I had three injections of a bulking agent to improve incontinence The first injection was Macroplastique and the next two were Coaptite. I saw very little improvement after the first injection but...
Trekref, I am 16 months out of surgery and am still using 2 pads/day. No leaks while lying, sitting, standing but leaks when standing and moving. A month before my one year mark, incontinence...
MtRunner, For those of us who do not recover continence quickly, your experience seems to be fairly normal. Continence at night happened quickly for me. I did spend a month or two when I got up at...
HD-Rider, I went to a physical therapist to help with incontinence 3 months post surgery. In addition to the exercises suggested in the link Carlos provided, another exercise was suggested: With your...
Jazzman1, I will arrive at the one year anniversary of my RRP in five days and unfortunately I am still fighting incontinence. I Kegeled the month prior to surgery and have been conscientious with...
Susan R, Does your husband take one 50mg dose of Imipramine daily and did the doctor specify a specific time of day to take it? I started with a 5mg dose of Imipramine taken at bedtime, then...
Arch, You sound like my long lost twin in that I could have written your post although I leak a little more than you do. I went on a 3-mile walk this morning and leaked 2.1 ounces (~ 62 ml). I never...
I thought I would post an update.... Urodynamics testing was done at the end of the week. I read about the procedure and watched a video(s) of it being performed. I did have some questions going in...
Knotreel, I know your area very well. Did you consider having Dr. Bardot do the surgery at Ochsner? He was my surgeon upon the recommendation of several PC survivors and the volume of DaVinci RPs he...
Thanks to all who responded, specially knotreel with your detailed responses. Knotreel, are you from the Houston area or did you seek Dr. Boone out? One more thing I would like to add. Shortly after...
I have been dealing with incontinence issues since surgery in 7/2010 in spite of doing Kegels one month prior to surgery, going to a physical therapist 3 months post surgery to assist me in doing...