It's very early yet, but so far, for me, this incontinence thing seems
extremely hopeful, better even than in my dreams.

My catheter was removed Tuesday afternoon (following RRP two weeks ago).
It seemed pretty bad immeditely after, things got very wet immediately,
and stayed that way, worse than I ever imagined.  The Depend Maximum
Protection diaper did the job fine, but it seemed a constant dribble,
needing a new one about every 5 hours.  The worst fears of this lasting
months were really scary.  The first night, I needed a new diaper about
3 AM.  Second day too (yesterday) was also very wet, heavy diapers still
about 5 hours. However during that second day I started developing
slight sensations of needing to go pee ... not like before, but some
sort of awareness nevertheless, and I made it a real point to go try at
every opportunity, every hour or two.  Sometimes I couldnt, but often I
could, even if it wasnt much, and peeing any at all then seemed a big
deal.

Then amazingly, the second night (last night) was relatively dry, maybe
not 100%, but close enough for now, a really tremendous difference.  
Didnt have to get up during the night, and the diaper was quite light
this morning. And so far all day today, I'd call it nearly dry too, with
only slight exaggaration (not sweating the small details yet).  I am
really amazed and thrilled, I wasnt expecting this progress, not this
early.

I cant tell you what a relief it is to see the strong improvement, as it
was my biggest fear.  I've had good luck all the way.

My concern now is that peeing is still nothing like before. Takes
several seconds to figure out how to get it going, sort of different
now, but it works. That part is OK, I'll get the hang of it.   However
its a fairly weak stream, not more than 50% of before, strong enough
only to make it to the middle of toilet bowl - the back side is out of
reach so far.  

So this weak stream causes concerns about blockage or other such unknown
problems.  However rationalization tells me several things, its very
early yet, my bladder doesnt get nearly full yet, and probably there is
some healing still required, due to the catheter if nothing else.  And
there is slight improvement as the day goes on.  And it is working.

Is this weak stream reasonable at this point?  And not necessarily any
sign of any problem?  I assume so, but a little reassurance would go a
long way right now.

Overall, this experience is nowhere near as bad as I feared.

Oh Happy Day (picture Snoopy dancing)