Indelicacy All Through the Night

This is a view we old ‘uns see all too often. Dawn. Also, midnight. And the wee small hours (Photo – Reg Green)

I’ve discovered that one of the best-known afflictions of extreme old age has an unexpected benefit.

By Reg Green

I hope you’ll pardon my indelicacy, but we ancients need to urinate frequently —  and overnight this is particularly unsettling: we suddenly wake from a deep sleep with a sense of urgency.

Often, this comes with a nightmare, like running away from something terrifying. It’s an unpleasant sensation. But when I realize it’s only a dream, a nice thought comes to mind and I say to myself as I settle back under the bedclothes. “Well, whatever bad things happen today, I can always remember that one didn’t.”

Reg Green, 91.