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hi post operation sufferer

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Posted 12 Oct 2016 at 17:14

I am only talking from experience.

I is very well known WorldWide that Pilates is one of the very best methods of keeping the body as fit as it can be without putting it under too much stress.

The first fundamental that you learn with Pilates is "core strength" and once you have achieved that then the body will find itself in a much stronger position.  Core strength is achieved through the "zip and hold" technique which is basically Pelvic Floor Exercises.

"Offence" cannot be given, only taken and personally, if you were very offended at many levels by what I said, I strongly suggest that you extract yourself from your cotton-wool cocoon and "man up", lol.

Oh, I just love this!

Glen

User
Posted 13 Oct 2016 at 09:53

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

Being a man, I DO have first hand knowledge of the cancer, the operation and the recovery process; your knowledge is second hand.  Let's not get into a "fight" over me trying to give personal advice on this site.

 

Glendower, please read and abide by our House Rules, including 'be kind' and 'help keep the community peaceful'. Lyn didn't say anything out of line in sharing her view; we ask all members to please look for opportunities to be supportive rather than opportunities for conflict.

 

User
Posted 13 Oct 2016 at 21:39

Hmm.

 

Edited by member 13 Oct 2016 at 22:47  | Reason: Not specified

All we can do - is do all that we can.

So, do all you can to help yourself, then make the best of your time. :-)

I am the statistic.

User
Posted 13 Oct 2016 at 22:39

I understand that having pelvic floor muscles "like a vice" may be good in some instances but  . . . .  no, I just can't bear to think about it . . . locked together forever, roflmao.

Just have to take a light hearted view about it . . .  after all, I have less than a hundred years to live!!!!

User
Posted 27 Oct 2016 at 22:00

hi all

 

what a shame that my original post was turned into a slanging match..will not be posting anymore.

User
Posted 28 Oct 2016 at 10:32

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

hi all

 

what a shame that my original post was turned into a slanging match..will not be posting anymore.

 

it will be a shame if people feel like they need to stop posting because of others. We are all only here because we were dealt a crap hand.

 

I too felt down and thought it would not get better at about the same stage as you post op. Now 4 months post op I am 99% dry and things look a lot better.

 

My surgeon sent me to see a lady who helps with incontinence and since then it got better on a weekly basis. When doing the PFE she had me squeeze and hold whilst breathing out and contracting my stomach inwards. I did 10 reps of 10 seconds each x 10 sets. This was done lying down. I still do this now and think it was/is a great help.

 

I hope you do not feel you cannot post on here as this site is a great sounding board.

User
Posted 28 Oct 2016 at 10:47

Sorry newsensation - please forgive us and keep posting.

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 03 Nov 2016 at 00:36

Good new folks,

Had my post-op meeting with my consultant this afternoon.  PSA level undetectable and found that the cancer was at the point where the prostate joins the urethra, which is a sphincter muscle.  If I hadn't been diagnosed as early as I was, it is likely that he would have had to cut that away too, meaning that I may have been incontinent for life without further surgery and implants;  but they just managed to save the sphincter and also he thought that the nerve pathways are pretty much still intact, so there is hope in that department yet!!; I have a meeting with the ED nurses later this month in the hope that "Harold" can be made into something like his former self rather the "chipolata" at the moment, lol.

Leakage is now almost zero, although sneezing is still a bit of a problem but did you know; it's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open, so now I walk around looking like Marty Feldman, lol.  So, I still wear a pad during the day.

I am doing the Great North Run next year for this wonderful charity and will raise as much money as I can.

OK, so I'm old, cantankerous and sometimes can be a right PITA (pain in the arse) . . . however, I thank you for your support and will stick around.

Onwards and upwards!

 

Glen

 
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