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Posted 3/18/2010 10:29 PM (GMT 0)
hi many of us leak but why ,is it to do with what we drink i ask .with me wine is the worst .tea no prob juice no prob any comments please barry ps nobody say stop the wine ok
Posted 3/19/2010 12:42 AM (GMT 0)
Barry - at the meeting last night the doctor who specializes in incontinence had a list of good and bad fluids we can consume -
-the good ones - water, grape juice, apple, cranberry juice
-the bad ones ( which increase fluid production and incontinence) - coffee, tea, caffeinated beverages ( like colas), alcohol ( which includes wine) , citrus juices and artificial sweeteners

-some use decaffeinated beverages - coffee and tea - as substitutes

all the best

BRONSON
Posted 3/19/2010 12:43 AM (GMT 0)
bcc,
Not sure what is causing your leaking but have you talked to your Doc? It really didnt make any difference in what I drank, got the same result. MY Oncologist cautioned me not to eat or drink citrus fuit or juice as that might increase the frequency of urination. Looks like you are making some progress, and hopefully this to shall pass.
Michael
Posted 3/19/2010 3:44 AM (GMT 0)
For only about a month after surgery you are doing pretty good on the incontinence score. If you are dry at night and only 1-2 pads a day, I'd say drink what you like and let the pads worry about it. What you drink now only affects how you leak now -- not how you will leak in the future so it is not that wine in moderation is going to harm your future recovery.

We Americans can look to the words of Benjamin Franklin: "Beer is the evidence that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
Posted 3/19/2010 3:57 AM (GMT 0)
Anything carbonated sets me off - beer, sparkling water, sparkling wine, cokes.
Orange juice is a real killer. I still drink one good cup of coffee a day. After a few days off coffee - no difference, so a little doesn't seem to hurt. But a glass of OJ - rest of the day is doomed.
Wine seems ok in moderation (a half bottle ~ two glasses). I've been off anything heavier, so can't comment on that.

Not a tea drinker, and don't use artifical sweetners, so no comments there either.

BTW - today is DaVinci +21 weeks, one pad a day for the last week, and a second "undetectable" PSA from Bostwick. Yeah!
Schedule now set for IMRT, Calypso markers being inserted next week. Not so great.
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