8 March 2019, Issue 950
Tinkle tinkle
Inside
Dip the toes p˜
Cool with kiwifruit p°
Hope is at hand p˛˝-˛˙
“I could have gone out and water-blasted the drive,” says Brian Elmes of his first decent Johnny Cash in more than a year. For Johnny Cash, read slash, read piddle. The Bethlehem man can joke about it now, but until he became a guinea pig for groundbreaking prostate
research right here in Tauranga - research that could turn a trickle into a torrent for older men worldwide - piddling was as difficult and uncomfortable as it was irregular and frustrating. “I would be up for 15 to 20 minutes in the middle of
the night trying to go,” says Brian. “You do a wee bit and think ‘marvelous’. But it was generally a wasted exercise. Broken sleep and no piddle.” It is one of the most common conditions associated with ageing in men. Read more on page 6.
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