How many keyholes do they make in your stomach? I had 2 each time (I've had 3 laps), one at belly button, one at pubic hair line

Who has had problems with the gas afterwards (eg shoulder pain etc)? shoulder pain,

How bad was that pain? quite uncomfortable

How long did you have off work? with the second and third ops, my gyno operates on a tuesday, I took the rest of the week off and re-started work the following monday

When did you start feeling normal again? within a few days

Do the keyholes have stitches?, the first time yes, the second and third times, no - different gynos

Does your stomach get bruised? Yes, but I bruise easily

How long does the procedure take? Can't remember, but about an hour I think, recover time was the longest.

For pain relief, I was offered everything as nothing seemed to work. When I went back for the third one, (only a couple of months after the second), the nurses joked with me about how much I needed before that. I've since worked out I have a low tolerance to morpheine and usually react with vomiting. So for the third time, the made sure they dosed me up with medications before the operation.