Marianne and my results were similar, so I won't duplicate. As she opened, each person is different, though! I truly had no "real pain" that I couldn't deal with, but there was "soreness." I had an open stoma hole that had to heal and it was honestly not a big deal to me and didn't hurt and didn't drain all that much, but I had to keep it covered. It just totally closed about six weeks after surgery. I also hope all goes very well!
Best wishes!