under his clothes. Today, we will deconstruct the slim design of the Gary Active Brief and closely the benefits.

    Fits Under Regular Clothes

    This attention to a slim-fit design in our adult diaper cover means that men and women can wear the Gary Active Brief incontinence pant over their diaper for extra confidence. And not get noticed or notice it. The slim fit of our incontinence pants means that our customers can continue to wear their favorite pair of jeans because the Gary Active Brief fits comfortably underneath.

    Less Fabric Means Less Rustling

    But sometimes, it’s the noise of bulky incontinence products that make our customers feel noticeable. That’s another benefit of the slim design of our incontinence pants. Men and women tell us that they feel the Gary Active Brief is more discreet because it has less fabric rustling. It’s simple math, really—the less fabric you have to manage, the less noise our Gary Active Brief makes.

    Fits Like a Second Skin

    Our user groups also told us that many adults dealing with incontinence feel frustrated when their absorbent guards, pantiliner, pad or diaper move out of place, which causes leaks. That’s why our test group loved the slim fit of our Gary Active Brief. It fits like a second skin to hold your absorbent in place, but it allows enough room for your diaper to grow and expand with moisture.

    Higher Cut For Added Protection at Night

    We manage all of this without sacrificing the higher cut in the back. Our customers appreciate the extra protection against moisture that can pool in the lower back region, especially over night.

    What do you think are the benefits of the slim fit?

  7. Giving Thanks for an Active Life with Incontinence

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    We’re seeing this trend hit Facebook where our friends count down things they are thankful for this November. Things like, “I’m thankful for the air we breathe” and “I’m thankful for my job.” We like this idea of focusing on the happy and the positive. Though we hear from our customers on a regular basis, and we know that life throws challenging curve balls that make it hard to appreciate what we have. In honor of our customers who battle incontinence—men and women, older and younger—we share these reasons that we give thanks this holiday season.

    At GaryWear, we’re thankful for products, like incontinence pants for men and women—that make life easier. We’ve ordered every incontinence product on the market to review their strength, longevity, durability and comfort. We know that many companies market ineffective products that offer little protection to individuals who need peace of mind to live their lives. But we’ve also seen the quality diapers and incontinence pants that our customers can depend on to capture full bladder releases and to protect its wearer throughout the night. We give thanks that research and development has led to these superior products that promise and deliver security.

    We also give thanks to our users who spend countless hours testing and reviewing our incontinence pants. Men and women who didn’t choose to loose control of their bladder, but who give their time to support our development of better products to help customers just like them across the nation. We’ve heard private details about embarrassing airport security checks and devastating accidents during the night, but all in the hopes that we can continue to bring to the market the best products to help adults effectively manage their incontinence. It’s the transparency and honesty of our customers that drive our innovation and push us to say, “What now?”

    We’re also thankful for our friends and family. GaryWear is a family-owned business that manufactures its products in the U.S.A. We take great pride in supporting our community. We take great pride in working as a family. It’s this unique perspective and organizational nimbleness that encourages and allows us to listen to our users and perfect our incontinence pants for men and women.

    You tell us, for what are you thankful this holiday season?

  8. Gary’s Guide: Three Tips to Managing Incontinence During Your Holiday Travels

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    The holiday travel woes—you can count on it like clockwork. Every year at this time massive media coverage overtakes our airwaves counting delayed flights due to devastating storms and sad stories of families sleeping in airports. The reports can make the healthiest globetrotter give second thought to air travel during the holiday season. Can you imagine the additional worries of traveling while dealing with incontinence?

    If you can, you’re not alone. An estimated 13 million adults suffer from some form of incontinence, and we bet a good amount of those adults will be traveling this holiday season to spend time with their loved ones, eat a first (and second) turkey dinner and maybe watch some football.

    To navigate longer security lines and outlast flight delays, we offer these three travel tips to our customers who have incontinence to give you comfort and control of your travels.

    • Beat the Body Scanners

    Skip the massive diaper. Men and women tell us that the sensitive airport body scanners will notice heavy diapers, which often results in the traveler getting escorted to a secondary search. It’s humiliating to have to explain this to your travel buddy, let alone a complete stranger in the pat down area. Don’t get noticed by taking your trip through security in a pair of our underwear with an absorbent guard, pantiliner, or pad. This is much more discreet, and just enough to protect you through the security line. Once you successfully proceed through security, then find the nearest bathroom to prepare for the flight by changing back into your normal diaper underneath our GaryWear Active Briefs.

    • Prep for the long haul

    Possibly the longest part of your journey, the actual airplane portion has a lot of unknowns. You could be stuck at the gate for delayed flights or maybe in the plane on the tarmac waiting for takeoff. No one wants to gamble with light or faulty products that may not handle a full bladder release or protect against leaking solids. That’s why we recommend wearing a diaper made for heavy incontinence with our pants. Men and women can get extra security with their disposable diaper by layering a GaryWear Active Brief over it. Our customers tell us that the leak-resistant fabric and strong elastic bands have given them the protection they need to outlast long flights and unexpected travel delays.

    • Carry Extra Protection

    The worst possible scenario is that you beat the body scanners, outlast the long flight and arrive to find that your luggage didn’t make the connection. But don’t worry—we already thought about that for you. Carry a discreet travel bag complete with an extra diaper and a GaryWear Active Brief that you can rely on until you track down your luggage or make it to the nearest store to get supplies. The best benefit of the Gary travel bag is that you can pack your soiled diaper in it until you can find proper receptacles for disposal.

    Are you a holiday travel titan who also suffers from incontinence? Please share with our readers your tips to help them tackle the holiday travel.

  9. Fabric Incontinence Underwear Is Finally Available In Different Colors!

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    At GaryWear, we know it might not be your first choice to buy incontinence underwear. But we want to give you some choices in this matter, so we have provided a fabric color palette ranging from blush to latte.

    Of course we offer the standard black and white, but we have six fabric color options for you, including gray and navy. Our incontinence briefs are slim and non-bulky and look like standard underwear, even as they work to keep you dry.

    We sent some samples of our fabric incontinence underwear out for consumer testing last year as we worked on developing our line of Active Briefs. Here is a quote from one of the testers of our fabric incontinence underwear:

    “This last sample was so good I couldn’t believe it. They made some major changes and even sent mine in a dark blue color which was really great. Wearing it over my diapers I have gotten much more sleep and less concern about leaks when I am out/work all day.”

    His comment was online at www.mdjunction.com They offer a Urinary Incontinence Support Group, and are, “a community of patients, family members, and friends dedicated to dealing with Urinary Incontinence, together.”

    What do you think about the color selection of our GaryWear fabric incontinence underwear?

  10. Getting The Right Fit for Incontinence Pants In Extra Large.

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    How do you know if you need to buy your incontinence pants extra large, or any other size for that matter?

    Sizing incontinence pants can be a challenge at first, but once you take the time to get the measurements right, you will realize how worthwhile the upfront effort was!

    Every package of our Active Briefs features instructions on how to get the right fit, along with a sizing chart. It makes all the difference for leak protection, not to mention comfort.

    The most important measurement for incontinence pants, whether you purchase extra large or extra small, is the thigh. To get the right fit, measure while standing. You must measure around the fullest part of the top thigh. Be sure to keep the measuring tape straight and parallel to the floor. Then take your waist measurement, around your natural waistline, (that’s the smallest part of your waist). Next, get your hip measurement by standing, (feet together) and measuring around the fullest part while again keeping the measuring tape straight and parallel to the floor.

    Take those three numbers (thigh, waist, and hips) and look at the size chart on our Active Brief package. Our incontinence pants are extra large to extra small – we have a range of eleven sizes available, from 5XL to 3XS. We have already taken into account that there’s an absorbent product underneath the Active Brief, thus you can just select your size.

    If you are between sizes, you will want to choose the smaller size to assure the best leak control

    Whether you need to buy incontinence pants extra large or extra small, get the right fit for the security you can depend on.