I have 6 friends who have gone through it. They all were in the hospital for some time and it
was very hard after the surgery and I am still recovering from Aug. 3rd. It is not like a tooth being pulled. You have 5 incisions on the outside but they cut and cut more inside. The pain was excruciating for over a week. I had a blood bag for 6 days and that is normal. I could not roll over on my left side until a few weeks ago at all. I was and am in tip top shape too working out 2 hours a day hard.