jinjer,
I just want to encourage you that it wasn't so bad for sam when he went through it a few months ago.. he was swollen and sore but there was very little, if any, bleeding, especially since lasers are used now it is safer than it used to be.
Just make sure to get some popsicles and some gatorade ready! He also liked slushies and eventually moved on to mashed potatoes and biscuits and gravy. The first day he didn't really eat or drink anything but we got the pain meds right away, and they helped quite a bit for the soreness. The syrup they gave him to numb his throat was very thick. The pharmacist told us to thin that with water because it is very thick and to be careful if there is any heart condition as it is used for heart patients.
You probably know more about this than I do, as you are a nurse, but I just want to encourage you... it was all worth it in the end, and other than the discomfort Sam is so glad he had it done.
