I had my procedure 13 days ago. I spent one sleepless night in the hospital during which my bladder was irrigated continuously. Discharge went from dark pink to light pink to amber to clear during that time. I had constant bleeding at the entry point of the catheter and any movement would cause some pain and more bleeding. I went home with the catheter in place and with scheduled removal for 5 days later. I was told to drink lots of water which I faithfully did. At home the discharge would occasionally turn pink if I moved or when I got out of bed in the morning, then return to clear. Still bleeding at the catheter entry point and pain if I happened to move the wrong way. Catheter removal day finally came and it was a relief to have that thing out. They did a void test where they put 200 mL of water into my bladder before removing the catheter and then I was to pee in a bottle to see how much I would be able to void. Result was very bloody urine but 210 mL so I was OK to go home without a catheter. Doc told me to expect things to get worse before they got better several times and also to drink lots of water. When I got home my stream was a fire hose and I was amazed [9 oz in 15 sec], but that only lasted that day and was probably just the result of the urethra being stretched out by the catheter. Over the course of the next few days my stream got progressively worse and even reached a point where it was worse than before the procedure, especially at night. Even though I was told to expect this it was discouraging and somewhat worrisome to see. But, over the course of the last few days there has been improvement to the point that it is now definitely better than before the procedure [8 oz in 16 sec] with no dribbling at the end. There is still some minor pain and very occasional light pink right at the start if I am not drinking enough water, but otherwise mostly clear. I can tell that my urethra is still healing because there is pain all along the area when I sit down or bend forward to get up. Also, some occasional burning and mild pain when urinating. I am drinking lots of water so I am urinating often and other than a single small 1/4 in dia clot at around day 6 I have not seen any other debris in the urine. I am encouraged by the progress at this point and am happy that my big worry - the potential for incontinence - has not been any problem. Throughout the recovery thus far there has been very little pain and what there was was mostly due to the catheter. I have not needed pain medication since the catheter was removed. I have been walking about 3 miles every day since day 3 or 4 but I have to plan my route so that there is a bathroom available along the way. Once I stop seeing the occasional pink start I may try cutting back on the amount of water I am drinking and I suspect that will cut back on how often I need to urinate. Anyway, so far so good and I am happy with the results so far.