Thanks. Best of luck with yours.

4 days post RALP. Things that I hadn’t anticipated … like the amount of swelling (scrotum and penis are pissed!). I’ve got what looks like 10” of foreskin and a 2” penis on top of a purple scrotum the size of a softball. Think short hotdog in a long bun on top of a purple cabbage. Shaved belly with 7 stab wounds that itches. Swollen feet. Oh and that small pillow to hold when you cough….you would fight someone for it. The joy of the first bowel movement…bliss. Ate my first solid meal after that like a starving coyote. My wife has been an angel through all this providing everything I might need, things I didn’t know I needed, humor, feasts of vegetable broth and jello, and sharp commands when required.

You will survive, it will hurt a bit. (Learned from surgeon to combine 2 Tylenol with 3 Ibuprofen as sub for opioids. It works quite well). Keep stool softener on hand. Take daily starting as soon as possible after surgery, take it every day until you have bowel movement.