I don't have a lot to add to the excellent posts addressing your question and the associated anatomy. They certainly clarified a few things for me. But let me add a few thoughts from the emotional side. I'm 70 and had my NS RALP in late June so I'm coming up on 4 months. Even though I was pretty much continent when the catheter came out at a week, it's been a work in progress as I adjusted to the "new normal". There's been a few minor releases of urine along the way as I figured a few things out. Those accidents were a bit unnerving and kind of freaked me out a bit. So early on, even though I was pretty much continent, I had no confidence because things generally felt a bit different from before surgery. It took me some time to get adjusted to the new normal. For example, prior to surgery I'd need to get up once or twice a night during sleep. After the surgery, it was more like 3 or 4 times at first. But it's improved and now I'm back to just once or twice a night (depending on how much liquid I consume before bed). Long story short, coming up on 4 months and I'm pretty much back to my normal. Early on, I felt like I was adjusting and making improvement day by day. Then it slowed down, but things still got better week by week. But some days were better than others. About 2 months ago my wife and I took an extended road trip. Initially, I was a bit stressed out worrying about how I'd handle that. But my wife was very supportive, we started out stopping more frequently than normal, and by the end of the road trip things were very much on the road to getting back to normal. Also, I noticed that when I got busy thinking about driving, the scenery, etc that I could go longer between breaks. That kind of suggested to me that some of my frequency was partly due to me just worrying about it. Now I'm not recommending a road trip anytime soon for you, but rather I guess I'm just trying to say that even if there aren't any real physical issues, it's going to take some time to figure things out. Don't be too hard on yourself nor expect results too fast. At this point for me pretty much the same drinks that'd accelerate the urge to go before surgery are now back to affecting me about the same as they did before surgery. I wouldn't say I' completely back to normal, but I think I'm a good 90%+ back. I did Kegels before surgery and resumed them a short time after the catheter came out. I don't know for sure, but I think they've helped me. Let me close this comment on a positive note; without my enlarged prostrate my flow has markedly improved. That's definitely an improvement. Best wishes with your recovery.