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Posted 4/26/2014 2:58 PM (GMT 0)
Okay,  I have been searching on the forum and on line, and I am still not 100% clear of when to start Kegel exercises after RALP.   I would think it would be after the catheter is removed, but I have read online to start right after surgery and my discharge instructions just say "after surgery".   I could call my doc but just thought I would check here first.    I had RALP on Monday, everything is going well, drinking plenty of fluids, walking, taking it easy on diet and using stool softeners, occasional bladders spasms.

Just looking for someone to confirm for sure when to start Kegel excercises.

Thanks! :-)

Posted 4/26/2014 3:11 PM (GMT 0)
I started after cath removal.. It didn't make sense to do it before.
Posted 4/26/2014 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
After the catheter is removed, don't need to do it while it is still in.
Good luck with your pathology report and your recovery.

Bill from Florida cool
Posted 4/26/2014 5:26 PM (GMT 0)
Happy you are recovering. Keep is posted ok your progress. As to answer your question, definitely start kegels after catheter is removed, not before.
Posted 4/26/2014 6:05 PM (GMT 0)
I never did them. Didn't feel the need to. That's the only good news about my experience since I'm Gleason 9 stage pT3b.
Bob
Posted 4/26/2014 6:19 PM (GMT 0)
AFTER the cath is removed. It is less that doing them with the cath accomplishes little than that you are trying to "train" the muscles, and the cath is abnormal for the training you want to accomplish.
Posted 4/26/2014 6:29 PM (GMT 0)
I started 6 weeks prior to surgery, then began immediately after my catheter was removed. Guess what, still leaking with little or not control since 17 January 2014. Unfortunately, I think I'll be traveling down the path or Worried Guy or Big Mac and a few others down the road. Still hopeful, doing kegels, and attending PT for incontinence. I'll start weighing pads around the 10 month date post RALP and catheter removal, praying that an Advance Sling will be my salvation.

Bob
Posted 4/26/2014 10:37 PM (GMT 0)
I had the RALP in March 2012, started kegel exercise after the cath was out (did it for 8 months) but didn't help my incontinence suffering. After two years of my life being controlled daily with pads and penile clamp, I finally decided to have an artificial urinary sphincter installed instead of a sling because of my severe stress incontinence. Now, I am 100% dry and hopefully the AUS keep me in that condition for a long time. Good luck!
Posted 4/26/2014 10:59 PM (GMT 0)
After the catheter was removed...took 3 weeks to regain continence, I think 'kegal' did help me.

Good to hear tt you are doing fine

 

Posted 4/27/2014 1:52 AM (GMT 0)
wait till after by all means jeez
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