Hope all went well with your surgery. I had an open partial nephrectomy in April, They removed the tumor, part of my kidney and a rib. I was in the hospital for 5 days then on my way to recovery. It was certainly a painful experience. I did get my self to go into work after two weeks. I can't say I really was myself until the full 6 weeks. I still continue to occassionally have pains at the surgical site. Life is good though . . let me know if you have any questions. . Your body feels so many things after this surgery.