Patrick hope to help by sharing my very new to this experience. My prostatectomy was June 12th and I had catheter removed yesterday June 22 2023. I found catheter was very painful for me , every move hurt, I think most men don’t have as much pain as I did, at least I really hope not. Yesterday I could not see my Penis much at all I had no idea it would go inside that much. I assume do to pain. Nurse said I was first man that had pain during removal of catheter, seems I was tense and squeezing when I should have relaxed. Upon getting home and trying to to pee standing up 2 times . I discovered that my penis was too short to pee standing. This caused peeing down on my testicles an making a mess. Sitting down to pee is much better way for me at this moment . I am hoping that my penis will soon come back out, I have seen little glimpse of it . I do feel all will return in a few days though. I don’t mean to scare you or anyone else, but truth is, it is hard to deal with, but will get better. 59 years old and putting on my first pull up and large pad yesterday was not easy, emotionally that is. Knowing something and experiencing it are two different things. Best thing is I am prostate cancer FREE and knowing that all will get better is REALLY worth the surgery, No regrets again NO REGRETS . I truly feel you will have a much better experience than I did. But know even when things get tough you will be able to get through this. Worry was probably the hardest thing to overcome and most of the time everything is better than I worried about.