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I've heard nothing but good things about the artificial urinary sphincter. The male sling doesn't sound as effective (although it's less invasive in that it's installed & you forget about it.)

As many here will tell you, it's worth the effort continuing with the Kegel exercises if you can.
That would hopefully avoid surgery altogether, if you can master that.
We'll never get comfortable with the pads.
They're horrible in so many ways. I know three months of this seems a very long time. Each day is horrible. So the prospect of a year of this is not fun.

I've learned to just relax & sit in my recliner for large parts of the weekends.
It's pretty frustrating.

There are plenty of guys here who have either mastered the pelvic floor exercises or have had the artificial urinary sphincter (or sling) who should be able to share their experiences.

There is light at the end of the tunnel - and it's not a train.

Anyway, here's the male sling & the artificial urinary sphincter.

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edinmaryland | @edinmaryland | 1 day ago

Thanks again Peter
this is helpful
I know this is looking ahead but the information on sphincter versus sling may be on my agenda

Your comment: "I've learned to just relax & sit in my recliner for large parts of the weekends."
It's pretty frustrating. is spot on. I am spending a lot of time on a recliner or couch or chair in my driveway passing time. I do not want to get used to this. I do not want to feel like a feeble old man killing time. I love doing things, I love working.
the kegels do not require effort. I wish I could do 100s a day and that would speed things up. Turns out this would slow things down.
I really am still working on two main things ( besides patience)
1. doing kegels effectively and learning how to better relax pelvic floor muscles, not to over-train or over train or ' over use' more than under-train
2 trying to live a somewhat normal life- not getting too sedentary, keeping a level of fitness, not letting incontinence ruin everything but also accepting my limitations/restrictions. For example, I turned down two weddings, I am not having kids over for sleepovers, I am avoiding many public functions. even if I can hide or mask what is going on, I often need to be near a rest room and I am very uncomfortable knowing I am leaking when I am around others.
thanks very much peter

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