A prostate cancer survivor from Dublin has spoken of his experience of urinary incontinence after undergoing surgery to remove his tumour. Pat MacBride, 57, was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 49, despite not showing any symptoms of the disease. He underwent surgery to remove the cancer and revealed that, as expected, he suffered from urinary incontinence after the procedure, although the condition resolved itself after three months.
Mr MacBride, who lives in Bayside, Dublin, told the Irish Independent that he was aware of the side-effect before going under the knife.
He revealed: “It’s manageable but you have to be careful. I found it more inconvenient than a major embarrassment, although I know other people do find it very embarrassing.”
For Mr MacBride, it seems that his temporary incontinence was a small price to pay for becoming cancer-free. His advice to other men is to “get tested”, as prostate cancer is “one of the few forms of cancer where you do have different options in terms of treatment, and there’s plenty of support available”. According to Cancer Research UK, temporary incontinence in men is not uncommon after prostate cancer surgery, but only about five per cent of those who undergo radical prostatectomy have serious long-term incontinence problems.
A prostate cancer survivor from Dublin has spoken of his experience of urinary incontinence after undergoing surgery to remove his tumour. Pat MacBride, 57, was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 49, despite not showing any symptoms of the disease. He underwent surgery to remove the cancer and revealed that, as expected, he suffered from urinary incontinence after the procedure, although the condition resolved itself after three months.
Mr MacBride, who lives in Bayside, Dublin, told the Irish Independent that he was aware of the side-effect before going under the knife.
He revealed: “It’s manageable but you have to be careful. I found it more inconvenient than a major embarrassment, although I know other people do find it very embarrassing.”
For Mr MacBride, it seems that his temporary incontinence was a small price to pay for becoming cancer-free. His advice to other men is to “get tested”, as prostate cancer is “one of the few forms of cancer where you do have different options in terms of treatment, and there’s plenty of support available”. According to Cancer Research UK, temporary incontinence in men is not uncommon after prostate cancer surgery, but only about five per cent of those who undergo radical prostatectomy have serious long-term incontinence problems.