Continence changes during the day

Hey
I've noticed I am more continent in the morning and by mid afternoon I have very little control. I could feel myself dribble during a walk today. Normal? I just had cath pulled on the 18th

Pat

hi Patrick,

 i'm sure you're going to get some more qualified responses soon (I didn't have issues during the day but was one of the rare cases that had night issues , they have seemed to worked themselves out) but from what I've read here you seem to be doing very well. You must just be more fatigued in the afternoon, the one thing I can tell you it's very early in your recovery and progress is measured in weeks or months not days. also walking is very good for your pelvic floor muscles so you are doing the rite thing keep it up. 

wishing you a speedy recovery.

carl

My experience was similar. I have been pad free for nearly two months but late in the even I sometimes have a couple drips. I think it is just the pelvic floor muscles fatiguing as the day wears on or just being more relaxed in general later in the day.

If you are doing too many Keggles in the morning / during the day that may contribute to the problem.

Its early so hang in there!

catheter out 2 weeks ago. dry at night. started off with 2 pads a day and now just one or two small ones.
learning when i have dribbled and now tense up in those situations. its mainly standing up or walking that it happens.so frustrating but i feel i am improving slowly.
told by nurses not to do too many pelvic floor exercises or else muscles will tire.

Agree with Peter. Took me 4 months and pelvic floor therapy to become only slightly incontinent. As in one/two pads per day vs 6-9. Having said that, stooping for various work that I do or playing with grandkids is usually a pad-changing event.
You guys are doing great.

Patrick, I'd say you've conquered this step. A huge congratulations on it.

Patrick, 142 had great advice on what to do with that in a thread he started two days ago.

And consider the alternative! I threw out a ton of diapers and pads right away and have also thrown out a boatload of expired Cialis I got from India. We prepare but it's good not to need.

For me with diapers and pads it was a matter of my insecurity and stupidity. It was before my surgery, I was at a big store with my mother and I told her to get a lot of them and to go check them out. I thought that if I got a lot I wouldn't need to go in again for a few months and hopefully never if I conquered it.

I'll happily donate what I don't use

Yeah, it's 5:30 now and things are a bit wetter.

But,today was by far the most active day post surgery, so I am not surprised

I must be playing pee pee cha cha, two steps forward, two steps back. I am dry all night and don't have to wake up to use restroom, that's great. But some days when I walk around I dribble non stop, I can't stop it and clenching seemingly has no effect, frustrating. Also urine smells stronger. I'm plenty hydrated so maybe an infection???

Hi Patrick, I had RALP on 10/28/13. I think what you are dealing with is like most. When at work I generally have one pad on from about 0630 to 1200 and change right after I eat lunch. Pad is soggy but not dripping wet. Then as the day goes by I feel myself leaking more and more from about 1300 till I go to bed with at least 3 more pad changes, some days more. I have to do a lot of walking and climbing at work so I guess the muscles that control the leaking are getting tired as the day progresses. I do not leak at all at night and the less I do the less I leak. Been sitting/laying around all day today watching football and only one pad and have not noticed any spontaneous spurts. Activity definitely plays a part. Several people I have spoken to that have gone through this reported the same thing.

Hi All
Sounds like my progress is normal, its frustrating but normal.

Sitting around, I am dry...

When I am active I leak a little...

Keep on keeping on

: )

Wow, what happened... Yesterday I drove 100 miles and went to the office, I was dry all day. Today I've soaked 2 pads, wiped out a pair of pants and the day is only half over. gah!