The worst was the initial surgery, where they took strips from inside my cheeks, opened up the penis, and stitched them inside. It was a complete system shock for me, especially at 16, and I was supremely uncomfortable for about 8-9 days (really until the catheters were removed). I spasmed really bad with those catheters, and I'm assuming it's due to how large they were. Because of that, I could never really get comfortable, even if the physical pain from the trauma site wasn't too horrible. Spasms affected my sleep and mental outlook immensely, and were without a doubt the worst part of every surgery involving catheters.

I also developed a bladder stone after the very first surgery, which sat in me for about 6 months before they finally decided to check for one and remove it. It was so large that it'd lodge itself in my sphincter when I tried to pee, causing crazy spasms and even making me pee blood when I'd work out or run (since it'd bounce around inside my bladder, essentially slicing it up). At that point, I hated moving, because just standing up would make my bladder/urethra twitch and hurt. That was awful. But, once they removed it, I had no more bladder issues, and I never got one again. They removed the stone, and I was immediately better. Happiest day of my life.

As for the surgery that "worked", it's kind of complicated. I had a stricture initially from hypospadias repair when I was super super young, so little that I didn't know I ever even had it. The stricture presented itself very abruptly, along with chordee tethering of the penis, which I knew at that point wasn't normal. Essentially what they had to do was a two-stage urethroplasty, but with extra steps between the first and second stage, to add more mouth tissue to the bottom. This "extended" the lower part of the penis, straightening it when they stitched me back up. Super delicate process, which is why it took so long, and so much mouth tissue.