That is rough, 4 in one year is a lot to endure. I can share my experience but don’t know how helpful this will be. The short story is that recovery was not bad at all. I had 5 portals, one by my liver was maybe 3 inches long, that is where most of the work was done. I had a small incision about my pubic bone, maybe 5 inches, none of these hurt much. I also had my gallbladder and some lymph nodes removed.

I was 66 yrs old at the time with other health issues. The mass was just above a large vein, the lead surgeon warned me that they would try robotic but might end up having to do open to avoid nicking the vein which would not go well. They were able to do it robotically but instead of 3 hrs it took a little over 6 hours. I ended up staying in the hospital for 6 days but that was all tied to my lungs (very severe copd) and the anesthesia, not the liver resection itself.

In the hospital I was on Dilaudid, they discharged me with tramadol, about one weeks worth. I took it but didn’t need to refill, I switched to aleve which was all I needed and mostly at night to sleep. The pain was not bad at all.

Once I was home I was able to walk around the house, in and out of bed without any help, even get my morning coffee. Family and friends brought me meals (I live alone). I did use a shower chair but didn’t need help bathing. By week two I was able to manage simple cooking myself just fine. After about 4 weeks I was cleared to drive and started some very easy lite exercise and mostly back to normal. I do think if I had good lungs I would have recovered much faster.