"Many people are tired much of the time, " women may feel bloated around the time they menstruate, and post-menopausal women commonly have to urinatefrequently or more urgently, she said.
Often the symptoms of prostate cancer only start to show once the disease is fairly advanced but men should be alert if they start needing to urinatefrequently or if they have difficulty in urinating.
Although the device will not restore voluntary voiding, and patients will not know when they are going to urinate, the bladder will empty more completely and far less frequently than without the prosthesis.