I had it done about 3 weeks ago. I found out about a week before that the urologist I was scheduled had a reputation for being less than gentle. Great. First thing was to swab the area. He picked up some alcohol swabs with some tongs and dove in - he mashed my bits like he was mashing potatoes. Ok, that sucked. Next up the needle - no big deal, surprisingly. Away he goes to work, some discomfort, not a big deal, then I think it was another needle to the 2nd nut - JESUS EFFIN KRIST ON A KRUTCH!!!! Pain like I've never felt in my life. I actually recoiled from it, and apologized, knowing I shouldn't be moving around when there's a needle in my nut! But man, that hurt. That was about it, though.
I was anxious as hell about the procedure the night before - couldn't sleep, stomach was doing somersaults. I took a gravol about 2am and fell asleep in front of the TV.
Recovery has been fine. I bought some tighty-whities, and still put a sock in there for extra support. I took 1 day off to lie on the couch with frozen peas (didn't tell the kids when we ate them the next week
). The next day we had a weekend trip to Niagara Falls with the kids, which involved some walking - in hindsight, I probably should've taken another day of rest, but no big deal. Swelling was maybe a bit smaller than 2 golf balls. The bandage came off after maybe 4 or 5 days. The stitches are the dissolvable type, and are still there. "Activity" resumed within a week with no issues, though the first time was very gentle, very slow.