 [ Symptoms ] experiencing what i believe to be hives all over my stomach chest and sides as well as lower neck causing itchyness started experiencing this about 4 days ago after returning from a road trip to nyc while there i had some calamari at a restaurant other than that life was normal as usual i been taking antihistamines and using hydro cortisone cream to stop itching both treatments seem to be working with no prevail [ Disease ] as soon as your surgeon give you the okay open surgeries require longer healing times than a laparoscopic procedure so your surgeon has the final say so i suspect it will not be more than a few weeks