[ClaraTaylor]

Bit of an odd one here, and I'm tired so good luck on this making sense....

Whenever I have a little drinkie poos of the alcoholic variety I find that I am having to pee almost every 15 minutes (when it is at it's worse) and it feels like a full bladder each time (don't have to cath right now so haven't got a measuring jug handy, most of my issue is not being able to tell I need to pee until I suddenly double up in spasm. All I can say is that I stop counting at 30!). This lasts for the rest of the evening and gets worse the more I drink.

But for it to start all I need to do is (slight melodrama here) inhale the mere scent of alcohol (okay - half a pint). Do my kidneys go into hyper drive? Is that even possible? I had a pint of cider (and it was lovely) around 21:00 - I've had to go and pee four times now. Where is all this liquid coming from?? No wonder people have dehydration related hang overs if this is normal.

But if I go out and drink soft drinks (i.e. they don't go around in safety helmets and steel capped boots) I can often go an evening (or at least several hours) without feeling the need to pee at all.

I only went half an hour ago and my stomach is already starting to feel full -insert sad face here- My friends are used to me constantly having to find the lavatory when we're out, but they think me insane[r than normal] when I barely have time to wear a bum print into the pub chair before I'm off on my travels again.

So what's going on here?

[greybeard]

You're not alone, kid.

Beer has always done that to me. If I can hold off the first pee for a while, it's not so bad, but after that first one, I'm back out to the little boys' room every couple of mouthfuls for the rest of the night.

The solution? Dunno!

[pyranha banana]

ClaraTaylor, on May 23 2009, 11:10 PM, said:

Bit of an odd one here, and I'm tired so good luck on this making sense....

Whenever I have a little drinkie poos of the alcoholic variety I find that I am having to pee almost every 15 minutes (when it is at it's worse) and it feels like a full bladder each time (don't have to cath right now so haven't got a measuring jug handy, most of my issue is not being able to tell I need to pee until I suddenly double up in spasm. All I can say is that I stop counting at 30!). This lasts for the rest of the evening and gets worse the more I drink.

But for it to start all I need to do is (slight melodrama here) inhale the mere scent of alcohol (okay - half a pint). Do my kidneys go into hyper drive? Is that even possible? I had a pint of cider (and it was lovely) around 21:00 - I've had to go and pee four times now. Where is all this liquid coming from?? No wonder people have dehydration related hang overs if this is normal.

But if I go out and drink soft drinks (i.e. they don't go around in safety helmets and steel capped boots) I can often go an evening (or at least several hours) without feeling the need to pee at all.

I only went half an hour ago and my stomach is already starting to feel full -insert sad face here- My friends are used to me constantly having to find the lavatory when we're out, but they think me insane[r than normal] when I barely have time to wear a bum print into the pub chair before I'm off on my travels again.

So what's going on here?

[pyranha banana]

ClaraTaylor, on May 23 2009, 11:10 PM, said:

Bit of an odd one here, and I'm tired so good luck on this making sense....

Whenever I have a little drinkie poos of the alcoholic variety I find that I am having to pee almost every 15 minutes (when it is at it's worse) and it feels like a full bladder each time (don't have to cath right now so haven't got a measuring jug handy, most of my issue is not being able to tell I need to pee until I suddenly double up in spasm. All I can say is that I stop counting at 30!). This lasts for the rest of the evening and gets worse the more I drink.

But for it to start all I need to do is (slight melodrama here) inhale the mere scent of alcohol (okay - half a pint). Do my kidneys go into hyper drive? Is that even possible? I had a pint of cider (and it was lovely) around 21:00 - I've had to go and pee four times now. Where is all this liquid coming from?? No wonder people have dehydration related hang overs if this is normal.

But if I go out and drink soft drinks (i.e. they don't go around in safety helmets and steel capped boots) I can often go an evening (or at least several hours) without feeling the need to pee at all.

I only went half an hour ago and my stomach is already starting to feel full -insert sad face here- My friends are used to me constantly having to find the lavatory when we're out, but they think me insane[r than normal] when I barely have time to wear a bum print into the pub chair before I'm off on my travels again.

So what's going on here?

Its a lady thing, see we get the first round in and half an hour later its your turn but your inferior female genes kick in and say whoa "the purse is more important than the penis" thus resulting in the bladder voiding and the purse accumulating the coin.

[ClaraTaylor]

greybeard, on May 23 2009, 11:32 PM, said:

You're not alone, kid.

Beer has always done that to me. If I can hold off the first pee for a while, it's not so bad, but after that first one, I'm back out to the little boys' room every couple of mouthfuls for the rest of the night.

The solution? Dunno!

Coo. Maybe it's just one of those things - before my injury the only alcoholic drinks I'd ever had was a glass and a sip of champagne... but with two years between the glass [family wedding - and by gosh it tasted awful! But nanny enjoyed it, I had to fireman lift her home] and the sip [we toasted the success of a race car i.e. it hadn't obliterated itself on the track, but I struck lucky by getting the bosses wife to just "hold my glass while I adjust... - insert random technical jargon here- before I forget" and never saw the glass again] perhaps I hadn't quite hit the triggering level.

You know, now I think about it my pre modification life was pretty dull, no drink, no boyfriends [or girlfriends], no sex, no rock and or roll, no drugs ... it feels almost like I wasted 19 years of my life!!

It's too early for this kind of thinking. -curls back up under Thomas the Tank Engine bed sheets -

[ClaraTaylor]

pyranha banana, on May 23 2009, 11:44 PM, said:

Its a lady thing, see we get the first round in and half an hour later its your turn but your inferior female genes kick in and say whoa "the purse is more important than the penis" thus resulting in the bladder voiding and the purse accumulating the coin.

Hmm... my genes must be all wrong! Or is it that I'm the well paid one and all of my friends are students and thus lacking in money? The trouble I find is that when "making a polite excuse to go off on my travels" I usually end up getting the next round in my way back. It proves an expensive night - and not just on hand cleaner.

Money more important than the penis? Is this really true? But I was brought up to believe that as a good house wife nothing should be more important than your husband and any desires he might have

[pyranha banana]

ClaraTaylor, on May 24 2009, 08:05 AM, said:

pyranha banana, on May 23 2009, 11:44 PM, said:

Its a lady thing, see we get the first round in and half an hour later its your turn but your inferior female genes kick in and say whoa "the purse is more important than the penis" thus resulting in the bladder voiding and the purse accumulating the coin.

Hmm... my genes must be all wrong! Or is it that I'm the well paid one and all of my friends are students and thus lacking in money? The trouble I find is that when "making a polite excuse to go off on my travels" I usually end up getting the next round in my way back. It proves an expensive night - and not just on hand cleaner.

Money more important than the penis? Is this really true? But I was brought up to believe that as a good house wife nothing should be more important than your husband and any desires he might have

Am i dreaming, affluent woman, sense of humour, likes a drink and fixes motors, all my camper van problems could be over lol.

[Quad65]

Alcohol is a dehydrator. Plus, if you have a mixed drink and the mixer contains caffeine, that is an additional dehydrator. Whiskey or rum and Coke? Twice the dehydration punch. Sugary drinks tend to give you a hang-over, too. Alcohol and the sugar messes with your blood sugar in general. Shoots it way up and then you crash. Eat some protein with your drinks, it will help level things out.

I like my Jose Cuervo Gold neat with a cold water back. I always pound the water with my drinks. It cycles the alcohol through quicker and minimizes dehydration and virtually eliminates a hang-over.

[Hikkakaru]

ClaraTaylor, on May 23 2009, 02:10 PM, said:

Bit of an odd one here, and I'm tired so good luck on this making sense....

Whenever I have a little drinkie poos of the alcoholic variety I find that I am having to pee almost every 15 minutes (when it is at it's worse) and it feels like a full bladder each time (don't have to cath right now so haven't got a measuring jug handy, most of my issue is not being able to tell I need to pee until I suddenly double up in spasm. All I can say is that I stop counting at 30!). This lasts for the rest of the evening and gets worse the more I drink.

But for it to start all I need to do is (slight melodrama here) inhale the mere scent of alcohol (okay - half a pint). Do my kidneys go into hyper drive? Is that even possible? I had a pint of cider (and it was lovely) around 21:00 - I've had to go and pee four times now. Where is all this liquid coming from?? No wonder people have dehydration related hang overs if this is normal.

But if I go out and drink soft drinks (i.e. they don't go around in safety helmets and steel capped boots) I can often go an evening (or at least several hours) without feeling the need to pee at all.

I only went half an hour ago and my stomach is already starting to feel full -insert sad face here- My friends are used to me constantly having to find the lavatory when we're out, but they think me insane[r than normal] when I barely have time to wear a bum print into the pub chair before I'm off on my travels again.

So what's going on here?

Alcohol is a diuretic(it helps the body get rid of any water). It's totally normal and happens to everyone injured or not.

[ClaraTaylor]

pyranha banana, on May 24 2009, 10:04 AM, said:

Am i dreaming, affluent woman, sense of humour, likes a drink and fixes motors, all my camper van problems could be over lol.

Depends on the type of camper motor is it! I do have some standards you know!

Just got back from a long weekend playing with steam rollers. I don't want to see another spanner for at least three hours!

Hikkakaru, on May 25 2009, 02:29 PM, said:

Alcohol is a diuretic(it helps the body get rid of any water). It's totally normal and happens to everyone injured or not.

Cool. Thanks for explaining it to me!

Now all I need do is work out why my friends has such HUGE bladders!

[Hikkakaru]

ClaraTaylor, on May 26 2009, 09:32 AM, said:

pyranha banana, on May 24 2009, 10:04 AM, said:

Am i dreaming, affluent woman, sense of humour, likes a drink and fixes motors, all my camper van problems could be over lol.

Depends on the type of camper motor is it! I do have some standards you know!

Just got back from a long weekend playing with steam rollers. I don't want to see another spanner for at least three hours!

Hikkakaru, on May 25 2009, 02:29 PM, said:

Alcohol is a diuretic(it helps the body get rid of any water). It's totally normal and happens to everyone injured or not.

Cool. Thanks for explaining it to me!

Now all I need do is work out why my friends has such HUGE bladders!

Well, Able-Bodied people typically feel the urge to urinate around 300-350ML, a lot of the time people with Spinal Cord Injuries are actually encouraged in rehab to void sooner than that. With prolonged voiding at lower levels than your able-bodied friends, your bladder will actually start to shrink. There isn't any bad physical side effects to it, but it perhaps can lend an idea as to why your friends' seem to have bigger bladders, they actually might!

-Sam