Invontinence after prostate surgery

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For those thst have had their
prostate removed, how long was it before you saw something positive with regards to your incontinence.

 

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Hi,for me it took exactly 2 months from my operation, but you got to discipline yourself. Do your Kegel exercises, stop drinking pop (PEPSI,COKE DR.PEPPER etc...)stop smoking if you are one, tea or coffee decafe 2 to 3 cups, juices withe half water and juice also hard liquor.I stated of with 6 heavy duty diapers a day to 3 mini pads a day, now I'm at 1 and sometimes 2 pads a day,take care.

 

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DEBEECHER, I’m not sure what you mean by “something positive”. I do know this much, I have a neighbor that was 69 when he had surgery and he told me he never a a problem from the day the catheter was removed with the exception of urgency. I have another acquaintance that lives a couple of miles away and he was wearing pads two years later. I myself am two two and a half months from catheter removal and am down to approximately two pads daily and they are light.

All of that was to reiterate what I leapt reading on here. It is different for each individual. I am almost certain the advice given by Teddy 2834 will not harm your progress. But it may take time. Hang in there and keep doing what medical professionals know work. Also you will get lots of encouragement from this forum. Best wishes.

 

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Hi,I had my operation on the 28th October 2020,,yes I was discouraged but this group is great, it's all good advice, every person body is different, I saw my specialist this Monday past and he told me that at the stage that I'm in he usually sees this at 5 or 6 months,.When I had my operation I was 69 also,and discipline your self will help

 

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I had almost no control when I walked until week 8 when I had significant improvement. I starter pelvic floor therapy week 3 and I started walking twice a day for an hour each time. At 12 weeks basically dry except when I cough or sneeze.

 

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If you want to see objective progress. I invested in a scale that weighs in grams. One gram of urine is 1 milliliter.

Weigh your diapers, depends, pads etc (along with a disposal bag) to get your dry weight. Weigh the wet one (in the bag) and subtract the dry weight.

Now you have hard data. Write the data down AMH get a total for each day. You can see the variation and progress

I’m a data nerd, so I charted mine. Projecting a trend line will give you some idea of where zero or near zero will be.

Scale - $20
Effort to collect data - Free
Hope - Priceless

 

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Debeecher, It's highly individual with factors like age, obesity, overall health, overall fitness, diabetes, etc. factoring in. I'm 54, had a robotic radical pros. then had my bladder blow open so my catheter (and stents to the kidneys) were in place for TEN weeks rather than ten days. My bladder healed and my catheter came out, and I am pretty much fully continent. If I sleep very deeply I'll squirt maybe 10-20ml into the light pad I wear at night. During the day I wear one of those TENA super thin pads to catch dribbles, of which there are only slightly more than I had before I had the surgery. Erections.. that's another matter entirely. Not doing as well on that front. :-(

 

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Hey D. I was at 4.5 to 5 months before I saw improvement. Now I am at 8 months and almost completely dry day and night. Regards, Rayl in Arizona, Keep on Keepin On!

 

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I'm going on my 5th month, had 1/2 the nerve bundle removed. I'm 72 and diabetic. Pad use has been cut by a third. Hoping thins improve faster now. But it my take a year or better.