[pct-l] Bathroom stops

[Melanie Clarke]

Dear PCT,

I am amazed by all the people who allow themselves to be inconvenienced by
urinary frequency when the remedy is so simple.

I think it is important to get a good night's sleep.  If I had to wake up
more than once (even once is too much) I would seriously consider
monitoring my fluid intake near bed time.  It is difficult for me to fathom
how some people consider urinating once every 15 minutes to be normal,
rather than indicative of a serious medical issue.  Never mind hiking, I
wonder how these people can get any work done?  I never understood how
people could poison themselves by drinking too much water (hyponatremia), I
can only reason that they achieve this by shutting down all common sense.

Too much of a good thing can be bad.  If a person weighed 300lbs, reason
tells us that it would be prudent to monitor food intake, or see a doctor
for glandular issues.  If a person is spending half their life over a
toilet, reason should guide us to cut back on the fluid intake or see a
doctor for diabetes, bladder infection or other medical issue.

I don't want to offend anyone but please let me suggest that you would have
more fun in life if you ate the right amount of food and drank the right
amount of water.  (I'm still working on "the right amount of food" thing!)
 There are exceptions, of course, I can understand an occasional night of
revelry and drinking which results in a lot of bathroom visits but this
everyday water-bathroom thing, oy!

Toga



On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:15 AM, <mkwart at gci.net> wrote:

> The first few days backpacking I have to pee frequently (the first day
> out almost once per hour). Then the frequency diminishes. I strill have
> to pee about 8 times a day. I use a cottage cheese container to pee into
> at night inside my tent so it doesn't disrupt my sleep as much having to
> get out of the tent. I put the cover back on the container and just
> dispose of the contents in the morning. I read the Andrew Skurka book
> where he says he uses three sheets of toilet paper a day--I ration about
> 10. I've also switched from regular toilet paper to cutting sheets of
> good quality paper towels in quarters--it is more absorbent for the size
> than toilet paper. I have also used the small travel packets of
> kleenex,which do not have to be cut and our local hardware store often
> has them on special in their bargain bin at 10 packs for $1.50.
> --Fireweed
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