My surgery was a mixed bag. 90min late start as case ahead of me went long. Brief memory of operating room. Woke up 5hrs later well sedated no pain. Surgery had been paused for frozen section pathology of lymph nodes then restarted. People appeared in recovery room with instructions of how/when to take drugs, manage catheter etc. each admonished “do not strain” gas gave feeling of impending bowel function but actually took til day 4 to normalize. Took some stuff to soften stools. Went back to surgeon in a wk but got his nurse instead. She removed 30or 40cc water from catheter then without warning tipped it out. To my surprise no pain.Their notes sad catheter removed in normal manner. No infection of any kind . A bit of blood in urine 3-4days.Pubic numbness at first gradually diminishing.