Day 15

Really feeling good and fully back to normal.

Recap: med regiment for first 7 days seemed perfect. First two days uncomfortable (a bit like getting punched hard in lower gut + different sensations when yrunating); after that physical discomfort pretty much done.

Scab on left femoral artery entry point fell off this morning so the lone 1/4” incision healing up nicely. Hair growing back (after being shorn - that was a surprise; guess it’s to allow everything to be squeaky clean and allow IR doc to flip to other femoral artery if need be). Expect I will be looking at my old self before too long.

Urgency post morning coffee to get to bathroom greatly reduced! That’s a good bellwether.

Still getting up 3x at night but think much of that is muscle-memory where I’ve trained myself to get up (even while practically asleep) and use bathroom if I happened to wake at night (which happens easily a couple times a night).

Too early to say what (if any) effects on sexual performance. Been too timid for first couple weeks to attempt. Will push past that soon. Looking forward to ceasing finasteride and tamsulosin in a couple weeks.