Resist temptation to slow down exercise/activity. The more the better. I’m 5+ out from RP at 75 and need pad/day unless active, which I usually am. None at night ever. I like your simple but effective step-ups for pelvic floor. You mentioned your one long walk. Like 10 billion kegels, one long walk (3-5 miles) isn’t enough to strengthen the usually neglected pelvic floor. I was walking 5-6 miles 3x/week until various body parts stopped me in the fall. I’m about to restart walking, along with power yoga 3/wk and weights at gym. 2 days/week I am xeriscaping along with rattlers now. So before you cut, consider more exercise.
Lots of guys have success with AUS, although many still need a pad or more per day. I opted against it as my current urologist thought I would probably still need a pad/day because of my activity. So the gains of AUS were limited for me. Too many downs with loss of several weeks recuperation during which one can’t do much. I lost 2 months last year from OMICRON, and re-climbing the fitness mountain was terrible. Also AUS failure rates vary broadly, from what I’ve read, between immediate, or 4-8 years before replacement surgery.
I’m very wary of medical statistics after being told by my original urologist/surgeon that I’d be totally dry in 6-12 months at most. And when one realistically looks at the world-wide devastation of COVID-19 over the last 3 years, I don’t trust any suggestions that it’s over because we don’t have any reliable statistics. Sorry for my drifting, but with at-home testing and the weak emergency treatment on a Saturday morning, I got with 103.5 fever on 5/22, they denied me and my wife Paxlovid 2 days after onset. We have no idea what the true numbers are or what variants still may emerge that we won’t be prepared for.
I consequently chose no more cutting for elective surgery. Do as much reading as you can unless you have great faith in your urologist.
