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Advice for Partners of Those Undergoing Prostate Surgery

Jay Motola
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Jay Motola, M.D., F.A.C.S. has been practicing general urology since...

Jay Motola

Friday, December 21, 2007
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Dear Dr. Motola,  As the wife of one who is scheduled for robotic prostate surgery in a few weeks, I would welcome any advice or insights about how to best care for and help my husband.  What should I expect and how much should I do or not do?   The post-operative recovery pe...
  1. do not 'get' your words
    alexis
    Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 05:55 PM
    you wrote:  'spontaneous voiding resumes. Some incontience occurs.'  If the voiding is spontaneous, is not incontience guaranteed? 
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    Anonymous
    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 03:56 PM

    My husband had a prostetectomy and I don't think that the incontinence that he is continuing to suffer from would be classified as minor.  It's demeaning, and frustrating for him.  Dr.'s seem to underplay the emotional turmoil that this surgery raises. 

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