Hi again everyone..... I'm Bill23, the guy who started the thread "Incontinence bad 3 weeks after surgery", back in April. As you may recall, I was one of those who suffered from TOTAL, non-stop...
I've noticed that follow-up PSA results seem to come back in several different forms...... 0.00, <0.1, undetectable, or an absolute number such as 0.03. In my case it was <0.1, doc said this is...
Hi bluebird: You recently wrote to me and Gene..... EXCERPT:…..On page 247 of Dr. Walsh’s book he states: Exercises you can do: Every time you urinate, do it standing up. You can’t practice the...
Gene: OK, I'll hang in there if you will, we really have no other choice. I hope your move goes as well as can be expected, I'll keep you informed of any revelations that might come about as a result...
Gene: It seems as if you and I are in the same boat. I'm 2 months post-op, and leak continuously during the day. A lot of the guys on this board suffer from the "classic" form of stress...
Hi Piano Man: When standing at the toilet, I can't completely stop the flow.... I can slow it down for a split second, but it returns to full flow very quickly. The only time I can practice this is...
Phil: I'm sorry to say that I have not improved a bit. At 7 weeks post-op, I'm still using 10-12 pads a day. I continue to have CONSTANT leaking / dripping during the day. My urethra is obviously...
Gene: I sense, and share, your frustration with the leaking problem..... although at 3 months you have much more of a right to feel that way than I do at only 6 weeks. As with you, it is the lack of...
Hi PianoMan: Thanks for your post. Glad to hear you're mostly dry during the day. They say that the normal course of events is for the pelvic floor muscles to get tired during the evening, and it...
JWB: Thanks for your post. I was about to send you a descript ion of elevator kegels, but I see Cedar Chopper already did. I have been trying the elevators for a few days now ever since Cedar Chopper...
biker 90, pasayten, cedar chopper, green acres, berb.......... Thanks for all your encouraging comments. As a former paramedic and biomedical engineer, I know you are all correct when you say that...
Thanks Berb.... You're right, our situations are very similar, with the exception that you have a much better philosophical outlook than I do! I'm just coming off of 5+ years of dealing with both...
Hi Ben and Mike: Thanks for your replies. Ben, it does seem like your situation is a lot like mine. I always expected to have some degree of incontinence, but not the total incontinence I experience...
Hi KW..... Sorry to hear you are having such a bad time as me after 6 months. From all I have been able to learn about the collagen injections, they are a marginal solution at best. It certainly is a...
Hi Cedar Chopper..... Thanks for the reply... it seems like many of you are suggesting that I might be overdoing the Kegels, so I will try cutting back for a while. You mentioned that you had a...
Eglman, PianoMan: Thanks for your inputs. You both said that you had a lot of leakage. What I'm concerned about in my case is the fact that I drip so steadily when just standing, that my bladder...
Anyone else had this problem? I would appreciate any comments. I had Robotic RP on 4/2, catheter removed on 4/9. Gleason 3+3=6, PSA 3.5 (jumped up from 1.5 the year earlier), final biopsy showed no...