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Advice wanted for upcoming RARP

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Most have provided great advice for post RARP and catheter time
I had a catheter for two weeks I believe that was conservative treatment
My big deal is incontinence and what I was told
I was told that lots of guys go back to work two weeks after surgery, some do not have any issues with incontinent, quite a few turn a corner around 4-8 weeks and for a minority it can last a year or more
Wrong advice.
Some certainly have no issues with incontinence and some do turn a corner in a few weeks of months. However, the American Urological Association (and NIH) assert that most take about 8-9-10 months and close to a year.
They further advise urologists to give the patients the fact sheet they produced ( you can do a google search for it) tell the patients to expect close to a year and they beat all the better.
I wish I had been told that. I wish I had been given the fact sheet.
I am one of the guys that it will likely take a year
For what its worth

I sure wish you good luck

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@edinmaryland
I had a catheter for two weeks after my surgery. After it was taken out, I didn’t have an incontinence problem until five years later. I’ve heard from many people that had the same Experience I had. I’ve heard from a number of people that have had incontinence problems after the Catheter removal, But it usually resolved over time.