I had the infamous Da Vinci robotic prostatectomy surgery on 14 March 2014.

My surgeon was extremely skilled and experienced.

I spent the night in the hospital, wife stayed with me, daughters were allowed to visit. The usual nurses checking and charting everything, surgeon stopped by to check on me, give me a brief synopsis of what he saw. I had pain management while in the hospital.

The next day I was discharged, given instructions about the catheter, when to call the office, go to the ER...

First day or two at home I lived on the sofa in the hearth room. After that, upstairs to the master bedroom.

Catheter was a minor annoyance, no pain though I was sent home with medication of needed.

A week later I met with my surgeon, he went over the pathology report, we discussed ramping up exercise and travel, the nurse took out the catheter, no leakage, I did resume most activities but was limited in some areas, nothing involving normal weightlifting, bike riding.

Like some who have posted, I was physically fit going into the surgery, and while not lean and mean, I was not obese either. Those helped in recovery.

Kevin