I could really do without taking a piss every god damn couple of hours

[graywarrior]

Seriously. Once a week would suit me just fine. This twice nightly trek to the bathroom is a pain in the ass.

[Auggie]

1. LOL

because I never thought I could relate -- until recently.

[graywarrior]

2. No one gives a shit that I'm gonna yank my bladder out.

[Moondog]

3. You

sound like a guy with prostate issues. And since I know you're not a guy, I guess I'd say WTF? Been to see your quack? Oh, excuse me, your doc?

[graywarrior]

4. You mean qwaak, dontcha?

I do have prostrate issues. I want to lie flat in bed all night without having to get up to take a leak.

[Moondog]

6. Of course I did.

I am digitally challenged. I should not be allowed to attempt typing.

And prostate, prostrate, what's a letter or two between friends?

[graywarrior]

9. That's what I say!

You rule, Moondog!

[Moondog]

10. Thankyouverymuch.

You do too, Gray.

[Bunny]

5. I'm an occasional sufferer of NTB* myself and yes, it's a real pain in the ass.

I can relate. x(




*Nocturnal Tiny Bladder

[graywarrior]

8. And who wants to hold it just to "train" the bladder to get bigger?

Not me. I swear, I have christened every public bathroom in New England ! ! !

[Roon]

62. I know where every public restroom is in downtown Denver.

I can relate.

[GoCubsGo]

26. Me, too. It's why...

...I lay off drinking anything a couple of hours before I go to bed.

[madinmaryland]

7. Heh! The DUCK is getting revenge!!

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

12. I'd love to hear your rationale about that, you weirdo.

[gratuitous]

20. Beat me to the punch

And rationales? We don't need no steenkin' rationales! We are banditos who are on a mission to

FREE THE DUCK!

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

11. I swear to God

you oughta be thanking god almighty in heaven you ain't wearing Depends gray. How shitty would that be (no pun intended) going to school with big old diapers showing through your fucking pants?

[graywarrior]

13. I hang a tin can between my thighs to catch anything that might leak

That's why I stand in all my classes.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

14. I hope you wear skirts

Or your classmates and teachers may have some funny thoughts about you and the load you're carrying in your pants.:rofl:

[graywarrior]

16. They already have funny thoughts about me regardless.

[greenbriar]

15. I can relate...went to bed at 10 pm up at 1:30 and again about 4

and my alarm clock rings at 5:30


seriously, there ought to be a turn off valve or something

[graywarrior]

17. Once I wake up at 1:30, I'm screwn for the rest of the night

I've been awake since 3:30 this morning. Couldn't take a nap all day and now I'm off to work. Think I'll sleep tonight? No.

[rug]

18. I once pulled over on the Gowanus Parkway and filled a 24 oz coffee cup under the Brooklyn Promenade

I know exactly how big my bladder is.

[LeftyFingerPop]

19. I do the coffee cup thing quite frequently...

I even had to do it at a REST STOP once because I had to go so bad, I could not walk the 300 feet to the mensroom.

[rug]

22. I was stuck in traffic once and couldn't even pull over.

Screw synchronized swimming. Mobile coffee cup urination requires better timing. It should be an Olympic sport.

[LeftyFingerPop]

23. My worst spot, RT 80 westbound coming into Jersey off the GWB...

Narrow shoulder, just enough room to pull over on the left...Semi's coming by so fast and close that the truck would sway about 6 inches each side.

[rug]

24. Hell yeah! And if you're not careful you'll end up on the Palisades saying "Bear Mountain? WTF!"

[graywarrior]

37. ROFL!

[liberaltrucker]

21. WTF are you bitching about?

Drink a few brewskies. You'll pee every 5 minutes.

:beer:

If it's as pain in the ass, you're doing it wrong.

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

38. Fuck that, I used to just pee in my pants when I drank brewskies

[LostInAnomie]

25. I'm surprised no one has locked this thread yet.

God knows, every time I post a thread that even hints of a bodily function some anal-retentive mod locks it immediately.

Peeing all the time does suck though.

[graywarrior]

39. They're all in the bathroom peeing every 3 minutes.

[trof]

27. Well, sweets...Welcome to the FNUC*.

*Frequent Nocturnal Urination Club.
It's one of those little side 'benefits' that comes with (shudder) AGE.
The Eff Nuck.

Half the time I'm able to accomplish a nighttime visit to the Porcelain Idol in a state of semi consciousness.
Never fully awake, I ease back into sleep.

The other half I lie awake and...THINK.
About death and dieing.
Me.
Rational conclusion: I won't remember it so I can't be sad about it.
Like turning off a light switch.
On.
Off.

Irrational conclusion: I've never done it before and it *can* terrify me if I think about it too much.
So I think about my grandkids.

Or...I really need to put a couple of cleats on the dock so my friends can easily tie up.
I bought the cleats last week. Do I have any stainless steel screws?
I think so.
Galvanized will corrode in a couple of years.

Maybe we should put indoor-outdoor carpet in the utility room. Be a lot easier on the feet.

It's 3:45.
I am NOT getting up yet.
I KNOW I can make it at least until 4:30.
Maybe I'll shoot for 5.
I'll just relax.

Do I need to charge the batteries for the drill?
Better do that before I tackle the dock cleats.

And on...and on...and on.

Bother.
:-(

[graywarrior]

41. OMG, I do the same....THINK.

Last night I was doing my MAC Design homework in my head and it was wrong...WRONG. I kept playing it over and over in my head. Usually my favorite lay awake obsession is wondering about the new lump I thought I felt on my neck, or my are or leg. I frantically search for it but never find it again, except in my imagination.

I despise getting old. Aging is not for wimps.

[BrklynLiberal]

55. You got that right......

[graywarrior]

64. Whoa

[BrklynLiberal]

54. So glad to know that I am not alone during those middle of the night conversations with the universe

;-)

[madamesilverspurs]

28. Only two trips a night?

Damn, I'm jealous!

-------

[graywarrior]

42. That's on a good night.

Mostly it's three to six times. Fucking exhausting.

[spinbaby]

29. I'm hoping my problem will be better soon

Hired a doctor to strangle the cantaloupe-sized fibroid sitting on my bladder. It's shrinking now, but not fast enough for me.

[graywarrior]

43. Hired a doctor.

That's a good way of putting it.

[rcrush]

30. Thats better than NOT being able to pee isnt it?

I would imagine that would be much worse.

[graywarrior]

47. I know someone that happened to

She got rushed to the hospital.

[Bucky]

31. Imagine how bad it would smell if you peed that often while duct taped to a wall.

I haven't forgiven Qaddafi for Lockerbie and I haven't forgiven you for torturing that poor fowl.

[graywarrior]

44. That elephant don't look too happy.

[MrMickeysMom]

32. one word, graywarrior-

Kegel!

http://www.dothekegel.com/habit/index.html

[Lindsey]

33. AMEN. I'm a female and I get sick of it too, n/t

[graywarrior]

45. My favorite word in mixed company.

[Generic Brad]

34. Twice? That's all?

Grow a prostrate and then we'll talk.

[Throd]

35. No shit, I must pee 20 times a day.

[Generic Brad]

36. TMI

:spray:

[Captain Hilts]

40. We humans have to do this FAAAR too often. I agree. nt

[graywarrior]

46. It always reminds me of the part in the story of Lestat when he becomes human

for a while and is upset that he has to go to the bathroom.

[grasswire]

49. had yer blood sugar checked lately?

Just askin.

[graywarrior]

50. Yes

It's good. I'm just full of piss and vinegar.

[ashling]

48. Twice a night? How'd you get off so easy?

More like every 20 minutes here in "Don't take Flomax if you are going to have eye surgery" land.

I've had 7 eye surgeries in the last couple of years. That amounts to nearly eleventy brazillion trips to the bathroom!

:no pity:

BTW, how often does the duck get to go?

[graywarrior]

51. I should thank my lucky stars, huh?

Duck icons do not pee.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

52. My dear gray!

That just sucks!

I haven't had that problem....yet.:scared:

But sometimes my shoulders hurt and I have trouble sleeping comfortably...

No rest for the wicked, huh?

I'm sorry...

:hug:

[BrklynLiberal]

53. I hear you , sister!!!!

[nolabear]

56. Sorry Baby; it's a womanly woman thang.

Something about hitting menopause...it's hard to appreciate the bizarro world of changing hormones until you get there, isn't it? Dunno if this is TMI or you experience the same thing, but one of the joys of nighttime hot flashes is that sometimes the muscles tense up...all of them, iykwim. Others, all perfectly normal, are itching, a sense of impending doom, and wanting to kill the guy snoring peacefully next to you.

If you get enough practice you can learn to pee without waking up, but be REALLY careful.

[graywarrior]

58. Yes!

Been there.

[sarge43]

66. Thanks heaps for the memories, nolabear.

A friend called it going through puberty back wards.

[Kat45]

57. Tell me about it.

Once I hit "a certain age".....up and down all night long. Sucks. Especially in the winter when it's freezing in the house.

[graywarrior]

59. And it doesn't matter if you stop drinking fluids at 10 am

It seems to make it worse.

[raccoon]

60. Welcome to the club. But be glad you can go...a relative had bladder surgery

last spring, and for months she had to self-catheter to be able to go.

[Roon]

61. Welcome to my hell

I have to stop drinking liquids a good 6 hours before bed if I want to go all night without having to get up to pee.Sometimes that is just impossible,so I put up with it.

Before I got put on medication, I would get up to pee and not be able to fall back asleep again. That really sucked!!

[woofless]

63. I resemble them remarks.

[Blue Diadem]

65. I hear ya. Mine is much better since I began the meds earlier this month to

shrink things down. Next week everything gets removed so there will be no more 19-20 week pre-cancerous uterus pushing on things.

The first night I slept through the entire night I woke up so surprised that a bladder could hold that much. :wow:

[old mark]

67. Get a prostate - you'd be up every 3 hours at least.

Consider yourself lucky in this respect.


one who knows

[mopinko]

68. get a sleep study.

many people think that it is the bladder that is keeping them up. but actually, if you have apnea or something like it, you will continue to make urine as tho you were awake, instead of concentrating it like you are asleep. it is the awakeness that is causing the trouble, not the bladder.

[graywarrior]

69. Oh god, now I'll lay awake obsessing over apnea.

[sylvi]

70. Indwelling Foley catheter

Hey, just tryin' to help.:evilgrin:

[Brigid]

71. Not a good idea.

Do that long enough and you're virtually guaranteed a UTI, and that's worse.