Posted by Andy L on 13/12/2014, 1:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Lesson learnt?"

Well, I had a similar experience the other day. I suffer with shy bladder big time, but since talking about it, (on Embarrassing Bodies and to family) I found out that I needed a trip to the Doctors. Long story short, and over a year down the line, I'm on medication as not only do I have shy Bladder, I have a slightly enlarged prostate that slightly squeezes the pee pipe. The meds worked almost instantly, and now my flow is so much better. My point here is, that is was the weak flow that was making me shy most of the time. I now pee in public a lot easier. Then came the other day..... Driving along the M1 I needed a wee and knew I wouldn't make it home, so found a service station and went to the toilet. Nightmare, a queue leading out of the gents? oh yes, when I finally got in there, only a few (5 I think) urinals were open, the cubicles were full so I just had to do something I feared the most. I ended up using the 4th one in the line with somebody either side of me. I stood there a while, but there was only one change of person either side of me while I went. I hailed that a success, but would never have happened without the tablets. Tamsulosin is what I take. Good luck Kerry. Andy

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