sargeant wrote:Today decided a same route only this time I that is ME got halfway up and i am breaking my neck for a dribble i was about to utter when self preservation stopped me god i thought just how many times will she say som nam nah before we got home
Stoopid pride made me hang on to my urine until i got home it was a close call
Sarge, I know that I've told this story in a few places, but I don't remember if I told it on the forum. If my experience is anything to go by, you need to be very careful.
A couple of weeks ago I was having an operation on my leg. My anaesthetic was only local, but I was tied to the operating table (crucifix style), and there was a saline drip going into me. Following an operation the previous week we discovered that a saline drip makes me pee a lot.
So I'm laying there with a big screen between me and whatever it is they are doing to my leg. Vital signs monitor one side of my head, and a nubile young anaesthetist the other side. We were having a sort of conversation with her trying to keep me calm. The duration of the operation was 1 hour and 30 minutes.
About 45 minutes into the op, I get the first indication that I needed a pee. Now that is a feeling that doesn't just go away. The more I needed to go, the more my blood pressure went up. The anaesthetist is telling me to keep calm, and I eventually told her that it was because I needed a pee. Each time that band tightened on my arm the higher the reading came back. Eventually, the alarm bells sounded (literally). I was expecting them to start jumping up and down on my chest, or get the electric paddles out. My companion is talking quite frantically with the doctor, and she says about 5 minutes more - then she disappeared. A couple of minutes later, she says, "When I say yes, you pee." You have to remember that I was tied to the table, and couldn't help myself. She got busy with a bottle.
She eventually said yes, and I let fly in full view of the anaesthetist, the surgeon and 5 theatre nurses. Within 3 tightenings of the blood pressure sleeve, my blood pressure had returned to normal.
Now, I don't know if my raised blood pressure was a natural reaction to badly needing a pee. However, I personally will not be holding on any longer that necessary in future - it was quite scary.
I would recommend the next time you're trying to avoid a barrage of som nam nah on the journey home, you reflect back on the above.
i realised what was going down
