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David S. - 07 Jun 2005 17:58 GMT

In summary, eliminate caffeine and exercise. Not sure that is news.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthology/story?id=819452

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Ron B - 07 Jun 2005 18:55 GMT

And yet...some folks feel that if you're more active...in the long
run...the incontinence will be helped.

Right Steve U. and John L.?

:-)

Ron B.

Chicago

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David S. - 07 Jun 2005 19:25 GMT

Oh yes, I advocate the exercise. I just meant the recommendations in the
article were hardly news.

I'm just tired of being wet, especially now that the hot weather has arrived
in our area. I think I will invest in a penile clamp just to see how it
works. I had called my uro's office for a recommendation, i.e., okay to try
or do not do this, but no response. I'll spend the money and see for
myself.

Take care Ron.

> And yet...some folks feel that if you're more active...in the long
> run...the incontinence will be helped.
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> Chicago

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Steve U - 08 Jun 2005 03:07 GMT

Davis S and Ron,
Incontinence is truly a curse that only those who have had it can truly
appreciate how much it sucks!. Like David, I had the most trouble with
exercise and after caffeine. I used to drink several cups of coffee,
then liftweight or go running to make holding it as difficult as
possible. The theory was that if I could learn to control my bladder
under those circumstances, ordinary life would be easy. That seemed to
work. Now I have no urinary symptoms at all. Maybe I just got lucky,
but I like to think my effort had some role.
Steve U

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Ron B - 08 Jun 2005 13:33 GMT

"I used to drink several cups of coffee, then liftweight or go running
to make holding it as difficult as possible. The theory was that if I
could learn to control my bladder under those circumstances, ordinary
life would be easy. That seemed to work. Now I have no urinary symptoms
at all. Maybe I just got lucky, but I like to think my effort had some
role."

I've always thought that yours was a good idea, Steve, so forgive me for
always tossing it into the mix when the topic comes up.

I'm trying not limit what I do for fear of leaking and squirting and it
seems to be helping.

Thanks,

Ron B.

Chicago

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chris m - 08 Jun 2005 18:52 GMT

> In summary, eliminate caffeine and exercise. Not sure that is news.
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthology/story?id=819452

Absolutely eliminate the caffeine. That is a no brainer. I would take
it a step further and say that anyone who is facing surgery, and who is
a heavy coffee drinker or caffeine consumer, should begin cutting back
several weeks before surgery. Caffeine withdrawal is no fun-headaches,
shakes etc. You don¹t need to be withdrawing from it while recovering.

My experience with exercise is of course relative but opposite. For
several weeks after surgery I had urge incontinence-the feeling I had
to go, while not necessarily doing so, all the time. I found that
light exercise-walking, helped alliveate the feeling. Eventually my
uro prescribed Detrol LA which totally solved the problem. I took it
for several weeks-constipation was a bothersome side effect. I stopped
last week, (9 weeks past RRP) and I am now fine with no problems. I am
also exercising hard at least 3 hours a day fwi.

chris m

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