U.K. PARURESIS TRUST: Re: The Stag Night

Hi Mark,

As mentioned to you at the workshop, I had the very same worry as you about my own stag for weeks before. I had a just one catheter at home that I had been given by my urologist if I ever wanted to try using one (the same understanding urologist who told me about UKPT). I had never used one by myself before the stag although I had been catheterised in hospital two years before for a back surgery so I knew it wasn't such a big deal. Anyway, the stag was before I attended the UKPT workshops (that have massively improved my parureris) and I was super stressed because of the constant attention I would get from all my mates on that evening and the impossibility to isolate or leave the pub/club for a quieter place. So I prepared for the worse scenario (that is, impossibility to pee even in a cubicle) and took my catheter rolled in my pocket with some disinfectant wipes to be on the safe side. I was able to pee twice in cubicles without problem but then I started getting drunker (which makes AP worse for me) and at some point I was bursting in a pub cubicle, unable to start and with all my mates waiting for me. So, #### it, I used the catheter carefully (despite the alcohol) and probably peed two pints. Amazing relief ! I was a little bit sore in the pipes for 30 mns (mostly because I wasn't very experimented with the use of catheters yet) but the relief sensation was worth any inconvenience. After that I had a great stag night and eventually succeeded to pee by myself in a quieter pub later that night. So it might sound scary but it did the job for me. No remember that you have done the workshop (which I hadn't at the time and that would have changed everything) and that you probably won't need any. But just taking a couple with you will be just what you need to kill any negative thought in the nest and let you enjoy a great evening without ever using them. Experiment before a couple of times so that you will be familiar with them. Good luck and good stag.