(Rough Draft) A really stupid self inflicted accident resulted in agonizing foot pain, and marked disability. Foot surgery made the pain and the foot on fire sensation worse. So I discovered the urinal. There are male and female versions on shopping sites. They cost $4 and last a year. Pour the urine out and rinse in the sink. Use a quart of tap water to rinse and clean them.
Each flush of the toilet consumes 1.28 gallons, compared to the quart of faucet water to rinse a full urinal containing 3 urination. If everyone one urinated in urinals, the savings would be $2 billion in water bills. That would end the need for 7 water treatment plants a year. Keep using a toilet frequently, you will need to replace it in 10 years at a cost of $500, including installation, and disposal somewhere of the old toilet. Not using the toilet for urination may extend its life by 5 years. In water shortage areas, urinals may contribute to water preservation and decrease the cost of water transportation.
Staying on the subject of toilets, everyone should read the studies of splash back. They are disgusting. The blast radius of the content of the toilet is 63 inches. While urine is sterile, It contains nutrients for bacteria, and for bug to grow on the walls and on the floors. The splash back of feces, is of course, awful. It lands back on the seat and onto the surrounding walls.
The average person pees 5 times a day. One or two of those trips can be at night. Much of the total population is elderly and has motility/balance problems. If one multiplies the number of emergency room visit for falls by 5, there are over a million falls. Urinating at the side of the bed, and not walking to the bathroom, with urgnecy, may prevent 100,000 falls, their costs, their suffering. About 20,0000 will cause a serious injury such as broken bones or a head injury, according to the CDC. 95% of the 300,000 hip fractures are caused by falls. Falls cause the majority of traumatic brain injuries. Going to the bathroom may be as dangerous as sedative medications causing falls in the elderly. The cost of falls is $50 billion, 75% borne by the taxpayer. The CDC states, “ Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death among adults ages 65 and older, and the fall death rate is increasing.” They increased by over 40% in the past 10 years. The 52 million falls today many grow to 73 million falls in 2030. The savings in water cost may be dwarfed by the savings in health care costs and by the suffering prevented by ending trips to the bathroom.
The toilet seat can now remain permanently down. Never plunge your booty into the porcelain bowl in the dark again. There will be no more bending to clean the yeallow stain around and behind the toilet, that cause a smelly bathroom.
Some of us fear urine and don’t want to get near it. It is quite harmless unless infected. Exposure therapy I probably the most efficient treatment for urophobia. To get it over quickly, One can get urine on oneself, and not clean it off for 90 minutes. That is the maximum time the human body can stay anxious. This should be curative of any anxiety about urine or contact with it.
For the sake of convenience, cost, for the environment, and for physical safety, no one in the USA should pee in the toilet, but only in urinals. Agencies that house patients and receive Medicare and Medicaid should make this rule mandatory. People who fear urine should understand it is sterile. If poured out daily, it will remain quite safe to handle. The airtight lid prevents odors. People with urgency will find comfort.
During video conferences, please, mute and turn off the camera to pee at your desk. Showing private parts is a crime of disturbing the peace. Interruption will be 1 minute, instead of 10 minutes. Use hand sanitizer if urophobic.
If you want to find a present for someone who has everything, 2 urinals for $4 each will change a life, if not the country.
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