Incontinence increase two weeks after catheter removal. Worried

Be patient. I was leaking heavily, using many diapers and pads, the first 2 months, but then things began to improve. Usually at the 3 month mark you will see dramatic improvements. Make sure you get back in the gym when you get the all clear and do some squats and stair climber machine as this builds/strengthens your core and pelvic floor. That really did the trick for me. JT

But it is often less than 20 ; ) and definitely less than 80 that was mentioned in your initial post so there is small but steady improvement. : ) I am sure that with time it will all be resolved - keep us posted < 3

No, not yet. It’s low but steady. Typically 10-20ml.

Did your nighttime leaking stop ?

In my case it’s stress incontinence. Especially when walking.

That's normal. If you feel like you have to go frequently it could be bladder spasms and they have meds for that. I do love being able to empty a full bladder in 3 seconds lol.

Yes, most men expect to have very fast recovery and that is not what is a common scenario and it depends on many factors (age, physical fitness, weight, extent of surgery, etc.).

About half of the patients will have good control of continence by 12 weeks post surgery IF they did kegel's exercises before surgery and continued to do so soon after the surgery.
Than good additional number of patients will have control by month 6, and than the rest will slowly recover by month 12. Physical therapy with help of an expert in pelvic floor and core strengthening could accelerate recovery very much.

Thanks for sharing your positive experience with rowing machine : )))) !

I found the incontinence to be very discouraging. I read many accounts of guys regaining their continence within a couple of months. I was still using 5 pads per day after 2 months. I ran across a comment from a guy who swore that his Concept II rower fixed his incontinence. Since I have the same equipment, I thought I would give it a try. I saw almost immediate improvement, especially at night. It still took months, but the improvement was steady. At my six month checkup my surgeon was surprised that I was wearing one pad a day, mostly precautionary. She told me that she had expected it to take a year for me to be recovered. Within a couple of weeks of that visit, I stopped using pads altogether.

Thank you, Surftohealth! I am doing my Kegels and still need to wait for another two weeks before I can start with other exercises in Physiotherapy. I hope it all works out.

I found this on Mount Sinai website :

"To hasten the recovery of urinary control, we teach you pelvic floor exercises to strengthen the urinary sphincter. These exercises are known as Kegel exercises. Basically, they consist of tightening the urine control muscle (the sphincter muscles) 10 to 20 times every hour to strengthen the muscle that controls urine flow. We may recommend other behavioral strategies as well, including timed voiding, double voiding, and reduced fluid intake, which can significantly help facilitate urinary control and can be started shortly after surgery."

As you can see, they mention "reduced fluid intake" also. It made me thinking - is your PT working with RP patients or is just helping people with regular incontinence ?