My dh went in outpatient surgery. He had an epidural but poor thing he woke up in the middle of it so they had to use general anes. after that. He was in recovery forever it seemed, waiting for the epidural to wear off. He said tha was he worst of it. He did use his pain meds. He had his surgery on friday and the uro told him he could return to work on monday. Except for in his case he does HEAVY lifting at work so he stayed out for 3 weeks. That was totally dh's call. The uro acted like it was minor, he said he went in aboe the muscle so tthe recovery wouldnt be bad. But dh does still have tenderness at the inscison site still. The uro also told dh that he might br a little sore after bc his body would be reabsorbing the blood vessels that he tied off during surgery. But overall it wasnt bad at all. Dh didnt complain at all. And it will be totally worth it if it works. Good luck to you and dh.