Advice about incontinence operation

My husband had his prostate removed in 2010 and was immediately totally incontinent. Pads were inadequate to deal with the problem and an external catheter and leg bag were problematic from the start. After about 18 months he was offered surgery to fit an artificial sphincter with an internal pump which he operates manually. In his words “this has been life changing”. We can go into further details if you need them. Hope this helps.

Perhaps the mechanical device would be a catheter? They can be pretty uncomfortable.

Thank you for your comments. He has sent for one of those devices which exercises the pelvic floor muscles and will postpone the operation until he sees what progress he can make. He's very uncomplaining about it all.

My partner had this operation last year, and now has prostate cancer,he is dreading having something like this happen, as he is also having Radiotherapy,
I hope your DH finds something that helps ,without having to have this mechanical device,poor man it must be so depressing for him

My dh had his prostate removed last summer and is still using pads, usually 2 a day but hope it may still i mprove in time.
Is this the only option available for your dh. Is there anything else which might carry less risk of full incontinence and all that entails.

Has he tried drugs or is the incontinence beyond drugs?

I would try to find out the % of him being left fully incontinent and maybe weigh it up that way?

Good luck- it cannot be easy.