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Leakage after Radical Prostatectomy

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 1 11:14am | Replies (22)
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@peterj116

I just turned 60. Surgery was one month ago. I go back to work in a week, so anxious about how I'll get on, because I do walk between sites quite a bit.

Slow progress, but I'm trying to go from pants & a pad, to just pants, to just pad.
I managed to sleep last night in just the pants with no pad. So that's a small victory.
I might do the first day at work with pants & pads and hope that it doesn't look too bulky in my work trousers - otherwise people will think I'm pleased to see them.

Kegels are the bane of my life at the moment. Wish I could do them.
I'd like to get this:
https://www.habithealthshop.co.nz/shop/pain-management/nurotrac/neurotrac-myoplus-pro?price_code=MYO+120P
but I don't have 1000 bucks lying around.

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | Oct 26 7:21am

Don’t sweat the kegels! The easiest way to do them Correctly is simply to stop the flow of urine for 5-10 seconds when you have to urinate. Do this a few times every time you pee.
My surgeon’s team told me to ‘make believe you are in a crowded elevator and don’t want to fart’…..which is incorrect! That is a different muscle altogether.
Besides, why wouldn’t you fart in a crowded elevator? As long as it’s in ‘silent mode’ who’s gonna know who did it?😂

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