My recent DaVinci experience.

Studies have shown that most of that inch or two is actually the difference between claimed size and measured size and that the surgery has very little to do with it.

Each doctor is different about shaving. Check with your doctor.
Bill

Great to read things went/going okay.
Sounds like a typical surgery report, ie a bit of the same as everyone else and a bit not the same.
Also good to others to see you report that sensation of there being a massive improvement after 48 hours. (Post surgery I was like I was drunk, couldn't remember talking to surgeon, drifting in and out of sleep, snoring loudly etc, 48 hours later I was in the kitchen washing the dishes!)

I shaved myself, but about 4 days before surgery, and did it was an electric shaver and talcum powder. But as ever I expect the Dutch way is different to the US way, same as I did not have to starve myself or take laxatives etc before surgery. (I had normal food till the night before, had light breakfast at 7 am and was in theatre at 11am and had a normal evening meal at 7pm!)
After 48 hours I was also able to shower. Did that by disconnecting bag from cath and made sure my wife was there to pass me towel, pick up the soap if I dropped it, and help me dry off without having to do lots of bending and twisting.

I tried reducing pain meds while cathn was still in as I thought it was not a good idea to be taking 6 paracetamol (tylenol) every day, but soon had lots of aches, so carried on with plenty of tabklerts until after cath was out and then reduced number of tablets very gradually.

Hope recovery goes well and hope you get that cath out soon and that you get good news on post-op pathology.

Alf