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What kind of incontinence product after RARP ?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 11 8:49pm | Replies (23)

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My wife bought me these for the car ride home after the catheter came out:
https://www.kmart.co.nz/product/puppy-training-pad-100-pack-42779612/
That girl does have a sense of humour... but they work & they're cheap.
I have one on our bed right now. But for some reason, I don't leak lying down at all.

Leaking out of the pads? Absolutely.
In fact, I take 3 changes of underpants/trousers to work.
And twice I've had to go home within 2 hours, cause I've leaked through.
A bit of an anatomy lesson: girls (presumably) pee straight ahead.
Guys don't - depending which way it's "pointing".
If it's pointing to the side, it can & will pee to the side of the underpants & pee onto the trousers.
Welcome to my world.
To combat that, I wear 2 pads first thing in the morning - a smaller pad put inside a pad large enough for Andre the Giant.
Overkill, but it works.
That's just for the first hour of the working day. For the rest of the day, it's just one 4-drop pad, changed every couple of hours.

Size-wise, I did buy a size one-up, but found it wasn't necessary.
Does Depends in the US/Canada offer free samples?
Depends New Zealand does.
https://www.depend.co.nz/free-sample
Good for trying them out.

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Prior to having an AUS procedure, i used to purchase the puppy pads and cut them into 4 squares. Thst, together with my depends helped to manage my leakage

Peter - I tried to find "free samples" here in the USA and I am writing this since I think it will make you laugh ! : ))) To get Tena "free sample" I need to make a full profile on their site to become part of "Tena family" LMAO, and get this - THAN I can get ONE sample of ONE type of product , ahahhaaaa, in one size and after 6 mos I can get ANOTHER !!!??? I was laughing so hard that my husband came running down the stairs to see what is going on ahhaha - one pair of paper panties made in China for 0.000001 C is allll you can get "free" here , this is hilarious and so sad at the same time. Anyhow, enjoy your Ausie life mate *high five 🙂