I had a piece of my colon and appendix removed last December after they found a mass during a colonoscopy. I was a little worried since it was a open surgery as they couldn't do it orthroscopicly. doc told me I'd need 1 week in the hospital and 2 weeks laid up at home.
Except for some soreness in my stomach muscles I felt great when I woke up after surgery. By the 3rd day I was out of the hospital and 2 days after that back to work. I was expecting the worse but it wasn't a bad experience at all .......my bung hole problems on the other hand has been a nightmare.