getting well

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Posted 12/16/2013 11:50 PM (GMT 0)

age 70. 6 weeks post ralp today. continency returning ( 2-4 pads a day. walking 20 minutes a day on treadmill (3.0) and doing 3 sets of 20 kegals a day. feeling good except extremely sore abs. my wife thinks I probably am doing the kegals incorrectly to be this sore. anybody out there having this problem? taking 1/2 ciallis a day, no results yet. start pump next week. doc says cancer was completely contained in prostate, nothing in lymps or margins. have post surgery psa meeting jan 10.

clanda

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Posted 12/17/2013 12:08 AM (GMT 0)

One thing I read about Kegels was that you were NOT supposed to feel them in your gut so that if you are and your abs are sore, you may be doing them incorrectly.

You should be using the same muscles that would stop your urine stream if you are urinating in the toilet. Each Kegel should make the head of the penis rise up slightly. That was how I knew I was doing them correctly. Well, that was my experience. I'm just 5 weeks out after my RALP. Good luck to you!

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Posted 12/17/2013 2:24 AM (GMT 0)

hi!

"Kegals" help to recover from incontinence, walking oso helps....20mins walk, hmmm... perhaps can increase the duration bit by bit if you are comfortable(JMHO).

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