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What is life like after having the AUS?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 18 12:55pm | Replies (5)Comment receiving replies
I had an AUS installed June 4 and activated July 10. I am 100% continent. Sometimes I don’t go to the bathroom until I start feeling My bladder saying that you’ve got to empty it. I can go through the night without getting up. It’s a real life changer. I don’t have to wear a pad at all anymore. I used to have to go pee every time I was about to go out for a short time, Now I don’t have to do that anymore. I can go many hours without having to pee.
The surgery itself was easy to recover from. The only problem is they put stitches in your Perrine so sitting down is difficult/painful for the first week or two. I found that using a rolled up, thick towel shaped into a U allowed me to sit down without it hurting.
Make sure you pick a surgeon who has done this many times.
You have to squeeze on a little bulb in the scrotum in order to pee. When I go all night without peeing, I sometimes have to squeeze it four times because it keeps shutting down before I’m done.
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I am not sure if I have a normal size bladder and if I don't I might have to go more times but that would still be better than not emptying like I do now. I believe I have both stress and urge incontinence and I realize the SNS is for urge but after 40 sessions working on the pelvic muscles I would have thought the stress incontinence would be better.
What you are experiencing is what I would hope to accomplish. I know nothing is for certain especially when it comes to medical issues but the AUS is sure something I want. I don't know how many of those my surgeon has done but I am for sure going to ask him. I should have chosen the AUS instead of the SNS 2 months ago because I could be going on an Alaska cruise next week without a suitcase full of pads and depends.
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@jeffmarc I have seen some responses where they say its not 100% incontinent. Have you found instances where this is not the case? I am completely incontinent now during the day but at night I can hold it until I have to pee. However I have noticed any activity at night might cause a leak. Such as sex night. Would the AUS prevent any leakage? I sometimes have climacturia. Is this preventable with AUS.