Leaking worse when walking !?

The referral fixed mine as by the time I got the appointment it had sorted itself!

Pelvic Floor 6 times a day.

So I leaked a little on my walks early days. Not much, but everyone's surgery has slightly different outcomes. Early days for you yet, it will get better.

At that stage I recognised the problem, but still went out doing minor shopping errands for the sake of my sanity. I always carried a stack of spare pads in my rucksac and got to know exactly where every public toilet was, and which shops had them.

Life began to settle down noticeably around 6 weeks, but I needed to be prepared for a pad change until about 6 months.

Walking can still be an issue 7 years later (though salvage RT might have set me back a bit). Problems mostly come though if I go for a walk in the evening, or after some physical activity (e.g. gardening) which obviously tires my sphincter. Recently though I walked the Tour du Mont Blanc (for us 144 km and 8450 m vertical ascent over 10 days) and never needed to change pad more than once in a day.

You will learn what works. Cycling seems less problematic than walking for me. The thing that catches me out are activities where you need to brace yourself by using the core muscles which increase the pressure on the bladder (and thus work the sphincter hard): pruning in the garden, or some painting DIY in the house. I never think I have done that much excercise but find myself leaking more in the early evening. But overall at the worst I only need 2 pads a day, and I keep a spare in my back pocket always.

Good luck, and be patient.

I’m the same Slimslim.

Thought I’d won a watch after my op as I had practically no leaking.
Then once I started doing more than just lying/sitting around twiddling my thumbs whilst recovering I started to leak a bit.
It’s at its worst whilst walking. I can generally get thro’ the first mile feeling dry but it starts to worsen thereafter and by the forth mile it feels like a running tap. I find it can also get worse as the day progresses.

Sneezing and unexpected humour are my worst enemies. My first belly laugh had me peeing like a horse :)

Fortunately the pads are great and whilst I may feel like I’ve been peeing constantly sometimes I’ve never felt anything other than bone dry. It’s just the warm sensation when things are coming down the line which makes you wary if out in public.

Fearing the whole incontinence malarkey I actually used pads one day PRIOR to my op. Its difficult at first to deliberately wet yourself but i eventually got over 52 years of social convention and pee’d myself 4 times over the course of 6 hours or so: twice in the kitchen, once in the office, and once when taking the bins out :)

My consultant looked at me like I was mental when I told him what I’d done but it was great because it completely removed the fear of incontinence.

Anyway, I hope things improve on the pelvic floor front.

Edited by member 18 Oct 2023 at 23:50  | Reason: Not specified

Pink66, there is another thread on here from someone who is finding coming to terms with incontinence very difficult. Your idea of testing it out prior to the operation is probably the best advice I have seen on this site.

Lots of people won't have incontinence at all and some a little, but testing out how you are going to feel about the worst case scenario prior to the op by having a practice run is so sensible. In fact it's the consultants who are mental for not suggesting it to every prospective patient.