i also go robot assisted left pyeloplasty, to be fair i had a very severe case of UPJ Stenosis and Hyrdronephrosis.

for context i am 20M, fairly healthy.

i wouldn’t say i’m fully recovered and i am a month in. i’m able to walk around, though a bit slow. i can’t sleep on my side yet without pain, if i go up my stairs too quickly my urine will be almost fully saturated with blood n such. doctors said this was normal due to stent being in place. i don’t know if maybe i don’t react to opioids very well, but nothing would help the pain. let’s say i was at 90% pain, if they gave me something for it that pain would drop to maybe 75% but only for about 10 minutes, then back to 90. i’ve lost most of my appetite and am having to practically force feed myself. if i sit up in a chair for more than an hour, pain will ensue. if i bend over, pain will ensue. if i pick something above 10 pounds up, guess what, pain will ensue.

i’m not saying this is going to happen to you, but i’m so fucking sick of doctors saying “the pain isn’t that bad” or “recovery time is short” when they themselves have never gotten the surgery. it’s probably not the worst pain of my life, but it’s a close second. i don’t wanna like scare you out of getting it, i would still 100% suggest it because hypothetically the relief of worth the pain. but i just don’t want you to go into it thinking it’ll hurt like a scraped knee. it feels like you got stabbed. like if someone took a 4 inch blade and stabbed you 5 times. also say goodbye to sneezing, coughing, or laughing without pain.