# 5x/day this inner dialogue: "I have to pee"..."OK"...\<1 msec\>..."NOW!"--prostate or pancreas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5x-day-this-inner-dialogue-i-have-to-pee-ok-1-msec-now-prostate-or-pancreas/653982 "2013-03-26T02:38:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5x-day-this-inner-dialogue-i-have-to-pee-ok-1-msec-now-prostate-or-pancreas/653982/1 "2013-03-26T02:38:27Z")
I am not seeking medical advice.\* For the last few weeks the moment I feel the urge to pee, I have about three seconds before it’s dick-pinching and dancing time (shades of childhood), and not more than a minute of that is possible without peeing, in pants or otherwise. I’m Type II diabetic, and am way off the map on sugar control for months. Today my psych (an MD, of course), who suggested that a urologist, rather than an endocrinologist, might be helpful. I’m 54 and she said, basically, welcome to enlarged-prostate land. I know I’m crazy-high sugar because I’m drinking and peeing fountains (I believe that’s what _diabetes_ means), so there@s more than enough pee to go around. It’s just the instant extreme urgency that’s troubling me. A year or so ago the same thing was happening for about a month, and then went away. \*Actually I am, but am not _that_much of a schmuck to take the advice to the bank. And I promise I won’t try to sue SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5x-day-this-inner-dialogue-i-have-to-pee-ok-1-msec-now-prostate-or-pancreas/653982/2 "2013-03-26T03:00:09Z")
Do you have a primary care doctor? One who manages all your health care? The list of things that could be causing you to have this spans poorly controlled diabetes to a urinary tract infection to an enlarged prostate to neurologic dysfunction and etc. I’d suggest going to a primary care doc (general internist or family med doctor) and having things checked out. I’ll warn you though; they’ll do a rectal exam, which is probably not going to be the high point of your day. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5x-day-this-inner-dialogue-i-have-to-pee-ok-1-msec-now-prostate-or-pancreas/653982/3 "2013-03-26T03:06:21Z")
Since no factual response to this without a medical examination, let’s move it to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5x-day-this-inner-dialogue-i-have-to-pee-ok-1-msec-now-prostate-or-pancreas/653982/4 "2013-03-26T12:48:54Z")
My father just went through this. He had an enlarged probate. They got in there and whittled some stuff down or some such. Still on the mend but it seems to be helping. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5x-day-this-inner-dialogue-i-have-to-pee-ok-1-msec-now-prostate-or-pancreas/653982/5 "2013-03-26T14:07:34Z")
You might have a bladder infection. Mine tend to get me that way, and if you’ve got uncontrolled blood sugar, it’s much easier for infections to take hold. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5x-day-this-inner-dialogue-i-have-to-pee-ok-1-msec-now-prostate-or-pancreas/653982/6 "2013-03-27T20:15:21Z")
Perhaps the answer is neither. Dr. Google reports that it’s [Urgency Incontinence](http://www.nafc.org/bladder-bowel-health/types-of-incontinence/urge-incontinence/), aka overactive bladder, and that there is only a very slim chance that it is diabetic neuropathy. No artificial sweeteners? I’m diabetic for crying out loud, I live on the stuff. Plus tea, a no no, with a touch of Splenda. Wine at night. No citrus? For the amount I eat, up yours, buddy (unless I’m turning into a piss rag). Off to a urologist. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5x-day-this-inner-dialogue-i-have-to-pee-ok-1-msec-now-prostate-or-pancreas/653982/7 "2013-04-14T02:22:33Z")
Went to endocrinologist first. My diabetes numbers have doubled for the worse. Over active bladder his ass, more or less. He reminded me that you get what you pay for when you consult Dr. Google. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5x-day-this-inner-dialogue-i-have-to-pee-ok-1-msec-now-prostate-or-pancreas/653982/8 "2013-04-14T03:07:20Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > My father just went through this. He had an enlarged _ **probate** _. Sorry for your loss. At least you got a huge inheritance. 😃