One month after AUS activated

[beargrey]

Summary: FREEDOM!

No more wearing dark pants so that leaks might not show so much. No more carrying extra pads in the car and in my pockets if I have to be out for several hours. No more excusing myself during the show because I don't think my pad will last until intermission. No more wondering whether I smell like urine all the time. No more ... so many worries!

I still wear a pad for "insurance" when I'm going to be active (I dance several nights a week), but at the end of the day, it is damp from sweat and not from leaks. And I love wearing a kilt "commando" again! My insurance doesn't cover pads, so I'm looking forward to the savings now that I might use four per WEEK instead of four per DAY.

My current urologist told me that this surgery has been around for almost 20 years. I don't know why previous doctors never mentioned it before. I almost want to sue them for malpractice!

If the artificial urinary sphincter surgery is an option for you, please give it serious consideration!

[jimreilly]

glad to hear this has worked out so well! freedom is a wonderful thing....

[koiboi]

That is awesome dude!! Sometimes when I undress I get a strong smell of urine but my husband says it's in my head! Good job.

[cajun1949]

I've had mine for two years now! love it. Unfortunately after radiation I started dripping. Not much but that damn spot on the jeans. I wear Poise pads. Found with the women stuff. Cheap, small enough not to detect and very comfortable. Try that, it worked for me.

Best of luck, Jimmy Dale in louisiana