# It's my Birthday, and I'll pee if I want too, pee if I want too... \*TMI\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628 "2019-08-13T23:14:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/1 "2019-08-13T23:14:58Z")
For my 58th birthday I got my catheter removed!!! Happy Birthday to me! It was only in for a week, but seemed much longer. (no pun). How is your day going?😃 ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/2 "2019-08-13T23:26:34Z")
Meanwhile, a few hours ago I was sitting in a meeting at work and really regretting all the coffee I had drunk beforehand. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/3 "2019-08-14T00:20:13Z")
Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/4 "2019-08-14T00:57:56Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Happy Birthday! And I hope everything comes out OK! ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/5 "2019-08-14T01:02:46Z")
Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/6 "2019-08-14T01:23:31Z")
I bet urine for a better year than last year! ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/7 "2019-08-14T01:44:59Z")
Happy birthday! I have been a member of the catheter club. The pee bag wasn’t a chick magnet. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/8 "2019-08-14T01:56:22Z")
I feel ya. I had to take diuretics for 2 weeks. I never peed so much in my life!! Toward the end I woulda took a catheter if offered. Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/9 "2019-08-14T03:17:53Z")
Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/10 "2019-08-14T09:41:49Z")
I spent a week in hospital needing an anti-biotic drip attached to a stand. The nurses kindly added a catheter, so I wouldn’t have to keep struggling to get out of bed and walk to the toilet to pee whilst manoeuvring the drip and stand. I know how you felt when the catheter was removed - it’s a great sensation! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/11 "2019-08-14T11:33:14Z")
Happy birthday foggy, and what more wonderful gift could you ask for. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/12 "2019-08-14T12:10:14Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I know how you felt when the catheter was removed - it’s a great sensation! 😉 I had a catheter once a couple of decades ago (although it was only in for a few hours). It was extremely painful going in, extremely painful coming out, and for many hours afterward I experienced extreme pain while peeing. I hope to god I never have to get catheterized ever again. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/13 "2019-08-14T12:31:54Z")
Congratulations and Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/14 "2019-08-15T21:09:20Z")
Belated congratulations on your birthday and catheter removal! I would have sent a card, but there appears to be a gap in the Hallmark inventory around these events… ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/15 "2019-08-15T22:41:41Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I spent a week in hospital needing an anti-biotic drip attached to a stand. > The nurses kindly added a catheter, so I wouldn’t have to keep struggling to get out of bed and walk to the toilet to pee whilst manoeuvring the drip and stand. > > I know how you felt when the catheter was removed - it’s a great sensation! 😉 That was my experience when in a naval hospital for surgery some decades ago. It was pretty neat to have the sensation of “gotta go” and then realizing “wow, I already went” But it certainly wasn’t enjoyable trying to sleep at night with tubing installed. Anyway, congrats OP on peeing freely on your own! ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/16 "2019-08-16T04:41:35Z")
Thanks for the B’day wishes! Wonder what I’ll get removed for my 59th B’day?😛 ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/17 "2019-08-16T12:26:58Z")
I have felt your pain. There’s nothing like feeling a catheter to make you appreciate what a wonder it is to pee normally. Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-and-ill-pee-if-i-want-too-pee-if-i-want-too-tmi/838628/18 "2019-08-16T21:25:47Z")
Foggy’s back! mmm