2018 January 15

 I have been afflicted with faulty plumbing - me personally - not any building. Several weeks ago I went to a urologist because I was unable to completely drain my bladder when I went to the bathroom. His staff determined that I was not getting half the job done and this was leading to urinary tract infections and that could get serious as the years go by. I had a procedure called a "Rezum" that was supposed to ease the problem. As a part of that I was catheterized meaning I had to have a bag strapped to my leg that I emptied as needed. After four days, the catheter came out but my problem was worse. Plus I now had blood in my urine. So the catheter went back in for eight days. Today is day seven of eight. I have had occasional blood in my urine and some minor bleeding from, well, where the catheter is. I've been using some inserts made by Depends to keep everything more or less contained.

I now have almost no bleeding and no blood in my urine and the catheter comes out tomorrow. I hope everything is back to normal or at least closer than it's been for awhile now. I'm 72 years old and otherwise feel pretty good. This thing could really be a wet blanket (so to speak) for me if it isn't fixed.