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Artificial urinary sphincter - not a rave review

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 28, 2025 | Replies (14)

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Awe, Peter, I am so sorry you did not get an expected result : (. I hope somebody who had the same surgery and has experience with it will jump in this thread soon and have some answers. Is that device adjustable at all after it is put in place ? Since you stated that it needs just one pump and most need 2 or 3 it does suggest much faster opening and thus perhaps means (as you suspect) that valve is not tight enough.
Will you have follow-up with your surgeon soon ? Does he have any idea why is it happening and can it be adjusted to be perfect ? Can urge part be controlled with meds that somewhat relax bladder ?

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Thankyou.
I just got work (7am in the middle of Winter, which doesn't help) and urge incontinence was awful. I'm used to giving up & just peeing into the pad, but I can't do that now. So I'm left with the awful feeling of badly needing to pee, without being able to.
From what I've read, adjusting it is another surgery & probably another couple of weeks off work.
I see the surgeon again in a month, so see how I'm getting on. I don't want to seem ungrateful, but I'm not doing well at all.