While I haven't had it personally (not yet anyways) but a really good friend of mine had his done about a yr ago. He said the surgery itself was a breeze, but it hurt pretty bad afterwards. When he got it done, they only used local anasthesia, so he was awake and actually watched them cut and remove the glands. He had to wear a compression shirt for about 6 wks and was able to start lifting again after about 8 wks, but he was all natty at that point. I'm sure that if you got some hgh you could heal up much faster and be back lifting pretty quickly, although that's probly a topic for another thread.