The pain at the incision sites is mild tenderness. It's the after effects of the carbon dioxide gas that was used to inflate the abdomen that's truly bothersome. You'll experience heaviness in the chest where the air rises to the diaphragm, shortness of breath and deferred pain to the sternum, the neck and shouders. This discomfort lasted about 72 hours post-op. Lying down seemed to help but painful if upright.