I'm able to do more physically but where my incisions were feel like little pin pricks so make me aware I need to reduce the amount of stress I'm used to putting on my body. Yesterday I built a balance beam for the kids at church. There was no heavy lifting involved yet I could tell I had maybe overdone it a little bit by how pronounced the incision pricks were. I can live with being careful about how much strain I put on myself but it is the bladder control problem that is hard to deal with.
I can sleep for an hour to an hour and a half before I have to go. The pressure isn't painful like it was before surgery. In fact the pressure is so light that it isn't really recognizable except the urge to go woke me up. If I scoot to the bed's edge and swing my legs off the side of the bed while sitting up, I do fine. But if I roll over then swing one leg at a time off the bed, then I squirt.
During the day, every time I stand I must go immediately to the bathroom . If I hesitate or do anything on the way I will squirt and once that starts going to the bathroom becomes a mute point in many cases.
Monday will be 6 weeks since my surgery and I do go back to see the surgeon so he can access my progress. And as frustrating as each day seems to be I know I am making progress. I change undergarments less often and they are getting drier overall. Most trips to the bathroom are successful. The trips I have the most problem with are at church. The bathrooms are to far away so I try and stay seated
Yes, it is embarrassing and uncomfortable and inconvenient and necessary to wear black pants it is getting better.
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