The last few days have been just horrible.
Wednesday I started my day off normal with a coffee and large cup of liquidy porridge. Usually about a 1/2 hour later I have a good pee. This time I had the urge, but only pee'd a little. I had a little more to drink, but again only pee'd a little. That evening and night I continuously had the urge to pee, but it only came out in dribs and drabs. I slept with a urinal in place to catch any pee.

The next day Irene suggested I drink my normal amount plus a glass of cranberry juice. So, I did, what do I know. That day, Thursday, I didn't pee at all. By about 4:00 I was in discomfort so had Irene call St. Elizabeth to see if they could send over a nurse. By now it was after 4, so considered after hours, so they said it had to go through fraser health after hours support. They said they would call, but if no one called back to call 911 and go to emergency. We waited till almost 6 then I asked Irene to call 911. And of course just then a nurse from fraser health calls. Turns out they can't do anything anyway because nursing isn't on my care plan. She says call 911.

So, Irene calls 911. They say ok, we will send someone over asap. About 15~20 minutes later they call back and say an ambulance was on its way but got rerouted to an accident. They will send the next available ambulance. And again about 15~20 minutes later they call back saying the ambulance was rerouted to an accident. I could see this happening all night so told them to forget it, we'd take a wheelchair taxi, something we should have done right
from the start. The taxi arrived within 10 minutes.

After a 2~3 hour wait in emergency they took me in. They had to find a bed with a lift overhead and then a sling, but eventually did. By now I am more or less in pain, desperately wanting to pee but not being able
to. They did an ultrasound of my blater and the Dr. checked my prostrate. And then they put a catheter up my urethra. It is uncomfortable and painful, but the relief far outweighed any discomfort.

The Dr. asked when I last had a bowel movement, because he could tell from the prostrate exam I was full. I told him just yesterday, but before that 5 days earlier. He said that wasn't often enough. He prescribed a stool softener. He said this was either the result of constipation and will get back to normal with regular more frequent
bowel movements...or is simply the progression of the ms and I will need a catheter or something similar the rest of my life. We got home about 1~1:30.

So, I've got this catheter up my dick till Tuesday. Then we see if I can pee on my own.

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