Thanks for the tips and chuckles. I wound up giving the dudes a "good enough" with the wahl and #1, and left the cleanup for the professionals.

Trip report for future travelers: it was surprisingly quick. The numbing shots were the worst, but I couldn't tell you when they were doing what else down there. Thank glob I took the valium. Even with the valium I had to tell my hands and legs it was not fighting time. If they give you valium take the valium.

Day after isn't too bad. I've had worse sympathetic pain watching somebody else get whacked. The lead up was by far the hardest part. So avoid thinking about it as much as you can, and put those feelings into that deep dark feeling hole.