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Don't let that discourage you. You don't know that your six weeks of kegels isn't what may make your recovery now faster. I read about folks on here that are incontinent years later, but that is the minority of men. 95% of men recover from that within 18 months and 85% of men have it after RARP and the majority of men recover from it within 4 months.
I hammered mine for 5 months very intensely - not simply kegels but kegels incorporated into every lower body workout movement I made until my pelvic floor was so worn out that it wouldn't work anymore that day. I totally credit that with my lack of issues afterwards, but I was fortunate enough to have a personal trainer in addition to my pelvic floor therapist - both of whom were experts in pelvic floors.
Things will hopefully improve over time. Your kegels may make 18 months more like a few weeks or a couple months.