I had an investigative lap done a decade ago including the dye & a d&c. I didn't get any shoulder pain. I had the op on the Friday and was back to work on the Monday. I had a desk job.

I found that whenever clothes hit the stitches around my navel that they absolutely killed. I wore loose clothing but it didn't seem to help at all. I've never come across anyone else who had this problem so I think that it might have just been that my stitches were done too tight. The lower incision didn't give me any drama.

I'll be having another lap done as soon as I get to the end of the waiting list (hopefully just another couple of months) and I will take as much time as recommended by the doctor this time.... lets face it I'm not as fit as I was 10 years ago so I may not handle it all so well.

I also had a shocker of a sore throat for days aferwards due to the tube down the throat.