Beothail/Knotreel: Confirming 1 hard squeeze to open the cuff. Activation yesterday and still completely dry after 66 weeks and 3 days of 5 pads/day. You would think that pinching hard on scrotal...
Congratulations, Big Mac, on your entire AUS experience. Right behind you. And thanks, Knotreel, for your insight on what to expect after activation. 4 weeks to go!...
Michael: Not forgetting the "frozen bag of peas" rx. AUS implanted 3 weeks ago and still have perineal and lower scrotal pain, but I guess that's normal. Swelling much less now than immediately...
Hang in, BigMac. 4 1/2 weeks 'til my activation so I'm hanging on your every word and have been for weeks. Your chronicle has been extremely helpful to me since as you've pointed out there has been...
Beothail, I've been following Worried Guy and Big Mac for a while now without comment, but your experience exactly parallels mine. Having read Walsh's book about 94% continence at 12 months I was...
I'm surprised neither physician mentioned the sling or AUS as a last resort....
Thanks for the encouraging words, gents. I'm in week 29 post-cath and still using 5 pads/day, doing the kegels and getting biofeedback PT every 2-3 weeks. I'm hoping to be 1 of the 90% (surgeon's...
Thanks, Peter, Gedman and Putt. I've been reading this forum for about a month and find it encouraging. I did see a PT, had a biofeedback "test" and passed. She was much more helpful with...
I'm beginning to wonder. Faithfully perform 4 sets of 10 Kegels/day (15-second duration) since May 29, after consulting physical therapist. It's now 16 weeks since catheter removed and I'm still...