6 weeks would be the most appropriate time you will need to recover. You will feel better by 4 weeks, but to add physical stress to your body is not recommended.

I have done several, i am usually back to work in 1 week. Still minor pain but tolerant to work with.

They said a week off work for me but I wish I'd taken two (I'm a teacher so on my feet all day). I'm week 4 after surgery and I can do most normal activities (no intense exercise though) but my tummy constantly feels like it's done a workout because of the healing and my incision sites are still sore. However, I got the IUD inserted at the same time and I think that's caused me a great deal of pain - it's hard to know what's IUD pain and what's post-op pain. But either way the validation of having the surgery and having the diagnosis confirmed made it worth having the surgery. It took me a year to make the decision but I'm glad I did and would do it again. We get gaslit so much by doctors telling us it's normal, or in our heads, or just part of life - even up until the day of surgery I kept being told 80% of people who have the surgery don't find endo, but everyone I've heard of who's had the surgery has found endo. So in terms of having the diagnosis confirmed, it was the best decision I made. Hope that helps and good luck!

I'm sorry you've been going through a rough time. Recovery from lap was 2-4 weeks. At 4 weeks I felt good but still had a bit of fatigue which is normal. Keep in mind, my cervix was not taken; when the cervix is removed, the recovery time might be longer. I was out for 6 weeks because I had enough leave time from work. One thing I can say, is the debilitating pain from endo and adenomyosis are gone!