had mine out in february of this year. i woke up while they were stitiching me, no pain relief had worn off. I had full treatment to, gas, iv, and local. withen 45 min after the final stitch i was no longer bleeding, and the percs had kicked in. I htink it was about 2 days before i ate solids again, and that was warm mashed potatoes, eggs, etc. i was lifting light by friday ( out monday ) and practicing for lax sunday, 6 days after.
my doc is one of the best though...