hi Nikki,

I have had two laps and never got any shoulder pain. the shoulder pain is apparently from the gas the put into your stomach.
my first lap (2004) was to remove polyps. the doctor said he would make two incisions . he actuallt made four as i had severe endo. they need to make as many as need for the poles and surgical instuments to go in, and then to romove the unwanted stuff!

i had another lap (2007) to remove an ovarian cyct. i had my current FS do this op and he used the same old incisions. they didnt take any longer to heal or hurt more.
i had massive pain from my first op, but the second one was a breeze. again it depends on what the remove.
good luck.
hope it goes well and you have minimal pain.
michelle