Dealing with the bladder pressure and urgency...

[.........*sigh*]

How do you guys take your mind off of it? Whenever I get some bad days where I have urgency and pressure I find myself playing video games non-stop just to make my mind off of it...

[ICNDonna]

I try to keep busy doing things. If the flare is really bad, a good mystery movie or book helps me.

Donna

[Berkshire Road]

Yeah, I think you're on the right track already! If it's too bad, I try to stay "down" in bed or in the lounge chair (I just know from experience that, for me, being up and around at those times just makes everything worse; some people have the opposite reaction). Phone calls with friends or with my sister help me a lot; if I have no one to talk to, then videos, computer games, internet. I love to read, but when I have a lot of pain I tend to read things that don't require a lot of attention, like magazines, or books that I've read before. I have a subscription to a weekly magazine, and I often save up a few issues for those days. :)