At the risk of speaking too soon...tomorrow I plan to celebrate the fifth of the six milestones I identified earlier...that being BBUD "Big Boy Underpants Day."
From the day my catheter was removed, November 30, 2011, "a day that will live in infamy," I have been wearing Depends in anticipation of the post prostatectomy incontinence referred to in all the literature and during doctor's visits, incontinence expected to last from a few weeks to more than a year.
As I mentioned in another context, my experience is peculiar to me and cannot be generalized to any other patients. Yesterday the doctor asked me about incontinence and I was able to tell him that, to date, I have not had any leakage...not a drop! I expect there may be an issue when I resume running in a few weeks, but in normal daily activities (or as close to normal as the recovery period can be) I have had zero, zip, nada.
With no medical knowledge upon which to base my opinion, I attribute this remarkable record to three things...the skill of an experienced surgeon, the unparalleled precision of robotic surgery, and the fact I started the Kegel exercises several weeks before the surgery rather than waiting until after the procedure as mentioned in the literature provided.
This is yet another concern that haunted me prior to the procedure that has proven to be baseless. Again I urge men not to avoid treatment due to anticipated pain, discomfort, or problems...you can deal with whatever comes your way, but don't reach forward to borrow trouble.
And so tomorrow...it's Big Boy Underpants Day for me; leaving one milestone to go (see earlier posts).
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