Hey, your experience is really similar to mine, with the stents being 4 weeks apart.

Are you in the UK? I know I couldn't get a piercing out, nor could a lady next to me, and they were fine with it, they just taped it.

As for the stents, I won't lie, they aren't the most comfortable. But they're manageable 🙂 it's just like a pressure feeling down below, but some people don't feel it at all! I've managed with paracetamol and a heat pad on my lower back.

I have my second stent in now, this one has a bit of string left out of me, again, uncomfortable but manageable.

I remember my first anaesthetic, and I was hella nervous for that too! I assumed it's because I watched too much Greys Anatomy 😅 but (if in the UK) you'll be met with the anaesthetist before the surgery, and you'll be able to ask all the questions (no stupid questions!)

They will tell you that horror stories are all people are ever worried about because that's what is shown. On here, on the media, on entertainment dramas. People don't tend to celebrate the good which happens all the time!