The pain is manageable. I've had a lifetime prescription to Oxy and never took more than one or two a year, so I cut the Oxy after surgery after the second day and relied on Tylenol. Mostly because not only do I respect the addictive nature of them but also the constipation issues, which in this case are very undesirable!

Pain is manageable. Abs hurt, perineum is super sore and I got a gel horseshoe "donut" to sit on for a while but otherwise nothing terrible. I've had fairly chronic pain for decades so I'm used to every day being at least 7 out of 10, this feels like 4 out of 10 comparatively.

Final bladder scan was done, everything is working perfectly and I'm having twins 👯😂

Doc wants me to stick to the tadalafil and l-citruline for now just to be sure but says I'll likely stop using those in a month or so.

Overall, if I had to rate this surgery, it is currently no different than the kidney cancer. Same robot, same doctor, same incisions (literally, he re-used them), same pain (but with added perineal pain) and same relatively fast recovery time. No side effects to speak of.

I know not all guys have the same experience, but for me it was a lot of dread for very little reality. I'll be happy to engage in sexual activity in a few weeks (less one obvious result), back to working out in a month and hopefully chugging along as if nothing happened.

What I really wish I had were more stories like mine turned out to be. I'm working on a site for this to document my experiences so other guys can find nuggets of good inside this whirlwind of crap that we all experience dealing with this thing.