Posted by Peterb on 18/7/2008, 2:20 pm

Well I did the USA flight again... We got delayed 2 hours on the plane sat at the Gate... then a 9 hour flight on top of that. You can imagine my panic as we sat idle at Gatwick awaiting to push away from the gate. My wife and daughter were great. I as always dehydrated myself to take my approach of nothing in nothing out, which I know is not good. I lasted 9 hours of the 11, before attempting a visit to the loo, I had drank in between the flight and thought well only 2 hours left and If I cannot go then I can hold on as the urge wasn't really great. As always I got myself worked up, but took on board those valuable lessons and advice given during the workshop, relax, this bog is mine for as long as I want it for!! It seemed like ages but probably a minute but hey presto, got there phew. Now for the next leg, the 3 day meeting at our coporate office...arrgh. It turned out that due to not drinking enough and the heat I developed a urinary infection... just what I needed with this! However, again I survived, got some tablets to cure the infection, despite having it through the 3 day meeting, I mentioned I had this to my colleagues whom where most understanding and in truth, I put the urges down to the infection, a struggle to start and burned like hell but I went, once I went once, the mental block of what if I can't went away, because I did, if that makes sense. On the way home I went on the plane 3 times, every damn time I went was there turbulence, nothing better to put you off!! Again I used the same mentality the Bog's Mine! and just stayed there until I went, but I went eventually. The point is, I seem to get these attacks when not in my comfort zone, i.e. in a stuation I am not in control of, a passenger on a plane... But all of us suffer this in one form or another with differing levels, the advice Andrew and those of UKPT is so Excellent, that you must REMEMBER what you learn on a workshop and continue to apply it, I will no doubtably have Mis-Fires again but I am determined to mentally remember all those times I faced up to all those times I was panic stricken and despite that I succeeded. It's so so is mind over matter, you may struggle or strain with this condition but it is us as individuals whom eventually do pee in these situations and try and stay focused on all those successes, I will no doubt be in a flap again in the near future but the UKPT puts everything back into perspective and to all of you out there Good Luck, don't panic and happy peeing!!

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