"Menopausal" symptoms causing issues with exercising

[wnyrider]

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Most of the symptoms I can live with/deal with, but the one that's causing me grief, especially with cycling, is the need to pee every 5 seconds (yes, that's an exaggeration.) The doc gave me a script for Versicare. I've only been on it a few days, but I was wondering if anyone else has had to deal with this and how you handled it or what you used.

This quote could have been written by me, minus the Versicare. Because of the frequent need to urinate and having to orchestrate rides to pass bathrooms, I have researched female urination devices and have this in an online shopping cart right now:
http://www.freshette.com/sports_travel.html

I am hoping to be brave enough to use it on my rides. Would still have to plan for places to stop for privacy though. If no one else on this site has used one and can give their testimony, I'll be the guinea pig. But in the meantime, the one thing that has definitely helped me to hold my urine better is diligently doing kegel exercises. It absolutely has helped strengthen my hold.

[OakLeaf]

I've used a Freshette. IMO, more hassle than it's worth (I don't even know where mine is any more) - but I live in an area where there are a lot of woodlots and ditches (and cornfields between them, in season), and I'm not shy. Probably depends on your anatomy, but I've got a lot of soft tissue that got compressed by the funnel, and it just kind of made a mess, whereas if you just squat you can hold your labia out of the way. Plus then you've got to carry the p*ssy thing for the rest of your ride, and even possibly reuse it after it's been in your ziploc bag for hours. Ew.

My mom used the disposable paper ones before her knee replacement, when she felt the need to "hover" over public toilets but couldn't do it. She liked them a lot.

I might feel differently about it if I lived somewhere that didn't provide cover.