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Posted 12/30/2010 5:34 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know if this is going to make any sense or not but since my surgery I don't have a clear indication of or when I have to go pee.  How bad or it just comes on suddenly that I have to go real bad. Sometime I think I have to go real bad and when I go I don't go very much. In The mornings I doesn't  feel like I have to pee it just feels like my bladder hurts. Some times I don't feel like I have to pee I just feel like I'm dripping and if I go pee it takes care of it. It's like I have lost the feeling in that part of my body and it's no longer communicating with me.
Posted 12/30/2010 5:53 PM (GMT 0)
Hey P,
I'm with you, pal.
First thing in the morning, when I still have control, it feels like I have a cramp in my abdomen. That is my new signal to pee. It's nothing like the old days. During the day I just leak so there's no signal - nor would I expect there to be one.
At 16 months this is my new norm.
Jeff
Posted 12/30/2010 10:35 PM (GMT 0)
After 7 months I,m finally starting to feel like it used to feel prior to surgery, I still leek 1-2 pads a day but it feels "normal" when I go. It takes time to get the old, ahhhh... that felt good pee again.

r

Posted 12/30/2010 11:04 PM (GMT 0)
I was lucky enough to be continent right from the beginning..But the "feeling" takes a while to stabilize and become "normal" again..Stress leaks are part of the "new normal" but they are very manageable..With the slicing and dicing, nothing is the same again...
Posted 12/30/2010 11:15 PM (GMT 0)
At two years, continence is pretty good. But the "feeling" is not the same as it used to be, and never will be again. Even now, I sometimes read my current "feeling" using my "old" calibration, and it will tell me that I have to go when I don't, or even vice-versa. So I have to take a moment and cogitate over the feeling, and make a decision. It's the new normal, and it's different, but life is still pretty normal, which I'm very thankful for.

DJ
Posted 12/31/2010 1:59 AM (GMT 0)
P_elliott -
Instead of the focused sensation I used to have, now the "full bladder" signal is just a vague feeling of pressure and distress throughout the bladder area. No change two years out now -- so (as Worried Guy says), guess this is the new norm. Doesn't much bother me anymore, now that I've learned to read the new signals.
Posted 12/31/2010 2:25 AM (GMT 0)
Hello All. This is my first post. I had surgery one week ago and had my cathetar removed this morning. I came to this forum looking for just this type of information. I have yet to have one "normal" (stand up) pee and the best I have managed is a few very brief streams while trying to go No. 2. I was healthy before, but have not started keagles or anything. Any advice is truly appreciated.
Posted 12/31/2010 2:39 AM (GMT 0)
This is a great thread! I concur with most of you. I get vague sensations that say I have to go. Sometimes they are stronger and I then find I don't have to go that much.

However, although I never had the "pee like a racehorse" joy post-op, I did have some BPH problems pre-op (difficulty peeing). Now I have no difficulty, so that has been a very nice improvement.

Mel

Posted 12/31/2010 4:22 AM (GMT 0)
Father, chill out and don't worry!! Most guys, the first few days after the catheter is removed must wear a diaper and have no control at all!! It takes several weeks to BEGIN to get back to normal. And your "new normal" will be different than your "old normal"....Even after you regain control, your bladder capacity will be greatly reduced..For ten days it has done nothing so it's very lazy and shrunken...It takes a while to get it stretched back out and working again. And YES, walking helps a lot in this process...
Posted 12/31/2010 8:37 AM (GMT 0)
p_elliott - how long ago was your surgery?

My "sensations" have been pretty normal after surgery. I did have one of the worst "pee like a racehorse" deals a few months after surgery. I drank a couple of beers at happy hour - pee'd - headed home 10 minutes away and almost didn't make it. Good thing I didn't have my 357 with me cause I might have put myself out my misery.

 

Posted 12/31/2010 9:42 AM (GMT 0)

Steve n Dallas said...
p_elliott - how long ago was your surgery?

My "sensations" have been pretty normal after surgery. I did have one of the worst "pee like a racehorse" deals a few months after surgery. I drank a couple of beers at happy hour - pee'd - headed home 10 minutes away and almost didn't make it. Good thing I didn't have my 357 with me cause I might have put myself out my misery.

My surgery was Oct 10 I get that it comes on very fast that you have to to pee right now.

Posted 12/31/2010 10:44 AM (GMT 0)
I am 19 months out from surgery and continence is very nearly at the same level as pre surgery, but I have noticed that the "want a pee signals" are slightly different now. I cannot really explain the exact feeling but is definately not the same.

The feeling first thing in the morning is more like an ache in the pelvic area, but usually at around 11 am I get the older type signal to pee. I am lucky in so far as I do not need to get up in the night to pee, and usually go around 6 -8 hours before waking.

A number of life`s little routines change after Pca, but we learn to adapt to these changes and hopefully live a more or less normal life.

All the best from England.

Posted 12/31/2010 11:40 AM (GMT 0)
Yes definitely all kinds of different feelings since surgery in 2009 and RT in 2010.

I am dry, but can't really manage unless I can go to a bathroom every 50 minutes or so.

Most mornings I wake with an ache, though that does not necessarily prove to be a full bladder.
Then for most of the day I have a vague full-bladder feeling all the time and have to pee more by the clock than on the basis of feelings, though occasionally I get alarm bells to pee and have to make a dash. There is also no real sensation of how much volume there is in me any more: it may be an egg-cup full or mug full.
A full bowel also increases pressure down below and makes me need to go more. Also after a BM things don't seem to tighten up properly and I have to have a small pee about 2/3 minutes later, which means remembering to stay in or near the bathroom. (and is really inconvenient if I am out.)

I think the only option is to learn what the new signals are and then adapt.

Also never put off going to the WC if one is available when you sort of think you might need to go.

Alf
Posted 12/31/2010 3:32 PM (GMT 0)
My RRP was October 29. Just yesterday I had my first single pad day.

During the past several weeks my experience has been varied. At first I didn't know when I had to go, so I just went every chance I could to keep leaking at a minimum. During the night, I would sometimes get up multiple times and produce little. My nighttime experience is fairly normal now.

Bottom line, from my experience, "normal" returns in stages and isn't always progressive. I am doing my kegels, taking magnesium supplements and trying to be patient. Admittedly the patience is the most difficult, but I am encouraged when I see progress. Hang in there, most of us see improvements over time.
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