One in 20 men who have prostate removed may need second surgery for bladder control

Well, not to skew your numbers, but I have had three surgeries.. so I have taken care of the "3 of 60" portion of the study

NEO

That goes with my common sense and anecdotal information. "Post surgery, 2/3 of men will be continent at 3 months. Off the remaining third, 2/3 of them will be continent at 1 year. That leaves 1 in 9 leakers. Figure about half of them can't stand it and decide to get it fixed.
Gee, I feel so special!

J

Pan,

As you approach the one year mark most will tell you that you have seen about all the improvement you will see. You might want to start getting consultation on the alternatives. Two pads a day is still a pain. You can get a FUDs test to determine if you are a candidate for a sling or an AUS.

If you have not read them there are a lot of good posts and stories of journeys some of us have had with leakage.

If you have not read my stuff you will find the links below in my profile.

Good luck! Feel free to contact me by email if you want to talk privately.

In my case I was always dry at night as I would wake up and have time to get to the john. So two pads a day was just during the day. I would vary from one to three depending on how much liquid intake. Also, if sitting I could usually make it to the john to pee so that would reduce the pad useage. If I was out and about, walking etc. I would pretty much free flow. There are a lot of variables in this in the way we spend our days and how our bodies behave. You are wise to split hares when comparing to your situation so you compare apples to apples or should I say pads to pads.

I have yet to have any significant leakage at night. Usually I wake up in plenty of time to make it to the bathroom when the need hits. The 2 pads I mentioned in my earlier post almost always have gotten me through the day. If I find the need for a 3rd pad late in the day or early evening, I'll wear it overnight; otherwise I wear a Depend. It usually will show evidence of a trickle in the morning, but it seems to be from residual urine resulting the previous night's bathroom call(s).

tallguy- Thanks for the advice on the tests. My next appointment with my URO is in September.
Will bring up your ideas then. From what I've read, I have to agree that I'm almost as good as
I'll ever get.

Ray

Guys, guys, guys... If you want to compare apples to apples you can't say "2 pads per day." That is too subjective. What kind of pads? Are they super soakers or pink panty liners? Are you filing them to the brim or are you leaving a little dab of yellow?

You know my motto... "I collect data, therefore I am."
So, my suggestion is:
Get a kitchen scale that reads in grams and weigh your pee pads so you can intelligently tell your doc and yourself where you stand. Plot the data periodically to see if you are improving.
Here's a safety tip for you. If you are using your wife's kitchen scale keep the data to yourself.

Jeff in NY

I'm using Wal-Mart Assurance pee-pads, regular absorbancy. Being retired, I am usually around the house when the need arises. I change when I start to become uncomfortable down there. I'd say I change when the pad weight feels 2-3 times its dry weight. . . they really do hold a lot and I've never filled one to its capacity. Another thing I do at home is after urinating, is dump baby powder "down there" to aid dryness.

I have to compliment those on the forum who keep detailed track of how much their pads weighed at changing. Perhaps your doctors recommended it; perhaps it is to help you guage your own improvement.
My doctor never suggested it.

Personally, I'm a big picture man. Some day before I go to bed I'll have one of those rare moments of clarity and realize that I only had needed one pad for each of the past few days and conclude that I must be getting better. I'll see how the next few months pan out. If I don't get any better, I can live with my current situation indefinitely

Oldgreydude said...
I have to compliment those on the forum who keep detailed track of how much their pads weighed at changing. Perhaps your doctors recommended it; perhaps it is to help you guage your own improvement.

Worried Guy made me do it, but my doc was impressed with the data.

Worried Guy/Jazzman/Water Guy

You guys are a riot. I hope Worried Guy invested that $14.28 wisely & didn't spend it all in one place.

But, I did look at the 200ml graduation on the container I brought home from the hospital and I don't think I'm leaking that much. I'm going to give myself a few more months & see how it goes. I may end up being among the 1 in 4.5 leakers that just puts up with it, but I will bring discuss with my Urologist when I see him next in September.


Ray in SoCal