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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
How it goes will depend on if they can do it laparoscopic surgery, or if they have to cut you open. The former is how I got it, and I was in in the morning, out in the afternoon, and needed only minimum medication to keep pain down. Slow moving for a couple weeks, but normal ever since. If they cut you open, you're looking at a few days in hospital and a longer recovery time.
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I just had a laparoscopic appendectomy yesterday. I was under the impression it was less painful than an open appendectomy. They wouldn't let me go home until 30 hours after and now, 36 hours post op, I'm still in considerable pain.