Prostate Health After 50: Why I Was Peeing 4 Times a Night (And What Fixed It)
3 AM. Bathroom. 4:15 AM. Bathroom. 5:30 AM. Bathroom again. I know the exact layout of my apartment in complete darkness. Fourteen steps from bed to bathroom door. Sharp left to avoid the dresser corner. Two steps past the washing machine. I could do it blindfolded. I basically do, every single night. At my worst, I was getting up four times between midnight and 6 AM. Four times. That's not sleeping with bathroom breaks. That's bathroom breaks with naps in between. I didn't tell anyone for two years. Not my wife. Not my doctor. Not my friends. Because what kind of man talks about how often he pees? Korean men of my generation (한국 남자, hanguk namja) will discuss stock prices, golf handicaps, blood pressure, even erectile dysfunction after enough soju. But the prostate? The bathroom trips? The weak stream that takes forever to start? Silence. Complete silence. I finally mentioned it to a friend over dinner — carefully, casually, like it was no big deal. "Do you get up ...