Thanks for many thorough and kind answers. I think I got my anatomical knowledge updated now and will read dr. Catalona's article. All the best to all of you....
Hi Scooter - thanks for your answer, your story with the 3 years gives me hope that my situation can still be improved. And I also think that my condition is not very catastrophic at all ... Yes, I...
Nice, life-affirming story! Happy New Year....
Thanks, logoslidat! Yeah, you could be right, it might be more of a mental thing, though it does feel very physical ... Persistence in thought, I'll try that! You certainly should go see Copenhagen...
Thanks a lot for your comment, Pratoman. Yes, I do kegels, have for some time been doing them on a not-so-regular basis, but now with this feeling often coming up. I mostly do them every day. And...
Had succesful prostectomy almost 2 years ago, continence was kind of regained during the first months, erectile function not so good. But this is a "continence-question": During the last month or two...
Yeah, sigh-sigh, why does it take so much patience to have or have had diseases? :-( Maybe you'll learn something from it (the buddhists might say so) - I'm just not sure what ... In Danish we have...
Skypilot, I guess it's very difficult to conclude anything from another persons disease-story. Hope you'll be alright when your radiation starts. And by the way: I also got an umbilical hernia, which...
Thanks again - and to you, BillyBob for your long story. I guess I'll keep on kegeling and increase the ratio of decaf vs "real" coffee :-) Best of luck to all....
Thanks for all good advices. Nice to feel I'm not alone in this ... :-)...
Seems your uro and my uro agree ......
Hi guys Wonder if any of you have experienced this: Am now 9 months after DaVinci, and I am having what feels like a setback in incontinence: From around 4-8 months postOP I was really doing great,...
I would (proudly :-) ) draw your attention to a new diagnostic method developed in my city, Aarhus, Denmark, where urologists claim to be able to make a better diagnosis with a simple urine test:...
Nice ... A bit Elvis-like :-)...
I'm 3 months post-op and I experienced somewhat the same as you write about. Not quite so bad, but still very frustrating. I agree on the advice not to drink more than you need for toothbrushing...
Yeah, Jeff, you made me laugh too. And inspired me to collecting data myself :-) (But how to avoid that the neighbours call the police ...?) Anyway, this is a great group, what a fantastic...
Short question to Worried Guy (and others) :-) Of course the moment of leaking depends on the bladder's capacity, BUT it must also depend on the force/ability of the "new sphincter" to withstand the...
Love your associations! At first I thought of naming the thread 'Watering the garden' or something like that, then the Beatles-quote came into my mind. Sorry to say: Will soon be 67 - and growing...
Thanks for your very constructive answer, Worried Guy!...
Hi guys - I am curious to hear your experience: I'm 10 weeks postOP and bladder control is mostly progressing very good. No probs lying or sitting, only a few when walking. BUT WHEN DOIN' THE GARDEN...
This video gives, I think, a good overall insight into the Davinci technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhDQqRDOA4k It's about prostate-surgery in Sweden - I'm in Denmark - but I believe the...
I also had setbacks. Can't figure out exactly why. Seems to be worse after a couple of hours gardening. Or maybe after alcohol. Or coffee. Fortunately I certainly also experience steps forward:...
For me it seemed very contructive and good for future talks that for friends and "far family" (not close family whom I informed more directly) I wrote a common info-mail, quite short about the facts,...
What a nice, life-loving and positive thread!...
1) Almost no. But the feeling that dripping is on it's way and that I therefore should be concious about kegeling can be quite disturbing. Happens when I walk and move around. 2) Yes. But haven't...
Thanks for sharing. Maybe I should try to cut down on coffee before morning walks! Say woof to the labrador!...
Very interesting - his thoughts about the diagnosis-proces. And I can add some news from Denmark which looks promising: Doctors from the University of Aarhus have developed a method of diagnosing...
Though I guess I'm quite lucky talking about incontinence following RALP (dry, no pads, everything feels like before when lying and sitting), I have one problem that only improves very slowly, and is...
One big step for a man ... :-)...
This video, also with Stuart Baptist, is interesting as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7d1z_jJ5wo...
It's a novel, written in French by a Moroccan/French writer, about a man who gets PC and who is operated. The novel, "Ablation". treats his changing view of life and death, his relations with women...
Encouraging, BillyBob, so good to see light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks....
There might be quite a few potential buyers in here ......
I fully understand you, Rayapul. I've read this "trick" by a Danish physio: (The breathing-thing added by me according to experience.) 1: Stand still. 2: Kegel for 30 seconds, only half power. This...
There is no English translation on it's way. Gallimard wrote: "Dear Sir, Thank you for your message. As for now, there isn't an English language publisher for Tahar Ben Jelloun's "L'Ablation". All...
:-) Sounds good!...
Thank you. Yes, I certainly was not aware that "kegeling" is not just one tightening of a muscle, but actually can be differentiated into 3 different squeezes. Where the middle and the "foremost"...
I wonder if it has been discussed here, but these two guys (a physiotherapist and a specialist nurse) indicate that kegeling is not just kegeling, however, 3 parts of the pelvic floor are players in...
The link works....
Ok, thanks for info. Grazie (I know a bit Italian as well ...) And now my curiosity made me mail Gallimard and ask. Will post any info they send! Martin...
Hi GyGuy I have had difficulties finding much on the English version. Until now only this: https://cld.bz/bookdata/uNsYdMy/basic-html/page-54.html and the text excerpt starts here:...
Here in Denmark it's 3 months....
Very good forum this, has given me a lot of support. Nice to know that there are so many guys "out there" who feel what I feel. Recomendation for reading: The novel "Ablation" by French-Maroccan...