Gramps, I hope you took a good bowel movement before this latest incident and have a few days to recuperate before another. Whenever my UTI flares up (dozens and dozens of times since Christmas 2004, the thing that I was told by the ER doctor might be testicular cancer, turned out it wasn't, wish that it was so I could have been done with it 5 years ago instead of this on-going misery of chronic epididymitis) and if I try to go #2 abdominal muscles disturb the area of the prostate that's also pissed off during a flare up. So I hold it for a couple of days unless I absolutely need to go. I passed out from the pain once, that was enough to learn my lesson. I hope for your sake you don't need to learn that lesson too. I can only imagine what it would be like in your fun condition.