Demand pelvic floor therapy following prostate surgery

[Happystrap]

If you have a prostatectomy because your cancer is progressing too rapidly, make sure that your surgery is followed with pelvic floor therapy to prevent pelvic floor prolapse. Doctors generally fail to recognize that the prostate removal leaves a significant gap -- not as large as that for women after delivering a baby...but the gap can readily cause pelvic floor prolapse in men unless the doctor prescribes post surgery pelvic floor therapy. None was prescribed for me, and as a result my pelvic floor prolapse has caused interminable problems for me. I was finally prescribed therapy after my pelvic floor prolapse was identified years later because of my ongoing problems, but the "repair" therapy could not solve all the problems I had been left with.

[cesces]

Nice tip.

[Teufelshunde]

I have an alarm that goes off 3x every day and I do my kegels. Going on 3 years now. Will never stop. No issues since 2 weeks after RP and plan on continuing that. Started them month before RP per my doc. Had therapist after for a couple weeks. Should be SOC.

[Scoofer33]

I cannot agree with you enough! Demand that your surgical urologist, or whoever performs your prostatectomy, prescribe Pelvic Floor Therapy. They will massage your belly to break up growing scar tissue. They will give you a *Digital Rectal Examination* like nothing you've had before. This is SO important for you to be your best self after prostatectomy!

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My advice is before you go in for surgery. Find a Physical therapist trained in pelvic floor therapy. Mine was 3 1 hour sessions and its been worth every minute. It is unlikely you will perform the exercises properly with out this therapy.

[garyi]

Excellent advise. Four plus years since surgery, and tens of thousands Kegels. Early on physical therapist helped make sure I was doing them correctly.

Absolutely should be SOC for both urologists and radiologists, along with in-depth discussions of treatment side-effects.