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men and weeing.

28 replies

sircoughalot · 09/02/2009 19:36

as a pre-amble, when I need to wee, i go straight to the toilet and wee. If it's bedtime I tell my bladder i need to wee (even if i dont feel the urge) and hey presto, i wee. I can also hold my wee for quite a long time.

DH on the other hand mystifies me. He cannot hold himself, if he needs to go, he has to go immediately (it takes over all other rational thought) and although on those occasions he can wee with no hesitation, at nighttime, or other times when his bladder is not full, it takes him AGES to do a wee. literally 2-3 minutes before anything comes out.

we have always laughed about this, but now i'm beginning to wonder - is this a problem? it has gone on for a good few years iirc (i don't monitor, honestly!) but either i notice it more now (we have now got an ensuite) or its getting worse...

can anyone advise? DH will not go to the doctor to discuss it as he doesnt believe it to be a problem.

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christiana · 09/02/2009 19:40

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bodiddly · 09/02/2009 19:44

definitely get him to go to the doctor ... prostate problems are so common with men and the earlier they rule anything related out the better! My dp has just turned 40 and I want him to go and be checked out as a matter of course (am particularly nervous of it as my dsd has it).. am seriously contemplating just booking the appointment and not explaining why. Seriously, why is it that men have such issues when women have to go for smears regularly!

Fingers crossed it is nothing of the sort but I wouldn't ignore the symptoms ... has he always been the same or is this something that has come on over time?

muppetgirl · 09/02/2009 19:46

Good God this could be dh!!!

It's the same with him. I need to go NOW!!!!

I'll nag him to get himself checked out...

bodiddly · 09/02/2009 19:55

how old are your dh's?

muppetgirl · 09/02/2009 19:58

mine is 35

No joke this could have been written about him. I say I need the loo at the next available opportunity -dh? Oh no I need the loo and I need it NOW! He bounces his knee up and down, jigs about. He can't even say hello to me when coming in from work as he rushes to the loo. It's becoming a family joke.

bodiddly · 09/02/2009 20:00

has he always been like it muppetgirl?

muppetgirl · 09/02/2009 20:02

We've been together 6 years and I would say for about 4 yes.

He's like the 5 year olds I used to teach when he needs a wee!

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sircoughalot · 09/02/2009 20:03

muppetgirl, my dh does exactly the same!! rushes in from work and shouts hello from the loo. Its ridiculous!!

he is 32

i have just told him all of your replies and he said "any chance of getting it checked out at a home kit or anything so i'm not wasting my time" I reminded him that his prostrate was up his bum

he just looked at me and said "i'm definitely NOT going"

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muppetgirl · 09/02/2009 20:05

That's what I would get. 'I'm not taking time off work when I'm not ill' (And never does when he is, just waltzes around 'giving' it to people then announcing that he's not had a day off sick in years!!!!!)

bodiddly · 09/02/2009 20:07

I was just about to post "whatever you do don't tell them where their prostate is and how it gets checked out" ... they just won't go!

bodiddly · 09/02/2009 20:08

do either of them have to get up in the night to wee ... I know I do but fortunately I can rule out prostate problems! I just have a bladder the size of a pea.

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sircoughalot · 09/02/2009 20:13

its hard to tell, because we have a small person who doesn't sleep, so for the past few months (almost 18) we've both got up to see to her and got used to weeing in the night. However i think I did used to get annoyed with him for waking me in the night to wee. probably only once though (twice if we had a lie-in past say 7am) does that count?

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ohsnap · 09/02/2009 20:15

My Dad was just like this, he went through all the tests for prostate problems, turned out he has a 'nervous' bladder. He has some tablets and is now fine. Make the appointment for them and MAKE THEM GO.

muppetgirl · 09/02/2009 20:17

No mine doesn't get up in the night...

Though he does wee enough to sink the titanic when he does get up

bodiddly · 09/02/2009 20:19

I would definitely do as ohsnap says and make them go even if you have to resort to trickery. I wouldn't be above making out the appointment was for me or ds to get them there under false pretenses. Not sure it would go down well but you can't mess around with your health ... and if its something simple like a nervous bladder then thats briliant!

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sircoughalot · 09/02/2009 20:27

dh has just said (after much, much nagging) "i will not have someone shove their finger up MY arse for YOUR benefit. I will not speak to you for a week and you will have to pay me £100"

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bodiddly · 09/02/2009 20:33

pay him £100 and tell him to get on with it!

ABetaDad · 09/02/2009 20:34

sircoughalot

I have had mine done about once a year for the last ten years.

Its not that bad and REALLY REALLY NEEDS TO GET IT DONE.

Tell him that all that will happen is you lay on your side, tuck your knees to your chest, the doc snaps on a pair of rubber gloves, smears some KY on his finger, you breath in and in the finger goes.

After a bit of twisting and turning its done. Its uncomfortable, but a lot less painful than say a 'kick in the groin' or 'getting himself caught in his zip'.

bodiddly · 09/02/2009 20:34

you will have a peaceful week ...

bodiddly · 09/02/2009 20:35

tell him it is the least he can bloody well do when you have smear tests regularly which are a hell of a lot more invasive .. you have carried his children (assuming you have) and have given birth.

bodiddly · 09/02/2009 20:35

now if someone can just persuade my dp ... please!

muppetgirl · 09/02/2009 20:52

I might tell him that I won't give birth unless he gets checked out

Not going to work methinks!

bodiddly · 09/02/2009 20:54

guilt him into it muppetgirl

ilovetochat · 09/02/2009 20:57

my fol has just finished prostate cancer treatment, many sessions of radiotherapy and thankfully he is cured.
He had a blood test and it was a bit high and they asked him to go back in 6 months. he didn't. 1 year later he was up and down all night for wees so went back andprostate cancer was there and aggressive and had spread to surrounding tissue.
It is so important to get checked asap.

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sircoughalot · 09/02/2009 21:05

I'm so sorry ilovetochat the thing that annoys me is he KNOWS how serious cancer is. my dad had lung cancer recently and has to go for very regular check ups, and dh himself had a skin cancer lump removed last year.

Sadly DH seems to think that he and his bodily functions are normal. When i asked him why he couldn't wee on demand he believes he is normal and I am a wee nazi

I'm going to monitor his symptoms (wee checker) and tell him when/if it gets any worse.

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