Urine control

3 weeks past surgery now and had a question. ive been going padless day and night now for a week
but almost always feel like I have to go even after im done peeing . that is a frustrating awful feeling. my question is that I seem to be best in the morning and late afternoon early evening il have leaking episoredes
does anyone know if that's normal and why? do you just get worn down by that time of day ? then I sleep dry , which is good but do have to get up several times to go . thanks

you are still in major healing mode from the trauma of surgery - you are doing better than most and my guess ( as a patient) is that you are getting tired muscles , so the leaks occur.
-don't beat yourself up about it - things will improve in time.
take care
Bronson

Dakat,

You are doing great. You are only having the absolutely mandatory problems that almost ALL men have after the surgery. They will get better with Kegel exercises and with time.

That feeling that you have to go when you have just finished is a classic. The area near your urinary sphincter is still healing and when you pee it gets stretched out and then has to contract again and it complains. That should go away.

Like I said: doing great.

I am 6 weeks post surgery and I have the same feeling of having to urinate shortly after urinating. I was told your bladder had to relearn it's capacities after surgery. I was dry from the moment of having the catheter removed, but I do have some of those OH-OH moments usually later in the day if my bladder is partly full and I try to pick up something or bend over. I still wear a pad as a security blanket for those little moments.

Keep doing Kegels (make sure you're doing them right) and it will keep improving. I'm 12 weeks out and the only time I even think about leakage any more is if I need to push out a big load of gas. I haven't had any leakage in the last few weeks, but I suspect that if I don't consciously hold the pee (do a kegel) when I push out the gas, I'd lose a few drops.
Early on, I also held it as long as I could during the day. I don't know for sure if this is correct, but I think stretching my bladder by not going every time I felt the urge helps get control.
I think I'm back to normal now in terms of frequency, but I still do Kegels.
You're doing awesome to already be padless!
Mikey

Dakat

I know exactly what you are talking about. I am one month post RALP and I have been back at work. The mornings are usually ok but the afternoon becomes problematic. It's not the leaking (there's hardly any) but the discomfort that I am having in my penis. I believe as others have said that the sphincter is still not up to speed and is trying its best to hold back the tide. I also keep feeling the urge to go and had a urinalysis done by the URO just to be sure. Everything was negative.
Again, my recommendation is to go horizontal for awhile. For me it eases the pressure.

Good luck, Scooter