Patience...with a Pee

Have you ever had to go to the bathroom so bad that you wouldn't even care if you wet yourself in the middle of Grand Central Station? When the nearest bathroom isn't near enough? Or your day is so crazy, you haven't scheduled time for a potty break? That's not a 'going' problem. That's an 'I've got to go, but see no toilet in sight' problem.

In the past couple weeks, I have run into that issue on various occasions. It's nothing a little pill can cure. They seem to be issues in which only less chaos or better planning can help.

A couple weeks ago, I went to the Emergency Room. After pumping me with fluids (and being there for HOURS), I really had to go. But, the nurse wanted to hook another bags of fluids up right away and I HAD to go. I told my husband and without blinking an eye, he carried me to the bathroom (read previous blod regarding freak numbness in my legs). The nurse was perplexed and we explained, when I gotta go...I gotta go.

Thankfully, we made it in time or the nurse would have been even more upset if she had to clean up the mess!

Last week at work, I was bombarded with calls. I had three phones ringing at once, email pinging every two seconds and I was literally on the phone for 8 hours straight. I could not get up from my chair, the phone was glued to my ear. When my co-workers were emailing, asking if I was okay, the only response I could give them was, "I...HAVE...TO...GO...PEE - 9-1-1 - Emergency!"

Everyone thought that was really funny. I did not. My bladder did not. I think I did unrepairable damage.

I am not an expert. I only know by experience. When you gotta go --- go! Don't turn a little tinkle into life's big wrinkle. You don't want to end up with a 'going' problem for the rest of your life.

If your day is crazy and you find yourself without a minute to spare - speak up! To avoid a ruptured bladder, I actually told my boss, who did not know that I hadn't peed in 7 hours that I would have to call her back because I had to pee like a Russian racehorse on steroids. (I didn't say it quite like that, but she got the gist).

Those extraneous circumstances and people that are preventing you from going to the bathroom like a normal person can wait. They need to learn some patience -- with a capital P!