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Best underpants after prostate removal to protect from leaking?

Posted by ryszardhereta @ryszardhereta, Mar 29 12:10pm

My husband is having prostate removal surgery and I am trying to find appropriate underwear to prevent leakage. Please help.

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seeker001 | @seeker001 | Apr 1 10:43am
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Any advise helps

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@ryszardhereta I buy diapers for men from Amazon Prime. Depends brand gray units cost $0.67 each. Amazon's house brand white units are $0.56 each. Free shipping, but you must pay sales tax and the $0.28/ shipment fee for use of your city's streets. They work.

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fritzo | @fritzo | Apr 1 11:42am
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@fritzo
Ha ha, oh my , Fritzo, you made me laugh now, you guys are just too cute sometimes LMAO "psycho clown with pee problems" !!! ahahaha Well, only you would see it that way, trust me ; ). BUT, it is important to have things that make us feel better, no matter how small or trivial ! It all adds up and helps with healing, both mentally and physicaly. My husband continued to weight his shields for a month AFTER he regained complete continence, and I am sure it was because it made him feel good when he saw on a scale that he really healed. I never asked but I am sure that it was the reason and I just let it be < 3. : )))

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@surftohealth88 Love that and love your sense of humor! Sometimes, it's what we got.

Debating the whole weighing shields thing. I am planning on following Vanita Gaglani's approach in her book on urinary leakage, which includes bladder logs to track irritants and foods that cause you problems so you can get continent quicker. But, gosh, weighing seems like one more task.

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jayhall | @jayhall | Apr 1 2:48pm
In reply to @peterj116 "@fritzo I'm an unwilling expert on that subject. By default, it tends to point down/sideways. The..." + (show)
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@fritzo I'm an unwilling expert on that subject.
By default, it tends to point down/sideways.
The effect of that is that as well as filling the pad, the angle means it spills into the side of the pad - and leaks into the side of the underpants - necessitating an underwear change.
Not fun when you're at work, which I usually am.

So I always take 2 pairs of underpants in my work backpack - and at one point, I also took a spare pair of pants.
It got to a point where I'd used up all of my spare pants by 10am & had to go home.
Not fun.

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@peterj116
Yup that's exactly what happens if your penis is pointed down and leaking. If your penis is up and leaking the more absorbing part of the pad , the Target zone, absorbs it and traps the urine instead of it leaking out the bottom of the pad where there is less absorbing material.

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