Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Why do I empty my bladder more on some days than others?
Dear Matt:
Sometimes on a cross-country trip I can whiz right by five rest stops without "resting," and at other times I barely make it from one stop to the next without taking a leak. And that's with no variables in coffee consumption. Same goes at home. Occasionally I find myself emptying my bladder at 20-minute intervals after a single beer. The next day I'll down two or three and go for hours without a flush. What gives?
-- Barry, Encinitas
The office quack, Dr. Doctor, sez these plumbing questions can get tricky. And since Dr. Doctor is a drywall hanger, not a real doctor, he and his attorney suggest you stop getting medical advice through the mail and spend a few bucks on a real M.D. if this "gottapee!gottapee!" problem gets worse. There are several unpleasant things that might cause it. But since he's a drywall hanger, not a doctor, he won't go into that now. He'll take the easy road.
We pee when a fancy nerve bundle in our bladders signals our cranial whiz center that things are getting full. What squirts into our bladders is what's left after our bodies have used what they need for other things. So if you're sweating heavily one day, you'll make fewer bathroom trips. But maybe your problem isn't #1, it's #2. Your bladder is like an uninflated balloon when it's empty. If something's pushing on it (like a full colon), it gets "full"er faster, ergo, more need for that annoying "resting."
Here's something you might be interested in.
Why do I empty my bladder more on some days than others?
Why do I empty my bladder more on some days than others?
Dear Matt:
Sometimes on a cross-country trip I can whiz right by five rest stops without "resting," and at other times I barely make it from one stop to the next without taking a leak. And that's with no variables in coffee consumption. Same goes at home. Occasionally I find myself emptying my bladder at 20-minute intervals after a single beer. The next day I'll down two or three and go for hours without a flush. What gives?
-- Barry, Encinitas
The office quack, Dr. Doctor, sez these plumbing questions can get tricky. And since Dr. Doctor is a drywall hanger, not a real doctor, he and his attorney suggest you stop getting medical advice through the mail and spend a few bucks on a real M.D. if this "gottapee!gottapee!" problem gets worse. There are several unpleasant things that might cause it. But since he's a drywall hanger, not a doctor, he won't go into that now. He'll take the easy road.
We pee when a fancy nerve bundle in our bladders signals our cranial whiz center that things are getting full. What squirts into our bladders is what's left after our bodies have used what they need for other things. So if you're sweating heavily one day, you'll make fewer bathroom trips. But maybe your problem isn't #1, it's #2. Your bladder is like an uninflated balloon when it's empty. If something's pushing on it (like a full colon), it gets "full"er faster, ergo, more need for that annoying "resting."
Comments