Even if it's laproscopic, prepare yourself and rearrange your life for being in bed, on total bed rest and not even able to study, for at least two weeks. GIven your job, you should arrange to take a full month off work, and off your feet. Rally your family and friends to create a support network and help you financially through this period. I am now 3 weeks out from laproscopic removal of both ovaries. I wish I had done this. I downplayed it in my mind as "minor" surgery, and then had to keep cancelling commitments, day by day, and getting frustrated. It would have been better to just clear the slate for a month from the start. You can always add things back! Get a lot of great books, magazines, movies and TV miniseries around you, and just relax and enjoy them ...