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Well, that wasn't too bad.
It's a bit like being holed up in a hotel with jet lag. Time is measured out in sips of water and, thankfully, Earl Grey tea. Sleep was fitful and unconvincing. As I can't concentrate quite well enough to read more than a page of a book at a time I go for walks around the ward.
After a pain free surgery day I feel a little more shaky today. There's an ache in my shoulder (my body dealing with the gas that was pumped into my stomach cavity, it's like a strain and easily bearable.
The closest thing I have to pain is the feeling of cramp or constriction when I try to take deep breaths to my diaphragm. It's like a band that makes you wince when you get to the bottom of a big breath - and the importance of deep breathing has been impressed upon me.
Walking was tentative to begin with, but I think that was mental rather than physical. I am now conscious of the operation site in my core and I'm subconsciously hunching over a little and my gait is shuffly rather than springy. Getting out into the fresh air is a restorative, a happy sign of normality.
The only pain relief I've had is intravenous paracetamol - I'm happy to keep it like that.