The P Thing

WARNING: Some of you may find the content disgusting.

How long can you hold on with your bladder full?? Very disgusting but practical question... There are situations when you have to do that with no other option. I will narrate one incident to you.

I normally dont travel in buses for long distance. But in last few weeks, I had gone to Hyderabad twice in overnight Volvo bus service. As it is overnight journey and as bus carries passenger only for final destination, the bus doesnt have any stops except one at some petrol pump. So for the travel night I normally dont drink too much liquid or have heavy dinner. I prefer very light dinner.

So this time also I followed my principle of eating and drinking less. But I somehow was having acidity. So I had drunk a bit of water as it helps you in getting rid of acidity. And before starting my journey I relieved myself.

I reached the starting point of the journey. I had to wait there for around an hour for bus to start. So the bus started at around 10 pm. It stops at around 2 pm somewhere in between the two cities. Volvo bus is very comfortable. It is air-conditioned. The bus, in which I was traveling, was sleeper. Actually it was having beds( not reclining seats). So you wont feel much fatigue in the journey once you go to sleep. But there is one problem with Volvo bus then a normal bus. Because of low temperature inside, you will get your bladder full very quickly. And there is no loo in it.
My bed was at upper berth. There was a direct open duct for AC on that berth. I closed the duct in half an hour because I started feeling very cold. But it had done its job. I started feeling the pressure of full bladder very soon( within an hour). So by twelve I was feeling pretty full and unable to sleep. I just sat down and started looking out of curtains(yes, they have curtains too) So a person from adjacent seat also looked at me. I asked him when is the bus going to stop. He said he was wondering the same. So basically he was facing the same problem. By that time another person got up and said the same. So they asked me to go to driver and ask him to come down. I thought why not. I took the initiative. A BIG MISTAKE. I asked him to stop the bus as we want to relieve ourselves. His attendent(who was sleeping ) got up and asked him to stop. So No Problem here. He stopped the bus. So I got down. With me another five-six people got down to relieve themselves. Everyone standing nearby and relieving themselves.
Here comes the problem. I have got this psychological problem. If there is huge crowd in loo, then I cant relieve myself. And that too in open, more difficult. So I was trying to relief myself, and it was not happening. What a situation? I knew my bladder was full. After sometime, even bus driver started to make hurry. I couldnt relieve myself properly.
And I got back to bus, dissappointed. I got back to seat and lied down. For 10 minutes or so, I felt ok. Now started the circus. After ten minutes, I again started feeling the pressure. I tried to put myself in different positions to relax and not to feel the pressure. I loosed my trousers. and then again keeping them tight. Nothing seems to be working.
I knew it doesnt make sense to ask the driver to stop the bus for the same reason. Had I not taken the initiative it would have been very easy. But now it would be very very embarrassing. With that also started my prayers asking for the driver should also the same pressure, so that he stop the bus to relieve himself. After few minutes, I sat down as it became very uncomfortable. I thought let me hold on for some more time hoping that someone else would wake up to relieve himself. But few minutes back only most of the people have relieved themselves. So for another few minutes or so nothing happened. I waited someone to wake up. But no one. Actually if you can get off your mind from the pain then you wont feel the pain. I tried doing that. But it was not working. And at the back of my mind the fact "I have not relieved myself" was also playing against it. Secondly, the problem with night journey is that you cant read as driver will switch off the lights after sometime. So no way of getting away the problem.
I waited for till 45 minutes and after that it became a pain. No one got up. With no option left, I went to driver and asked him to stop for the same reason. He resisted initially saying only few minutes back he had stopped for me and he wont stop it. Even his attendent joined him. But I insisted and he had to stop it.
What a relief!!! Those 45 minutes... were most painful I can think of.