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incontinence following prostratectomy

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Thanks Edin for replying and giving me all details and thanks for offering to help in the future < 3.
I am wishing you complete resolution of incontinence in very near future. I know that 3 months feels like long time but most articles and papers state that when incontinence is present it takes on average about one year to see actual resolution of symptoms . You are already doing PT and I am sure that it will improve with time, just try not to carry really heavy stuff and doing really tasking manual jobs until you heal completely. Laparoscopic surgery weakens abdominal muscle and pelvic floor and some patients are prone to developing hernia after RP. Be gentle to yourself for just couple of more months :), do light activities - mulching and digging are not ;), I know since I garden.

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Thanks so much surftohealth
I really have scaled back and the little gardening I have been doing is nothing compared to pre-surgery.

However, you are really correct, I need to back off. I nkow this because when I do even a few little things, i pay for them later. Right now I had two little ones over most of the day and my pelvic floor muscles are rock solid (hypertonic I think)

thanks so much for the encouragement and reality check