I am at 8 weeks post op. I was a miserable pt. during my immediate recovery. A real cry baby, wanted everything my way. Now I am embarrassed but this forum helped get me through it. I think the advice here was better than I got from the surgeon. I have recovered remarkably well, but I did take the ,advice of this forum and didn't start back to working ,out at the gym until yesterday. I can feel the left side surgical site today. My doc said I could do anything I wanted@ 4 weeks. .I can't even imagine how disastrous that would have been. The best advice is a lot of patience, follow the diet, and take your pain meds and simethecone as prescribed. Rest,rest,rest