surgery and incontinence

Hi Roger,  You are making fast progress. Getting off to a good start like this is a great sign you will become fully continent. Stay patient. You will have days that seem like a setback.

 Your bladder isn't weak, more like active. If you feel you are completly voiding and you have a good stream, this isn't much to worry about. Your bladder is getting used to a new normal. It has a different shape so you can't hold as much.  As your urinary sphincter and pelvic floor muscles get stronger, this will improve. Over time, your bladder will be able to hold more.  If you feel you can't fully void or have a weak stream, talk to your urologist.

Good luck.

Hello Roger,

I think I am a couple of weeks behind you, and with similar Gleason, psa and had prostatectomy three weeks ago and catheter out last week.

I am also having to get up two or three times at night, something I never did before the op.

I have minimal leakage, day or night, and am drinking lots and peeing lots when I get the urge. 

I wonder how it is for you now. Have the nighttime visits to the bathroom subsided and do you have any advice about how to manage this issue?

It’s seems you are making great progress. 

Hi

Gradual improvement. Very little leakage during the day although evening can be more difficult. I still have to get up a lot at night, which is tiring.

Regards

Hi RB.

I had the op two and a half years ago and to be honest I still get up 3 or 4 times a night, but I've just got used to it. It could I guess be related to the foods I eat and I could examine my diet to have less of the things which can irritate the bladder, but as I said I'm not driven to do that.

I have moved to decaffeinated coffee almost all the time and am not a big alcohol drinker but if I have those things for a few days in a row I can get a bit leaky I notice.

Your urology contact might well be interested in your frequency of going in the night if it continues - mine was but he didn't really do anything about it, other than showing a level of interest.