First time PCNL today

I posted a while ago about being scared of getting a PCNL for a 2cm.stone as I've never had surgery. I had it today and thought I'd share for anyone else scared.

First off, the whole team was great and made me very comfortable. Very kind and listened to me and did their best to put me at ease and explain everything. Before I was wheeled back, they gave me a patch for nausea, and some versed to relax me. I don't even remember being knocked out, just moving over onto the table and them telling me I was going to be given some oxygen. Lights out.

My procedure went perfect according to my surgeon, he got everything out, no complications. I woke up feeling pretty woozy, the nurse was kind and hit me up with some painkillers and got me ginger ale. I came around pretty quickly.

I have no neph tube, small incision glued shut. I do unfortunately have a stent that isn't comfortable at all. The best way I can describe it is like very painful period cramps, if you're a female. I don't want to die as of yet, but not fun lol. Also constantly feeling like I need to pee. I was sent home with a few oxy, Tylenol, ibuprofen, azo, and stool softeners. I'm kinda miffed I didn't get more serious drugs, but I do have a stash of toradol and flowmax if I need to try that instead. They discharged me pretty quickly after I had my cath removed and peed. Not fun! Like pissing razorblades omg. My side is sore and achey but not terrible. The cramping pain is definitely the worst part right now, its been getting worse as the surgery drugs wear off.

I'm currently in bed having some McDonalds so I can take my oxy and hopefully sleep lol. My stent comes out in 1 week in an office procedure. All in all, yeah it really fucking sucks, especially the stent, but I think I'll survive. I do not feel half as terrible as i thought I would(at least not currently). Hopefully it stays that way!

Thank you to everyone who had commented and reassured me on my other post, it really helped. 🖤

Edit: the oxy helped a bit with the cramping, and I also took some ibuprofen and that helped further. I've had about 3 liters of water since I got home and that also seems to have helped a lot with the bladder spasms. Peeing doesn't hurt as much either. Also coughed up some bloody mucus which is apparently normal after intubation, probably why my throat hurts. Gonna stay on top of my meds and hope for the best, though I just realized they gave me just one days worth of oxy... 😑 stingy! I've dozed a little but sleeping seems like its gonna be hard...

Day 2: SO sore today, feel like a donkey kicked me everywhere. Did not get much sleep. Throat quite sore, still occasionally hacking up red streaked mucus. Oh, and I got terrible bladder spasms after a short walk downstairs to refill my water. 🫠 what an awful feeling. I called my uro and the nurse is sending a different med to try and see if that helps. Fingers crossed.