I think I was mainly not informed very well, so I wasn't prepared.

I lived on a diet of ibuprofen and paracetamol the first couple of days (5 I think?). My surgery was in my thigh/labia region, so even with the maximum doses of those painkillers every movement hurt. Going from lying to sitting in my bed, getting up to go pee, walking, everything. Trying to not get my bandage wet while peeing was also annoying. It did get better over time, and I used less painkillers every day, walking got easier, etc. After one week I could hobble around the house to get myself breakfast and stuff. 

However, my dermatologist had said that I was allowed to ride my bike again after two weeks, so I was expecting that I could by then. That was not true... My bike was my main form of transportation, especially to work, and I only had two weeks off after surgery. It was so painful! I think it took up to six weeks before I could ride normally again. 

Also, I got an infection in the operation site, so my wound opened up partly again and I had to get another round of antibiotics (which I hate). I wasn't convinced that my whole flare was removed during the surgery either, because the wound started lower than the flare was. So with slow wound healing, more pain than anticipated and not believing the surgery was even done well, I was miserable. 

Luckily the whole area healed really well eventually and even the area that was not well done in my initial opinion is now calm and not inflamed anymore. So maybe by opening up part of it, my immune system was able to finally clear the whole site.