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or wind
• difficulty emptying your bladder or bowel
• vaginal heaviness or a bulge
• pain in the bladder, bowel or in your back
near the pelvic floor area when exercising
the pelvic floor or during intercourse
These problems may not necessarily be
linked to weak pelvic floor muscles and
should be properly assessed.
Important information for men who have
undergone prostate surgery
Performing pelvic floor muscle exercises
before and after prostate surgery is vital
to your recovery as it is these muscles that
help you control your bladder.
Doing pelvic floor muscle exercises after
surgery (whilst a urinary catheter is in
place) can irritate the bladder and cause
discomfort. It is therefore recommended
that you do not do any exercises during
this time. However, once the catheter is Like all exercises, pelvic floor exercises are
removed you may start the pelvic floor most effective when individually tailored
exercises straight away. and monitored.

“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want
to give, but cannot. All the unspent love gathers up in the cor-
ners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the hollow
part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” – Jamie
Anderson

Psychologists believe writing about grief can reduce pain. Research
Share has found that putting down one’s thoughts about worries and con-
cerns can help those looking for ways to cope with their grief.
Your While writing requires motivation, energy and dedication, it’s easy,

less stressful and all one needs is a pen, paper, computer or your
Grief device keypad. You don’t have to talk to anyone about it.

At Seniors Today, we are happy to provide you a forum to publish
your personal accounts. Simply mail them to us at editor@senior-
stoday.in with Share Your Grief in the subject. Please also include
your name and contact number so that we may contact you in case
we wish to make any clarification. While we would like you to write
the first person account with your name, we will – needless to say –
not disclose your information if you wouldn’t like us to.

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