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Incontinence Improvement with Pelvic PT?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 3 days ago | Replies (43)
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@nikolai57

Once my catheter was out, my urologist recommended trying to urinate on schedule. In other words, start by urinating once an hour, whether you need to or not. Once you’ve mastered that, gradually increase the time. I believe 2 hours is the goal. Remember that while the catheter was in, the bladder could empty freely. You need to retrain it to work as it was meant to. A nurse also told me that it’s better to drink normally, that a fuller bladder is easier to control. Since maintaining continence at night is a problem, I would still limit intake after 8 p.m.

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edinmaryland | @edinmaryland | 6 days ago

Thanks so much this makes perfect sense.
I need to retrain my pelvic muscles and my bladder
One thing that I have learned is that certain days when I babysit or have a change in schedule my bladder training gets interrupted as does my progress. Going for a walk ( which I really need to do) or getting up and down with grand kids, causes significant stress incontinence (emptying my bladder whether I want to or not) when I go for a walk or babysit for several hours.
I can train my bladder best if I can more or less sit around which I guess is unrealistic/ I guess this is just part of real life getting in the way. Anyone have any little tips about this? How leakage caused by moving around interferes with scheduled bladder retraining?

thanks everyone

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