The nerve pain was the worst for me. And it was bad.

I know people tell you you should be back to normal in a day or two, but they lie. Don't push it. Enjoy some rest.
Avoid doing too much . if it hurts don't do it.

Avoid fatty foods,,
Be prepared to pay much more gas!

Koz

Same thing, laparoscopic. No staples. Worst was when they removed the drainage tube. Not painful, just odd feeling.
Remember being sore, had to take it easy moving about at first. Spent a week on the couch playing Playstation.
By the end of the week I was back up and (slowly) continued with renovating a closet to make a pantry.

They say to avoid certain foods, but I can't remember which ones, and it obviously hasn't adversely affected me, so...

There was a drain that took longer to heal.

"a fifteen minute operation" (laparoscopic). Woke up two days later w/a morphine drip in ICU.

I was mostly back to normal after a week, but it took a few months to feel pre-surgery normal.
I had one issue with food but that's because I went on an ice cream binge. I can eat ice cream
with no problem but not a quart at a time lol.

Was attempting to get out of bed in a normal
manner after my first at-home sleep following surgery. Felt like a large knife had been inserted in my gut. I learned he to roll out of bed so no stomach muscles were involved.
Scars are kind of cool. Mine looked like three bullets holes.