The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

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The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner was Originally Posted on September 18, 2014 by

Day after day, day after day,We stuck, nor breath nor motion;As idle as a painted shipUpon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where,And all the boards did shrink;Water, water, every where,Nor any drop to drink. 

The last stanza is what this posing is about.

After my recent prostate surgery and until I fully heal, I have the pressing need to run to the restroom, sometimes with 30 seconds notice. Also the other day I felt odd and found that my blood pressure was quite high. I stopped by Kaiser and they did some tests and an EKG/ECG showed nothing odd. It may be that I forgot my BP medicine that morning. Anyway, they put me back on “water pills” the diuretic that keeps your kidneys going so you eliminate urine.

So imagine that I know that I am on a double dose of water pills AND have that need to “go” and am scheduled to sit in the audience of Wheel of Fortune for the taping of 3 shows. So I severely limited my fluid intake and then ended up sitting next to people drinking unlimited ice water that was being provided in the waiting area tent. When we were on the bleachers for the taping, the closest water was over 600 feet away (they didn’t want people bringing drinks on the set).