Be prepared !!!

Fenboy

I am guessing you are talking about a much cheaper copy of the Afex Active product, have the moderators deleted some info ?. I did try the Afex version with limited success. 

I trust you are still doing your exercises etc in an attempt to regain your continence. 

Some urologists think the sheath systems make you lazy, I found it gave me confidence and allowed me to carry on a normal  life.

Can you stop yourself urinating mid stream or at any point. More for a few weeks in the future, if you carry on continually dribbling ask for a urodynamics test, all the exercises will not help if your mechanical bits do not work.

It is still early days, best wishes for your future recovery.

Thanks Chris

I can relate only my own experience. Without using the Conveen system, I would have had to opt for early retirement because I had no control at all during the day. As for the Conveen making me lazy, it was while using it that my sphincter recovered (very suddenly) to a point where I had about 20 minutes of grace before losing control. Unfortunately, as can be seen from my bio, there was no further progress. The Conveen components are available on prescription and so (in Wales anyway) are free of charge.

If anyone wishes to say that I was not doing PFEs properly, they will get a very dusty answer. They were absolutely no use at all. The verdict from a physiotherapist was that I was doing everything correctly and my pelvic floor was in good condition.

I just wish that medical advice about post-prostatectomy incontinence would veer away from blanket statements like "Conveen makes you lazy", "you're not doing PFEs correctly" and so on. My personal feeling, for what it is worth, is that if continence is going to come back in a reasonable time, then it will. Great. If it takes a little longer, persevere and all will be well, and there are several routes to mitigate the symptoms in the meantime. If continence does not come back, it is not the end of the world and there are solutions that make a return very close to normal life a possibility. The urinary system is pretty complicated and taking away a large part of it is bound to cause disruption. Consequently, I think it is hardly surprising that post prostatectomy experiences are so varied.

It is wrong to push the blame for lack of recovery from incontinence back onto men who have been through a fairly traumatic time and probably will try to move mountains to get back to as normal a life as possible.