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Pelvic Floor PT, post RARP. How many sessions?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Feb 20 11:17am | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
@jayhall @surftohealth88 @grehenn Thanks very much for your responses!
Found a PT locally that specializes in pelvic floor training, works with both men and women and has been doing it for 10 years.
Next hurdle is to get a referral (for some unknown reason my surgeon wants me to do kegels but wouldn't write a referral for PT to learn how to do them correctly, instead wants me on 3 months of solifenacin/anti bladder spasm drug). I'm working through it, will get the pelvic floor training one way or the other. But again, thanks for your responses, they have been very helpful!
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@jeff1963
I am wishing you great success with your PT sessions ! Many are very happy with them and have great results : ))) - I am sure that you will too. I also think that passage of time itself helps with healing . And yes- insist on getting what you want from your doctor - his approach is really ridiculous : / ! My husband got PT referral before surgery , not to mention after. For some reason he found PT exercises boring since they are so simple and easy but he did them at home for a while and added a bunch of exercises that he thought would be beneficial.
PS: His PT was at a major hospital where he had surgery at a department that specializes in prostate cancer and there was no "finger" exam or training that involved any "probes" as others mentioned - just saying that it is not always involved.
PPS: The recovery is not a strait line - there were days that were better and days that had some reversal of success but the TREND was going steadily in the right direction. Also, there were big jumps in improvement literary over night !
For no particular reason O_0 ! It would be "same amount" for 2-3 weeks and than all of the sudden much less. Than that amount for 2-3 weeks than all of the sudden less , and so on and so on. Just be patient < 3