CB, I didn't see your question about bruising, but I did have bruising after LIS. My butt looked like a baboon's butt for the first day or so :)
And don't get me started on soaking and yeast infections. I did so many warm water soaks after LIS that I ended up getting balanitis (yeast infection of the penis) that I was never able to completely get rid of. I now have to get an "adult circumcision" (hurts just to say it) to try to cure the problem :( Hopefully the recovery from that doesn't somehow cause an anal fissure otherwise I'll have come full circle in the worst way...