I'm interested that your hernia repair was laparoscopic because @round5 said he had an open repair due to his prostatectomy, and also that they skipped the urinary catheter. I can imagine our recently repaired urethras don't benefit from having a Foley catheter shoved up them, but for those of us who haven't regained full continence yet, I can't imagine them doing anything else. @ssonkin what was your experience with catheterization during the hernia repair?