← Return to Doh! Left a pad in my pants and it exploded in the washing machine

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I "literally" did that today. It wasn't a used pad...I throw those away wherever I made the change to a fresh one, but...I leave two Depends "Shields" in a pocket in my shorts. I occasionally - like today - do a load of laundry, overly confident that I have already emptied all of my unused Shields from my pockets. My washer is now caked with wet white pad material. It usually comes off the clothes in the dryer, but my washer is caked with it. I have to reach in and pinch out every little piece and wipe it all down after that to get the "micro-pieces." Just one more annoyance to this mess called "Life with Prostate Cancer."

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@rlpostrp Yeah, that's it in a nutshell....one more annoyance! Guess in the scheme of things...oh well.

Side note: The shop vac really did a great job of cleaning out the washing machine. I just have a giant one, which is overkill to haul in from the garage...but it did do the job.