Stress Incontinance

Its been a while since I posted here but I find myself in need of a little advice or just comparison to how other guys are doing.

I had a standard RP Prostatectomy done last Feb 2010, its now been about 13-14 months. Generally I'm doing pretty well. ED issues are much better, still not perfect but there is life down there and it gets better each month. Don't like the shorter length at all but what are you going to do?

My main questions are around incontinence. I can generally get away with a very light pad, basically a panty liner, that is only damp at the end of the day. However, I still have a fair degree of stress incontinence. As an example I got the flu last week that resulted in a lot of upper chest congestion, I could not stop coughing and they weren't little wimpy coughs either.

No matter what I did I just could not stop squirting with every cough, even when I clenched the pelvic floor muscles. It drove me nuts, I had to go back to the depends guards and I was going through 3 of those a day.

I'm not that diligent with the keggle exercises although I feel like I'm constantly tightening all day anyways.

So my question is, is this about normal. Do other guys have this same problem with stress incontinence? Can I expect this to continue to improve or is this the best its going to be at 14 months? Would focusing on the keggle's help or is it too late for that?

Mark

Hi Mark..
Your situation sounds just like mine, I also had radical Feb 2010, stress incontinence is driving me nuts, a sneeze a cough or a hard laugh will cause a leak I also am not that diligent with the Keggels, I am almost always dry at night but lately it is getting worse, even getting romantic with my wife will bring on a leak instead of a little hardness...have met with urologist and considering alternatives...

I still leak a pad a day after 10 months, open surgery, if I stand without squeezing or run or lift I squirt. I still do my kegels and have recently increased the frequency of kegels at the doctors recommendation. I'm starting to think its the new normal. I have graduated to lighter female incontinence pad.

r