Walking for health, stress-incontinence, risk of arrest and my fanny-pack

[BonzaiDuck]

Prosecutors make up fiction on a regular basis to try to get the win. IMO that is more shady than defending someone against that.

That's not good or professional prosecution. Consider that more facts in the CSI fact-collection are better. Inferences involving irrelevant facts should be logically dismissed, so by themselves -- irrelevant facts only complicate a case, but shouldn't damage it. Prosecutors as a rule don't want to bring a case to trial that they can't win, in anticipation of a "reasonable doubt" decision of a jury.

And fictions are discoverable, so therefore risky for a prosecutor and damaging to his/her reputation. Such situations might even lead to review, censure or even disbarment. Without jumping over to P&N, consider the probabilities of 90 felony charges, 24 convictions, from three levels of government and at least four different jurisdictions.

To say "totally innocent" is like agreeing with the initial verdict in the trial of Emmett Till's murderers.

I was going to suggest that taking some buscopan before your walks might help. It can help with bladder spasms but it appears that buscopan isn't available OIC in the US.

I'll look into that. Last night, I was visiting a new lady-friend and we had carryout Chinese for dinner. Too much rice for the diabetic, but I'd fasted all day. No problem with the bladder today, but instead -- symptoms akin to IBS. Ordinarily I take "Beano" with my other supplements to avoid gastrointestinal distress. I just mixed a big tablespoon-full of Acacia Senegal (gum arabic) in my coffee, and the distress is disappearing.

But I don't want to walk today, despite today's So-Cal weather with marvelous low-70F temperatures. I checked my Fitbit app on my cellphone this morning and it appears I walked 1.06 miles yesterday just getting the carryout and getting from my RAV4 to my friend's apartment and back again -- among other excursions that day.

Did I say this before? When I'm out and about in public, and as I encounter younger people, I always tell them to prepare themselves: "Old age sucks."

Another hour or so and my guts will be OK!
UPDATE: Don't know how the gum arabic would work so fast, but my bowels feel just fine now. . . I'm resting today. Screw walking 2 miles until tomorrow. Manana, hermano . . .

 

[mindless1]

That's not good or professional prosecution. Consider that more facts in the CSI fact-collection are better. Inferences involving irrelevant facts should be logically dismissed, so by themselves -- irrelevant facts only complicate a case, but shouldn't damage it. Prosecutors as a rule don't want to bring a case to trial that they can't win, in anticipation of a "reasonable doubt" decision of a jury.

And fictions are discoverable, so therefore risky for a prosecutor and damaging to his/her reputation. Such situations might even lead to review, censure or even disbarment. Without jumping over to P&N, consider the probabilities of 90 felony charges, 24 convictions, from three levels of government and at least four different jurisdictions.

To say "totally innocent" is like agreeing with the initial verdict in the trial of Emmett Till's murderers.

You're idealizing rather than recognizing the realities of the system. Often people take plea deals even when innocent. The prosecutor wasn't present when the crime took place, so all they really have is to invent a fictional story and hope the supposed facts sway a jury to believe the story. It is all literally fiction, which may be suggested by evidence, but even the questioning, and opening and closing statements are subjective fiction, with the goal being to convict, not present the most unbiased info possible, because that's what the defense is for.

All fictions are not discoverable. They merely lack evidence, and that's where the imagination of the jury comes into play. There is no risk of censure or disbarment for the typical yarns spun daily. There are of course rules to try to limit it, and fabricating evidence itself isn't allowed, but misleading questions, misleading theories presented, are all just part of the process.

How could it possibly be worse to be a defender if you still have to work with the evidence available, regardless of whether there is actual guilt? Actual guilt still has to be proven, or else we end up putting even more innocent people in prison. It's two sides of the same coin.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

You're idealizing rather than recognizing the realities of the system. Often people take plea deals even when innocent. The prosecutor wasn't present when the crime took place, so all they really have is to invent a fictional story and hope the supposed facts sway a jury to believe the story. It is all literally fiction, which may be suggested by evidence, but even the questioning, and opening and closing statements are subjective fiction, with the goal being to convict, not present the most unbiased info possible, because that's what the defense is for.

All fictions are not discoverable. They merely lack evidence, and that's where the imagination of the jury comes into play. There is no risk of censure or disbarment for the typical yarns spun daily. There are of course rules to try to limit it, and fabricating evidence itself isn't allowed, but misleading questions, misleading theories presented, are all just part of the process.

How could it possibly be worse to be a defender if you still have to work with the evidence available, regardless of whether there is actual guilt? Actual guilt still has to be proven, or else we end up putting even more innocent people in prison. It's two sides of the same coin.

Of course that's the bias built into the system -- "proof beyond reasonable doubt". Then some guilty go free, but fewer innocent are falsely convicted.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

PEEEE! P-P-PEEEE! AN ODD BUT PLEASANT SATURDAY . . .

I had errands. Temps here didn't exceed 75F toward mid-afternoon.

So I grabbed a bottled water, drove myself over to the park. Went to the restroom there and relieved the bladder. Then tried to decide whether to stay on the park circumference and path, or head down Victoria Avenue.

Chose first to walk around the park, but when I got to the street corner at Victoria, decided to cross the street and follow the second itinerary. I was also testing a new type of maxi-pad insert for men. But it was going to stay dry.

I got to a point 0.9 miles out, and decided to turn back. No need to pee. Kept on walking. Returned to the car. Didn't feel a need to visit the restroom there at the park.

Returned home. No need to pee. Sat here at my desk or at the couch watching the Tee-Vee for more than an hour. Then took a pee.

Must've chosen the right food to eat that day. I was totally hydrated, but didn't need to drink most of that time.

 

[mindless1]

There's your problem right there! Instead of bottled water, you need a sleeve of salted crackers. 🙂 ... ignoring potential blood pressure rise.

However I find that I need to pee a lot less, if I work up a sweat. Put the sleeve of crackers on a long stick and run to catch them as if you don't know any better.

Kidding aside, IDK how much contact you might have had with a urologist, but there are multiple potential factors at play.

When you need to urinate, what is the volume? You don't need to answer here, this is data for the urologist. Is your bladder swollen or contracted, or even worse, a tumor? Again, not info for here.

Could the problem be a restrictive prostate that prevents impedes emptying the bladder fully, so more frequent urination is inherent in that issue? Again, we don't need to know...

On the other hand, if what you're doing is working, keep doing. On a side note, have you tried urinating before the walks, even if there wasn't a pending urge to do so? I used to think that I couldn't do that but as I got older, I found that I can. I can empty my bladder if I try, and then when I need to relieve myself again has a lot to do with sweating, sodium intake, and whether I had any stimulants like coffee or tea within the past few hours. Other "herbal" nutritional supplements and prescribed meds could be relevant too. In the latter case, discuss with your Dr. this issue so any prescribed meds can be assessed. Crackers on a stick is easier. 😉

 

[BonzaiDuck]

On the Prostate, my PSA results of the phlebotomy came back as 0.6. The guidelines say that "younger men should have a result of <= 2.5" while older men should eventually approach 4.0. ZERO? POINT SIX!??

My last primary doctor had to use the "old" method to see if my prostate was enlarged back around 2010. Rubber glove, vaseline, bend over. He said he couldn't FIND my freakin' prostate!

All of my urinary urgency is a result of my body wanting to dump blood sugar, and there is albumin leakage. The meds should help with the blood sugar; the uACR showing the albumin/creatinine ratio from the urine sample has started decreasing. Two years ago, it was 70, then up to 228, now down to 192. My weight has dropped from borderline obese at 200 lbs, to 178 lbs. And the insulin resistance causing the excess blood sugar is a result of organ fat. I may be losing organ fat.

But yesterday's walk and the hour at home that it took before I had to pee? That was unusual. And yes -- I go to the restroom before I start my walk.

Here's a useful story. When I came here 26 years ago, I had a huge book collection and four 7'-high bookshelves which were press-board with real wood veneer. Removing the shelves, I transported them in U-Haul, then dragged them into the house one by one (at age 54). I squeezed them into Moms' living room. So now, I'm moving them -- without the books and shelf pieces -- upstairs one at a time.

I did one of them today -- at age 78. Whew! Boy! Got it up to the second-floor hallway. Then my cousin comes out of her room, grabs that shelf and got it into my brother's old room (RIP 2022) -- easy-peasy.

When I was pulling that sucker up the stairs, I was out of breath. When I get out of breath -- demonstrating "stress incontinence" -- I have to pee. So how did I go 1.6 miles yesterday and then a whole extra hour afterward without the urge to purge?

Dunno, but hope it happens again.

 

[MtnMan]

COPD and you vape?

 

[Greenman]

COPD and you vape?

My thought as well, but having been a long term nicotine addict I understand the issue.

 

[mindless1]

When I was pulling that sucker up the stairs, I was out of breath. When I get out of breath -- demonstrating "stress incontinence" -- I have to pee. So how did I go 1.6 miles yesterday and then a whole extra hour afterward without the urge to purge?

The longer the duration of increased activity, the more you perspire, even if you don't notice because you're walking outdoors. More perspiration = less urination. Could also have something to do with carbs ingestion and digestion speed, blood sugar (also burnt off by extended activity) water intake, sodium intake, prescription meds, stimulants - caffeine, vaping, etc., antihistamines/etc allergy meds, and there is also some evidence that frequent users of THC products can have urgent urination episodes... and yet other evidence of the opposite. Gotta luv science.