.
In the middle of the night my legs are rarely working - certainly not enough to get me to the bathroom and back for a pee. So we guys are lucky that someone has invented for us the plastic pee-bottle, complete with handle, snap-on lid and attachment to ensure lid and bottle never go their separate ways. All we need to do is sit on the side of the bed and fumble and tinkle away. Sounds which, incidentally, are absolutely guaranteed to wake up the other half, with an agonisingly desperate need to go for a pee themselves.

But here lies a problem for us old PD gents. Not only do we find our legs not working, but we can't even lift the pee-bottle, or even get enough strength into our fingers to be able to manipulate the lid. Let alone manoeuvre the whole contraption around our boys' bits.

So eventually we give up, cast the bloody bottle aside, and crawl to the bathroom on hands and knees. And when we finally get there, what do we find? The wife has got there first! Bloody woman!

.

Hi Ray,

Well, I would guess this is a real predicament for you....I have the opposite problem, in that we always seem to need to go at the same time, and he always beats me there. (not to get too graphic, but he also takes way too long in there!)
I used to work as a personal care worker for the elderly & handicapped and many times had to help the men in my care to reach just such a "pee-bottle" as yours.(then I was the one to empty it.) I think they need to invent a new one, that perhaps allows you to use it...shaped similar to what you've got, but it has a tube extending down into a bottle which would be put under the bed (all attached) this way, there's no need for a cap to fumble with...
Could be like a funnel, with long tube, and bottle at the end, which would be wide enough on the bottom to lay nice under the bed without tipping....what do you think?
I always envy guys their easy way to "pee" when we're off in the woods, hiking....not easy for women, at all....-and if you're 10 -20 miles from any housing, at all....you have to find a way!

i no wot u sayin ray ,legs and backs are my prob at nite ,even if i got a lecky bed im comphy in it ,but to get out of it is another thing to get a movin ,but im ok with the pee situation ,i got a supa pubic catherter,cus i carnt pee for me self no more ,i have a nite bag attacted to me ,so my pee goes in there ,so i can lie back and pee with out even nowin im doin it

Mornin all.

I've found this discussion amusing and informative. Both our conditions make the 'urgency' thing a complete nightmare. Like Ray and his wife, we seem to vie for the loo. Ours, to make matters worse is downstairs. I really like the funnel idea Nonna, makes a lot of sense. You might patent that one and make a fortune. Since disabled aids cost so much!!

Excellent idea Nonna, as Jc said might make you a fortune, as mentioned on another thread , commode does help and you can also move it during rhe day as it is on wheels x

How about a convene with a night bag? The convene is fitted, rather like a condom, this has a plastic tube leading to a plastic bag to collect the urine. This means you don’t have to struggle to the bathroom, during the night. These are supplied free of charge from the district nurse. Because my o/h had the same problem as you Ray, we found them extremely helpful and solved the problem.

well, there goes my idea....right out the window, with Brown eyes response! I had not planned to make money with the idea, but figured someone would make something more convienent for folks who need them....

I'd love to come up with an idea for women....that would work better than a bedpan, if you cant get out of bed on your own. (to use the commode, or bathroom).
I've been in the hospital many times, and have had to use a bedpan, and they are very uncomfortable.

Sorry nonnameme, we will just have to put our thinking caps on and think of some other brilliant idea.

I guess you're right Brown eyes.....right now I'm dealing with pain from an old injury, to my shoulder, which I managed to "reinjure" on Thurs. last. I've a torn rotator cuff, and it can't be mended. Think I tore it further...so, my brain isn't thinking too clear at the moment.

hope you are having a good nite....my o/h just went out,so I'm getting caught up on a few things (housework), and then calling a friend, in Pennsylvania who is a "shutin"..only sees the mailman ...one neighbor -who is very nosey,and drives her nuts! WE always have a good call tho. She is about 7-8 hrs from me, so we've never met, either.

checking to see if anyone is at the cafe'....its 6 pm here, and I'm ready for more tea!

Yes we have the funnel contraption and that's not easy either. o/h can't use it on his own.