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Post surgery stress incontinence: Any good advice for everyone?
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Oh no, no , no - too early for any fast moving full body-weight exercises ! Nothing high intensity now. Stair climbing is OK but since you are just 5 weeks post op it is too early for rowing. I just wanted to mention that as a back-up plan for later if regular exercise do not help with incontinence. Your belly muscles are weakened by those small port holes and they need to really heal, otherwise you can get ( god forbid) a hernia 😟.
I am so sorry to hear that your pad gets saturated so fast *sigh. If you do not notice any extra pressure with using both briefs and pads, than by all means do what works for you the best - it is all individual as everything else with PC . I just remembered that observation from one of the members and thought perhaps it could be the case for you too.
Underwear - oh yes, it has to be tight fitting, cotton spandex or anything else with spandex, otherwise "things" can move around, and not only the pad 😉.
Are you weighting your pads to observe the trend in incontinence ? If not, I would strongly recommend it. It will help you make objective assessment of the progress. 👍
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@surftohealth88 Yeah, definitely don't need new hernias. I do have an existing inguinal hernia which apparently they did not feel was a concern and wouldn't fix during this surgery.
As far as pad saturation, when I do my long walk-I will definitely saturate the pad. Or, any hour where I do a lot of activity.
Fortunately, if I'm just sitting around, it's not bad.
Weighing pads....debating that. Seems like such a pain and would be impossible to do at work. But, yeah, it would be good to know if I'm going the right direction or not.
Nights are interesting. I get a strong urge to go about 3-4 times a night. It's pretty intense, so I go. The good news is that my pad is dry in the morning. The bad news is that I have to get up through the night, which I never had to before. My surgeon said this likely the last thing to improve for me. So, yeah for that.