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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 10 6:24pm | Replies (648)
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Hey @hbnapu
Sorry to hear about the persistence of this issue. If you had RP just about a month ago, you likely had your catheter out a little over two weeks ago, I remember how much I disliked the issues, but, I'd suggest it might be a little early to be overly concerned yet.

At the risk of being a "Capt. Obvious" have you discussed this with your surgeon or asked for a prescription for Physical Therapy for that issue? Some on here have gone to formal PT and found out that they weren't doing the kegels quite correctly and possibly there may be other exercises.
Hopefully this is only temporary!
Mike

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hbnapu | @hbnapu | Apr 20, 2023

Thanks Mike. I viewed a video last night and it appears that I haven't been doing Kegel's completely the right way. I have been doing the new keels and I made some progress and I'm cautiously optimistic. The ironic thing is the instruction I received from the doctor before the surgery were just do it like your stopping your urination mid stream, which did me more harm.
I've been reaching out to the PA on my care team and she hasn't been very helpful so I'm discouraged from seeking help from them.

If my condition doesn't improve with kegels I will try the clamp for the persistent leak. I guess I never tried it because I thought I would make progress and not need it. I had my catheter removed after 8 days. Ironically enough I had the leaks with the catheter and I was prescribed Oxybutynin, which did not help. Rudy

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