Pontius, re the frequency of nightly visits: docs say that provided there is no obvious problem they don't know beyond the normal hormonal changes at night. We're all different so what affects one may not affect t'other. Going often is much better than being unable to pee at all which is a medical emergency.
Please bear with us, Beagle. As Bob Viking says it's good to talk and David my urologist says that our generation is still inclined to keep the stiff upper lip and leave things until it's too late. His professor used to point out that when he studied in 1970 the dreaded C-word was forbidden, even in the Department of Oncology. Surely any discussion which enlightens, lavatorial or otherwise, can only be good?