I was 70 last year when I had NS RARP. I'm not a medical professional nor an expert in this stuff, so take the following as just my layman opinion based on my personal experience. That said, changing the bag, emptying it, etc wasn't really a big deal and other than the first time right after surgery when my wife helped me, I pretty much did all that stuff myself. While my wife insisted I use disposable gloves and antiseptic wipes to prevent infection, changing the bag couldn't have been much easier. But I should mention I had a very easy recovery with minimal pain and was walking around the day after surgery. Some guys certainly do have a tougher recovery. You didn't mention your age or overall fitness/health, but if you're in good shape before surgery hopefully you'll have a good recovery and will be able to easily take care of the catheter and bag by yourself within a day or so. That said, it is good to have a "plan B" in case your recovery doesn't go well and you need more help. You'll know pretty quickly how much help you'll need. Also, you asked about the bag (which really was easy to take care of as long as you can get up and walk around easily), but with the restrictions on not lifting (for me it was not more than 10 lbs for 6 weeks) makes many daily household chores (grocery shopping, taking out the trash, cooking, cleaning, etc) problematic and may well require some help (again especially if you have a tough or long recovery). You really want to follow your doctors instructions and not stress those stitches during recovery. As a practical matter, here's 3 tips: 1) the biggest "mess" I made the 7 days I had a catheter was one night I turned over in bed while asleep and the catheter tubing pulled apart and spilled some urine. Fortunately I had a disposable absorbent bed mat down so cleanup was as simple as just throwing it in the trash and putting another one down. But without that pad, I would have had wet sheets and a wet mattress. 2) I used the elastic leg straps for the catheter tubing. But during the day it'd slowly slide down my leg and end up putting tension on the catheter tubing. Keep an eye on it. 3) my care team recommended lubing the catheter tubing right at the tip of the penis with antibiotic ointment to prevent irritation. I used what they recommended and it did help. Best wishes.