I'm 70 and had bilateral NS RALP 2 months ago. I heard about kegals both on this site and from my surgeons resident MD who spent a considerable amount of time answering questions and who strongly suggested starting kegals as soon as possible. After that conversation, I immediately started them which was about a month before the surgery and resumed them after surgery when I was told I could. Other than a couple of mistakes as I've figured out a few things after surgery, I've been completely continent since the catheter came out. Obviously I can't know if the kegals helped since I started them even before the surgery. But I do know the value of exercise and it is logical to me that kegals would help strengthen the remaining muscles necessary for continence. I am NOT a medical professional nor do I have any special training, so I can't say for certain if I would have been continent without them or if not if I would have become continent over time. But frankly, each "session" of kegals I do now only takes me 4 minutes, and at this point I'm doing them twice a day. That's a pretty small price to pay even if they only "sped up" my continence. I haven't considered if and when I can stop doing them; that's something I need to research and try to figure out what I think will work for me. For now I'm assuming I should probably continue them into the indefinite future. At this point, for me they're kind of like brushing and flossing my teeth; just some minor maintenance to (hopefully) avoid something else more troublesome down the road. Of course, all this is just my 2 bit opinion. Best of luck to you and your husband.