Recovery wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be, I have heard all sorts of horror stories but everyone is different and the only bit of advice I would give is don’t listen to it because you scare yourself.
The first 2/3 days were uncomfortable and I had my friend doing everything for me as I couldn’t even lean over and grab a glass of water. I tend to sleep on my side and stomach and the only thing that really grated me for the first 4 days is that I couldn’t sleep on my side, but after 4/5 days I started to as the pain eased off.
I was prescribed Codeine but I didn’t take it I only took 2 lots of 500mg of paracetamol which did the job every 4 hours once they had worn off. I would do it all over again ha ha.