Post Surgery- Incontinence Experience Feedback?

October 23, 2011

Hello Everyone,

This is Don M. Some may remember my story to date. I'm the 45 year old guy

who had protons at LLUMC in 2009. Unfortunate my treatment was unsuccessfull. I

had an endo recto MRI and with those images had a guided biopsy to the

suspicious areas at National Institute of Health (NIH). 8 cores came back

positive out of 18. All my other scans are negative for signes of metastatic

cancer. Had a radical prostatectomy on October 6th performed by Dr. Pinto and

his team at NIH, surgery lasted about 7 hrs. Wore my catheter for 14 days

and just had it removed 2 days ago. I'm presently experiencing

leakage/dripping. The best was to describe it's like a leaky faucet. It's more

profound when walking/standing. When sitting or lying down it's not so bad.

I'm presently wearing men pads. Doing kegels and doing air squats in the shower

. Typically I do about 10 sets of 10 to 12 reps of kegels at 5 to 10 seconds

each and about 50 airsquats in the shower 2 x daily. Next week i'm going to

venture out and starting my running program again. I think if I wear a mens

diaper/undergarment under my running shorts will not be noticeable. I cranked

out some pushups and didn't feel any pain which was reassuring. Also, I have a

large bathroom and was thinking of bringing in some gym equipment since i'm a

little embarassed to go to the gym for the fear of a noticeable accident. Does

anyone have any recommendations they can suggest? I understand via my doctor

and pretty much everyone I was going to have incontinence issues for a few

weeks. I'm praying that my incontinence will subside and I won't be somoneone

with chronic issues long term. I'm 2 days out after the removal of my catheter

and again I dribble like a leaky faucet, when I do a kegel it does stop in most

cases. Is this normal protocol for most guys 16 days post surgery and 2 days

after catheter removal? Any input concerning this issue will be appreciated.

Trying to set some goals and again any other type of exercises that worked for

someone, please let me know.

Thanks Everyone,

Don M.

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