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Fear/anxiety about using bathroom Return to previous page 10/19/2019 861 Views 2 Answers Last Activity: 1 month ago, IOG Tags: anxiety bathroom breathlessness Question: 0 SherryG 7 months ago I Care Report Comment Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Answers: Edit Remove Accept Unaccept Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Save Cancel Fear/anxiety about using bathroom SherryG 7 months ago Add an Answer Answers Answer View More Save Cancel Tags: Subscribe: Subscribe: Your question has been submitted and is awaiting moderation. It is low-quality It is spam It does not belong here Other (enter below) Thank you for reporting this content, moderators have been notified of your submission. Close Anonymous Unfriend Friend Requested Friend Load More Close Destination Page Area Group Destination Content Title Title Article Type Copy comments Hello there, My mom is currently in hospital with severe COPD and is nearing end of life. She is currently wearing a diaper because she can no longer get up to go to the bathroom. The problem is, whenever we try to move her to change her diaper and to clean her, she ends up completely out of breath and it takes her a good 20 minutes to recover. It’s getting so bad that she’s now suffering fear/anxiety and is holding her urine/stool so she doesn’t have to endure the breathing episodes. Has anyone else dealt with this? Can anyone offer any tips on how we might change her diaper without causing her to become out of breath? Currently we roll her to one side... someone cleans her and quickly replaces the diaper
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