For those of you who have significant incontinence, you might want to consider using an external condom cathether and leg bag instead of pads and diapers or surgery.
It has been two and a half years since my surgery. (Age now 67-Biopsy positive on several cores- Gleason 7-Davinci robotic surgery-). My uro has offered me sling surgery and artificial sphincter surgery. But I am afraid of any more surgery.
The pads and diapers were getting to me pretty bad. - changing them, leaking, diaper rash, urine smell, getting rid of the used ones, the cost and embarassment of buying them, etc.
I decided to try condom cathethers with a leg bag. This has worked for me. I have freedom now.I found that wearing a leg bag strapped to my lower leg with a tube attached to the condom cathether works just fine. I wear loose fitting pants and the tubing and bag are barely detectable
Medicare will pay for 35 condom catheters ,two leg bags, tubing and straps each month. Some medical plans will also cover them for those of you who are not on Medicare,
Some condom cathethers are held in place with a band; some use adhesive. The ones with adhesive are far superior.
It takes a while to get used to them. You have to get the right size-not too large. But after about a month, you do get used to it. You get up, take a shower, then put on the condom cathether, leg bag, tubing and straps and you are good to go for the day.
No pads or diapers to deal with.
Most men are not totally incontinent. If you are sitting down for a while and have to urinate, you can go to the bathroom, disconnect the tube from the cathether and urinate into the toilet through the cathether.
If you walk around a lot, do any kind of manual labor, bend over, cough, sneeze, etc the leg bag is a lot better than pad and diaper changes for some people.
At any rate I thought that this info might be helpful to someone.
If you want to discuss what brands of cathether, tubes, leg bags, etc or anything else, send me an email.