continence immediately after catheter removal

Catheter out three hours ago and wearing my second pad.

Last time I could feel the urge, stood up to go to can, spurted a bit. But when I went to the toilet and let it go I had a good stream that I could choke off and start again.

This gives me hope. What do you people think?

hope? it's a huge success already. You're going to do fine. Keep doing everything your nurse and doctor told you to do while rehabing.

It's always a matter of degrees but there have been so many positive stories this month alone. Great stuff.

It sounds like you're doing great.  I was in a similar place at that time, only using one pad a day.  Seven months later and I'm still using one pad a day.  Most days I don't need it, but there are some where I do.  It all depends how active I am.  I'm thinking of not wearing them anymore and just packing one along in a coat pocket for those some days.

I can tell you I definitely need to wear one when I go for jog, but every time it seems I can go a little farther before I notice a dribble.  It will continue to get better for you, but you probably won't notice it day to day.  It may be a few weeks past and you'll go, "Hey, that's a little better".  That said, having a little too much to drink is a whole other story.  All I can say is I now know why they call it "getting pissed".

Good luck.

Thanks everyone. I can stay dry through the night and am wakened by the urge, but the output is dribbly.

I have learned to clench before I stand, and if I'm lucky before I laugh. As before I have dry nights and can usually clench it off before I stand. I've been kegeling for years to maintain erection firmness so that may be a good thing.

Today I'm drinking whisky and find I have no control whatsoever. I've resorted to a bath towel between my legs.

I'm wondering if the lack of control is because of the increased volume into the bladder - booze will do that - or if it's some disabling effect of the whisky.

Decisions decisions said...
Alcohol relaxes the muscle. I've discovered that myself a few times the hard way. Don't worry, it will get better.

Thanks. As a whisky lover I guess the strategy might be to have days with lots of water, clenching against the urge as long as I think prudent. This will make the muscle strong enough to last through a few rounds with friends.

And wear a pad, I guess. Why not. Women have been wearing panty liners since - well when?

I think I wore a pad 2 days...Continence has never been an issue for me, so it is possible you will have pads left over (I never came up with a good secondary use for them)...good luck!

I'm one of the fortune. I had Da Vinci surgery 12-11-13 and catheter removed 12-19-13. I wore a pad the first 24 hours but never leaked and was able to completely stop the stream my first time urinating after the catheter was out. I thank God!

I'm 50, have worked out regularly since I was 20 and my weight is correct for my height. I also saw a therapist and began Kegel exercises three weeks prior to surgery. I assume these factors all play in.

No sign of life yet on the erection front but hope that will come with time. I'm grateful everything has gone so well.

I still wear one pad a day with 3-5g of pee - 9 weeks out and I'm dry at night. I Spot when I sneeze or cough or laugh sometimes. I don't do much Kegels (it hurts) - haven't done any for a week and saw much improvement. Ive also purchased some underpants that a little tighter for better support. When I cough and in a seated position, I lean forward and Kegel- seems to work better.

Hang in there the ED gets better - Ive also found that standing up --could be downward blood flow-- and taking the "situation in hand" shows better results on 100mg Viagra on empty stomach early in the morning

My open prostactectomy was done on 17 Dec and catheter removed yesterday. Heavy leakage on 1 1/2 hour drive home (about 600ml) and significant for remainder of day with 4 additional pads used. Overnight a little lighter but still leaking. I am able to pee standing up but stream is weak albeit there when I command it

Hoping for more improvement soon as pads are not very comfortable under undies (I normally sleep in my birthday suit and have done so for years so this is foreign to me).

As far as ED goes well not expecting much to happen any time soon, especially considering surgeon had to take 75% of nerves due to scarring. Will just have to let mother nature and my URO decide how to approach this in time. In the meantime off to Toys R Us for the wife