incontinence help

Walking really helped me. I tried to walk 3-5 miles a day.

Good luck,
Tom

Very normal! I used to walk right after catheter was plucked. I would squirt with every step. I wondered where all that urine was coming from because I didn't even feel like I needed to go. Keep walking. Kegels are key. Mayo told me to do 6 sets of 10 seconds each before bed.

You should see vast improvement at 2 months. It is scary wondering if that flow will ever die down but it will. I used to wear a pad to work or out in public, but now I wear nothing and am fine save for crushing a golf ball. That is my final frontier and it's getting better all the time.

We have been there and one day you'll be in the same boat.

Thanks guys walking is hard when we got 10 inches of snow just today and it's -10 Celsius. On the bright side i snow blew the driveway 3 times today. But I have and will continue.

Did you go back to work leaking this much?

I was fortunate my employer allowed me to stay on FMLA for 3 weeks past the return date given by my uro. I was due back on 9/25 and I couldn't imagine trying to work leaking as I was. I returned on 10/19 ten days short of two months. I was still leaky but not anywhere as bad as I was back in September.

Just grab one of those Depends pads or the underwear and do what you do knowing it'll improve. It was a GLORIOUS day returning to work without pads. I did wear two pairs of boxers just in case, but only did that for a few days before I went back to just one. A huge milestone and one not far away for you.

A suggestion is buy yourself an athletic supporter and place the pad inside it to keep it in place. I had my wife buy me one but she came home with an empty box, so I never got to put it into practice.

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Dtito,

It takes time -- some of us are dry after a short while others take a bit longer. Its almost my 3 month post RRP, and I was completely dry two days ago, yesterday was a bit intense and I was on my feet all day, so today is not so good.

When i sneeze, cough or stretch to close the car door I 'drip' a little. Since I weigh my pads, most of the time its just 3g. Lately I also get the feeling that Ive dripped but the pad is dry.

In short, it takes some time -- be patient! Have a good sense of humour because accidents do happen!

Take care!

Thank you it's nice to know I'm not alone.

Hey Waorgany
I tried the drinking as little as possible strategy and leak and dribble when walking. If I drink 12-16oz of water every few hours I leak less. I'm starting to think that when I dribble my bladder never fills up so I dont have the signal to stop the flow. If I let my bladder fill 25-40% before walking around I hardly leak at all. Matter of fact I let it fill and did jumping jacks with no issue.

More odd twists and turns on the way to recovery

Pat