Michelle, that SUCKS!! I am so sorry to hear that. I didn't have any of that with my hernia.
My hernia repair was yesterday. It was a piece of cake compared to my laparoscopy. They gave me a bunch of shots around the incision area, so I felt pretty good yesterday. Today the shots have worn off and I woke up in a ton of pain.  They have me on two Percocet every four hours but it only really lasts for a couple of hours. I plan on going back to work Tuesday, though, and I'm pretty sure I will be OK to do so.
They didn't warn me about this beforehand, but I had to be on a liquid diet after the surgery. So make sure you have soup and jell-O and whatnot. It's just for that day -- I'm eating solid food again today. I ate three bowls of chock-full-of-dairy mint chocolate chip ice cream -- ssshhh, don't tell. it didn't bother me, but with all this Percocet, I could probably eat three whole pizzas with no problem.
Anyway, the big thing for me is going to be resting, so make sure you've got someone else lined up to watch your kids. you don't have to ship them away (unless you want to), but definitely you need another adult around. your husband sounds great so hopefully he'll be around. Mine is also very good about taking care of me. 
Hopefully you will feel better after your surgery!! I'll be thinking of you, let us know how it goes.
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jen
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poor Michelle! (hernia surgery info)
