The bladder is empty

All of my problems are solved: I have learnt how to empty my bladder.

Confused? This is the last? Of a series of pissing posts.

The bladder is a balloon. It fills with urine then empties the urine... by collapsing,squeezing out all of the liquid.

Except that my bladder fails to completely collapse.

I pee, feel that i have finished, yet the bladder is still half full. This causes all sorts of problems. The obvious one is, the need to pee again. Far too soon.

The solution is, empty the blasted bladder.

A standard suggestion is, "double-void. That is, pee and then, immediately, pee again.

Ha. It didn't work the first time, why should it work this time.

Here is the correct answer:

Squeeze your bladder till all the urine is squeezed out.

You can't just reach in and squeeze, so:

I squeeze by pressing my gut onto the bladder location. I'm guessing it's lower centre in the abdominal area.

So...

I bend forward at the waist. Feel the rest of my gut squashing, pressing down.

I do this sitting, standing, over and over,

. Add some knee lifts. Lifting the bladder into the gut, same squeeze effect.

Lift bum up, away, off toilet seat. Rotate hips a bit...

Variety... all trying to push the bladder towards flat.

All a bit random, I have only a vague idea where the bladder is...

Walk up and down, knee lifts, bending... etc.

Keep going until... I finally have the urge to pee. Sit, pee, perhaps repeat.

For how long? Until pee happens.

When I started, it all added five or ten minutes to a middle of the night trip to the toilet. Sheesh. But this second flow, sometimes not much -- is proof that bending/squashing... is better than letting it stay in.

It does seem to get easier, not sure why.

Once, I did a room circuit with zimmer. Just walking, slightly hunched over the frame -- is enough to getting more pee flowing. This time, anyway.

Is my bladder now empty? I have no idea, I don't have the nurses magic scanner.

How long do I keep trying? Until pee happens. Sometimes, a minute or two, sometimes more or less.

Time to pee seems to be reducing.

Perhaps my bladder is compressing back towards youth. Perhaps my bending is better, better targeted. perhaps I take just as long at the post-pee squeeze. I don't know... I don't care!

My peeing is now under control :-)

What I do know is -- I can go back to bed and sleep, without the sudden urge to pee again, i can sleep for more of the night.

Even better: very similar approach -- and desperate daytime peeing is under control.

An entire morning shopping, drinking, driving -- with no need at all... to search for a toilet,

Bliss, relief :-)

And yes, kidneys are still working! As well as ever. Without the desperation of the past.

half blind. half deaf. dying of cancer.
so what?
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Dr Nick Lethbridge
Consulting Dexitroboper