I'm particularly squeamish when it comes to medical stuff so it took me a few days after the surgery to actually bring myself to take a look at it. I wasn't sure how bad it would be or even how long it would take me to get used to it.

The photo to the right was taken three weeks post surgery once the surgical glue finally flaked off. Truth is I'm still getting used to it, but it bothers me less every day.

To make sense of what you're looking at, the horizontal scars are where Dr. Robot did his magic to disconnect the kidney and get everything capped. Those are pretty small and probably will just look like bad scratches after they fully heal. Probably not terribly noticeable.

The big boy down the middle is where the pulled Donald and my kidney out. Since Donald was so big (10.1 cm) they had to make a bigger exit for him. Everything is still kind of red which is normal so I can't tell what it'll look like after it's had more time to fully heal, but it'll probably noticeable up close but not from a distance.

I'll probably do another one of these in a few weeks just to show the progress over time.