Piece of cake. 40' from the time I entered the lobby to the time I left.
Other than a relatively painless shot of novocaine to the base of the pecker (or somewhere near there), no meds of any kind, pre or post procedure. The worse part of the procedure were the five seconds (literally) it took Nurse Ratchet to shave my balls, sans shaving cream, despite the fact that during my consult the Doc said, "You don't need to shave your scrotum (medical term) because you're relatively hairless."
In order to spare you from a potential ordeal - here's a transcript of what went down:
Nurse walks into the room starts rummaging through surgical implements ...
Me: Good morning.
Nurse: Did you shave your scrotum?
Me: (pause ... ) Uhm. Well. Uh. Not really. Doc said that since I was relatively hairless down there, that I didn't need to shave ... them.
Nurse: Let me see.
Me: (pause ... )(slowly raise the gown to reveal my cold, shriveled nut sack and unit, which was turtled due to the involuntary flight or fight response - flight, to be specific)
Nurse: Pffiiiitt. (proceeds to grab my drastically shrank up unit in the fist of one hand and a razor in the fist of the other - eyes fixed right on the beans)
Me: Wait! What about the shaving cream?! That's sensitive skin. You can't just shave there without some kind of lube.
Nurse: If you want lube, you need to shave your own scrotum.
Five seconds later the few hairs that were there were gone. Do yourself a favor and shine the boys yourself before V-day.
Left the Docs feeling fine physically, but slightly violated due my interaction with Nurse Ratchet, and drove straight to work. Did what Doc said, and sat on my butt for most of the rest of the day (with a bag of frozen peas on my sack), although I was on the deck coaching swimmers and walking - just not as much as usual.
Woke up the next day to a pretty big bruise and slightly swollen cods, but zero pain unless I accidentally hit/squeezed the area, such as being head-butted in the nutz by my daughter (not a malicious thing - she was just at that height), or crossing my legs (due to the lack of testicular pain when they're just hanging there, you forget that squeezing them will hurt). No lifting or straining the day after, either.
I rode my mtb on a rocky trail, four days after surgery because Doc said I could. Again - slight discomfort if I compressed my nads, but nothing, otherwise.
Based on my experience, I'd say you're good-to-go in four days and good-as-new in seven days - provided you take it mellow immediately following the procedure and the day after.
Jimmy
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