coffee consumption

Screwed again, lol. Haven't drank coffee in any form since 1976. Assuming this study is true, I noticed they said they didn't see the same benefit with tea. If so, then when do some push drinking green tea for PC?

david

That's good to hear. My urologist and my biofeedback lady both tell me that coffee is bad for incontinence (that's coffee -- not caffeine -- and tea is fine) but I need the coffee to stay motile.

Now I have this study to show that coffee is good for me and also I have the results of a small unblinded cross-over study that looked at coffee vs tea vs various daily activities with incontinence after robotic surgery. That study -- with a follow up of three months -- found little difference in incontinence with coffee vs tea (measured by weighing pads and keeping a daily log) and found that any small differences that might be there were overwhelmed by differences attributable to daily activity.

That small study I mentioned had one participant -- me -- and I just couldn't see that what I drank made much difference one way or another in my leakage. What I do during the day makes a big difference. Work days I leak very little (15-20 ml/day) because as a computer jockey I sit down for a living. Days when I go to the gym, interestingly, are only slightly worse (another 5 ml or so). Days spent on my feet I leak five times as much (Yes, I weighed pee pads in the men's room at Disney World) and yard work is the worst. The single worst activity for me in terms of leaking is cutting up a downed tree with a hard-to-start chain saw.

I can imagine that there are other guys who have urge incontinence from irritation who would see more effect from coffee (and it might have made a bigger difference for me a year ago) but for now I can't see any reason to forgo the salutary cancer-preventative and mood-elevating benefits of swilling coffee all day long.

I'm like Peter: coffee doesn't seem to worsen my leaking but physical activity sure does. I try to walk 1-2 miles every day and I leak like a sieve during my walks. My physical therapist has tried to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles that get stressed during walking but so far, no success. Anyway, I stopped coffee for a while, got on decaf and then switched back to regular coffee (2 cups per day). And I saw no effect of any of those on my incontinence.

Organized chaos I am with you. I drink at least six cups a day. I love it!

I'm a strong black coffee person as well, but last year my wife switched to decaf because she wasn't sleeping well. I made the switch with her because it was easier than making 2 pots of coffee, and I was curious what it would be like.

It took about 3 weeks to make the transition, gradually mixing decaf into the regular grounds. I still really miss that intense need for a cup of coffee when I get up in the morning, and that sensation when you take your first sip (it's making my mouth water just thinking about it). But on the other hand, I no longer need coffee to get going in the morning and it doesn't kill me if I don't get a cup.

David (Purg):

I've seen a few studies/reports showing the benefits of Green Tea to help with the prevention of PC, but not for the management of PC.

Jerry

I drink 16 oz. of coffee first thing in the morning and don't drink any the rest of the day. I haven't noticed any difference in urgency or incontinence. It doesn't seem to make any difference in that respect, and it sure as crap didn't chase my PCa away, even though I've been drinking it for years.

Shoot, I gave up red meat over 35 years ago, and that didn't stave off PCa, either. All it's done is give me a lipid profile on the lowest end of the scale, but I'm not going to start eating red meat now; I don't like the stuff.

Looks like I am in the minority again here, lol. Being a non Coffee drinker, should also say that I haven't even drank caffeine sodas since 1992, caffeine always gave me the craps in the day, so I cut that out too

david