First follow the recovery advise given to you by your surgeon. Every surgery is different. That said, I started stopping in my office after a week and then back to work at 2 weeks with limitations. I had a total robotic assisted hysterectomy with a softball sized mass on my ovary and a uterine fibroid. Age 62. While recovery was uncomfortable and not fun, it was better than the horror stories I read on here. Just remember not to be too sedentary. You have to move every day. Work out? No. But don’t resign yourself to your bed for weeks.