Night Incontenence Starting Long After RRP

Welcome to HW, sorry you need to be here.

You might be overdoing the kegels. You should ask the doc what's going on.

How much do you walk? Walking can help strengthen the pelvic floor.

For the moment all I can think of is fluid management - avoid caffeine, alcohol in the evenings and stop fluids a few hours before bed time.

Andrew

Thanks for the input. I am planning to follow up with the Doc, and am keeping a log - though not seeing any pattern yet. It's obviously disappointing to take this step backward in recovery, and I was hoping that several people would chime in with "Yeah, that happened to me too - but it went away as quickly as it came!" Oh well. In the scheme of things incontinence is not fun, but it beats having the cancer.

I have had that experience a few times. But less often, maybe once every few months. When I mentioned it to my Uro he said “ I’m guessing it’s nights when you are really tired.” And when I thought about it, he’s right. Not sure if that’s your experience, I just mention it for what it’s worth

Are your episodes associated with vivid dreams...good or bad... are you taking Viagra,etc and or sleep aids prior to sleeping...? Easy questions ...simple answers...it is possible this is why this is happening...just trouble shooting...not making

I have not had surgery, but I take a nightly med to keep me asleep, that being said there is some nights i do not wake up to go to the can. It is few and far between, I do use a diaper at nights just to make sure i do not leak on my mattress although i use a mattress pad for protection.

I usually watch what I drink after 9 pm at night, it seems to me there is nor rhime or reason. I find it somewhat embarrassing and will bring it up with my urologist next appointment.This just started to happen recently in the last couple of months.

These are conversations i do not feel very comfortable talking to friends about it as they have not any of these issue, my wife will listening and does understand, It is frustrating.

Yep as rosannadanandana would say...

Thanks, all! Good advice, and all of it helps to allay fears that the increasing frequency may point to some serious issue. Could definitely be fatigue (though it's hard to remember not being tired!), or iced tea, or beer/wine... In any case I've been watching it on liquids huge the past two nights, and two dry nights in a row.

This forum, BTW, is excellent and has been a great help through the entire journey. Doesn't replace real research, of course, but lots of good shared experience.

If not walking start, if walking increase, cut back on fluids, try sleeping in different bed, different sleeping position, On days and nights when I know I'm gonna be leaking I have regular underwear with a thick pad sewn right in they are a little bulky but I got nutin else bulky there anymore so don't much matter! LOL Good Luck probably will disappear fairly quickly.

Larry