AMS 800 implant scheduled for Dec 22nd

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Tdub - 07 Dec 2005 02:22 GMT

I am going on 11 weeks out from my last bladder neck reconstruction
surgery, and this one appears to have been a success (unlike the one 21
weeks ago, in which my bladder neck reconstricted after 8 weeks).
Success is either due to doc opening up more and/or my taking 200mg
Celbrex and Prednisone daily to deter the undersireable
constriction-autoimmune response. However, this last one had lots of
pain - it wasn't until a couple weeks ago that I could sit down for any
length of time and not have severe pain in the perineum/urethra area.
This procedure seems to have heavily stressed the sphincter - I
couldn't sneeze until a few days ago for fear of blowing my lower gut
out, could hardly cough due to the pain at the sphincter, and even now
I have small amounts of blood mixed in with the urine - but in the
past few days everything has gotten much better. Seeing the doc next
week for a cystoscopy, then the AMS 800 implant the following week (can
you spell "beat-next-year's-$3500-deductible"??!!!). Although I could
wait to see if, by chance, the sphincter reconstructs itself to the
point where I was either continent ("not bloody likely" as Jerry S
would say) or only needed a sling, I have been waiting now for 30
months and I have had enuf of this yellow-colored-water-stuff.

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Buttercup's Dad - 07 Dec 2005 12:19 GMT

Good luck Tdub. Just remember that most men with the AMS 800 still have
drips and need some type of absorbent pad. Do not set yourself up for a
disappointment by expecting 100% continence (then again, some men do not
need a pad, so??). Also, do not be surprised if after the surgery you find
that you do not leak much for the first few days. That happened to me and I
wondered if I had done the right thing. Turns out the short blessing of
continence was due to swelling and when that subsided the tide came in and I
was filling up a Depends Guard every two hours and counting the days for the
six weeks to be up so the device could be activated. What a difference!
One or two panty liners a day now, and the change to the second one is
because I want to, not because I have to.

I do still have some tenderness in the scrotum, but they tell me that in
time that will go away.

I hope you have a very happy and dry New Year!

David S.

> I am going on 11 weeks out from my last bladder neck reconstruction
> surgery, and this one appears to have been a success (unlike the one 21
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> would say) or only needed a sling, I have been waiting now for 30
> months and I have had enuf of this yellow-colored-water-stuff.

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mira - 07 Dec 2005 15:02 GMT

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Ron B - 07 Dec 2005 15:39 GMT

Best wishes on the AMS800 TDub.

You've had so many ups and downs, I'm hoping that this procedure helps
greatly.

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Steve U - 07 Dec 2005 22:44 GMT

TDub,
May you be delighted with your new device. Please let us know how it
goes.
Steve U

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Bob C - 10 Dec 2005 14:29 GMT

Best of luck with your implant. I had the AMS 800 put in this past March
and have been well pleased with the results. Long story short, is that
leakage was reduced by perhaps 90%. The first several months were great,
with no pads needed, but then I guess the swelling was gone and a very light
pad is needed, usually just one a day. I did not realize how much the
incontinence affected everyday life until I was rid of it. I hope your
results are as good.

>I am going on 11 weeks out from my last bladder neck reconstruction
> surgery, and this one appears to have been a success (unlike the one 21
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> would say) or only needed a sling, I have been waiting now for 30
> months and I have had enuf of this yellow-colored-water-stuff.

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