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Does your Artificial Urinary Sphincter AUS800 leak?
I know there are a couple of guys that have helped me in the past, My AUS has been activated for only 2 months. It...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 5, 2025
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Did your Artificial Urinary Sphincter (AUS) fail before activation?
To make it short,02/08/*2021 had RP,left me totally incontinent.Dr. was urging me for years to get AUS.I thought it was medieval and there had to...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 1, 2025
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Video showing patient using Artificial Urinary Sphincter (AUS)
After seeing a number of *animations* of an artificial urinary sphincter in use, I've finally found an actual video of an actual patient using it.(6:30...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 26, 2025
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Artificial Urinary Sphincter surgery: Only after 6 months
Hello allFirst post allJuly 8th I had RP surgery at University of Chicago hospital.As weeks/months go bye and NO improvement in leakage I’m starting to...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 24, 2025
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What was your recovery like for Artificial Urinary Sphincter (AUS)?
What was your recovery from the AUS procedure like? If you had previously had radiation treatment for prostate cancer, how did that affect the AUS...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 18 5:32pm
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ProACT vs AUS (Artificial Urinary Sphincter): Which did you choose?
In 2015 at 55 I had an RP with radiation. Never leaked. 2019 developed a stricture and urologist tried to balloon with cath but, it...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 12 7:46pm
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Has anyone on here experienced a recto-urethral fistula?
Following radiation, a salvage prostatectomy, and a failed artificial urinary sphincter, I developed a recto-urethral fistula. Because I do not want to have a colostomy,...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 2 7:28am
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Do you have urinary incontinence after prostatectomy & radiation?
Hello, I underwent a prostatectomy in Sep 2017. Gleason score of 9 with a positive margin. 8 months later began radiation tx with rising PSA....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 3 10:32am
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AUS - In need of fashion advice: What to wear post-op?
Oh, I don't have a thing to wear...Artificial urinary sphincter surgery is 2 weeks, so I was wondering what we can wear post-op.I assume (for...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 6, 2025
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Issues with ProACT incontinence value
For those that are not familiar with ProACT. It is used to aid in reducing incontinence and works quite well. It is something like the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 21, 2025