 [ Symptoms ] the doctor said to expect to leak urine for 1 6 months after my prostate removal can i get back my control sooner  i use pads when i am at home and an external catheter when i go out [ Disease ] leaking after prostate removal is common and expected it takes time and every man recovers differently use the frustration to work on exercises external catheters scare me as i have seen so many disasters from men that start using them on rare occasions and then over time become dependent on them 100 better option   you can use pads and change them a few times when you go out work on starting and stopping the stream like an exercise plan do the kegel exercises throughout the day   when i did these operations i told my patients do a series every time you think about it or whenever a commercial comes on tv