Hello to all you AUS guys😊. It will be 2 years for me in April. Before the device I used to say, I had no continents, because I literally peed constantly no impulse from my brain because my bladder never filled. Needless to say I look at my artificial sphincter as the greatest thing for my quality of life I am 72 with late stage cancer. As said, by previous responders, there’s a learning curve for use. I live in Florida, so where elastic shorts most of the year and can easily pull down to activate at a urinal. One of my biggest problems has been because of my five years on ADT and Zitega my penis is in hiding most of the time, and if I don’t find it first, and pull it out, no telling where I will be peeing 🤪 using emojis because I feel I have to keep my humor dealing with all of this. I like my guy friends to know what I am going through so that they believe me when I say keep checking for prostate cancer I find most guys don’t like talking about it with me, but I am very fortunate that I have two very close friends that have help me tremendously with my cancer journey being that they have stayed informed about what I am going through. Never looking for sympathy, but just a good ear Golf with these guys and still can’t get any strokes. 🥲🥴.
One more thing a few times I have had a complete emptying without activating the device both times I was sitting and then stood up. Talk to Dr and said they have been cases like this. Not sure but think that maybe the way I was sitting, I activated when I stood up.
Happy New Year to everyone 🎆🎇