Hello CSteve,

lost count of the amount of major damage inflicted upon my person over the years, but the Liver resection (60%) and gallbladder removal was one serious step up from shattered limbs. Mine was done 11 years ago but the memory of the recovery is etched firmly in my conciousness.

You state 12 weeks as if it should be near back to normal, when in fact your body has been treading water getting over the shock and coping , and has only now arrived at a place where it can set about rebuilding and repairing the trauma damage internally.Yes l know the external stitches heal quicker and can make seem that you have travelled that road to full recovery, but that is round one, the good news is that the pains you are feeling signifies round two has begun and your body is repairing and rebuilding.. l experienced much the same and it took a while for everything to settle down, but on the first anniversary of the op you would not know it had been done

Take care and keep smiling, you will have come far from the original diagnosis,

David