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Incontinence update 3 1/2 months post Prostatectomy (RP)
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Good news for you and your hubbie since it shows there may be a light at the end of the tunnel.
As for me, I have seen a Physical Therepist for about 6 weeks (once a week), and have been doing pelvic floor and kegel exercises everyday. I do have pre-existing OAB symptoms so I am dealing with two issues at the same time. Instead of seeing steady improvement, my situation gets worse some days, so I am very frustrated, but your husband's case gives me some hope.
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I can definitely see how OAB symptoms can interfere with speed of recovery. I am happy to hear that my husband's progress gave you some comfort and I know that is is hard but try to keep in mind that good % of patients need up to a year to resolve incontinence problems.
I know that you are very diligent and organized person and very disciplined so I hope you will not mind me asking - do you weight your pads "before and after" and log incontinence amount ? My husband is doing that and it helped him notice a general trend which was encouraging to see.
I bought him tiny digital scale at Amazon and you just need to weight a pad in grams before you use it and than after you take it out. Deduct the initial weight of a dry pad from total and you will get information of how many grams of urine you did leak. One gram equals one ml . Also, weight every pad before use, don't assume that they are all equal in weight - they are not.
Wishing you speedy and fast forward complete resolution of incontinence !
PS: Do you use any OTC or real meds for help with OAB : ( ?