My first post on a herp forum and it has nothing to do with reptiles, hah!
I actually had quite the opposite experience than most people noted. Mine was about to burst, though, and had an emergency surgery the day of. I stayed in the hospital for two days and was off of work for almost a month. Pain was tolerable, but pretty bad the first week, I also had a pretty hefty painkiller prescription so it helped out a lot.
I know I'm the minority here, but I had mine taken out a bit over a year ago and still deal with problems caused by it.![]()