Your experience post RP sounds about as close to mine as I have read here and Thankyou for providing so much detail. I’m about 15 months post RP now and still experiencing meatal pain and discomfort which was never described as possible stenosis.
I did finally have a cystoscopy after a year of suffering.
Initially my pcp was chasing possible yeast infection which apparently I never had. After going to an infectious disease doctor and testing for any infection none was found, I had cystoscopy in the office( almost jumped through the ceiling) ouch!
He was able to pass the scope with some difficulty all the way to the bladder and reported scar tissue all the way up through. Because my stream is fairly good now I’m waiting and consulting long distance with Mayo urology in hopes of more improvement as I have noticed some since I quit trying to relieve the soreness with topical creams or gels which may have made it worse. The cystoscopy did not help irritation either. Incontinence is no longer a problem for me and lasted about 3 months. ED is still and honestly I don’t expect this to ever be back to pre surgery but still have some hope of some improvement without the drastic procedures I’ve read about. My age is 66, married, and had my surgery at 65 after 3 years of active surveillance.
Like you I never had symptoms but this is common.
I wish you well on your journey.