I had mine done when I was 18. The first week was CAKE; didn't even phase me. (I actually got into a shouting match with my mother about 3 hours post-op because she wouldn't let me drive over to a friends due to the anesthesia [i felt fine] ).
Week 2-3, sucked...hard. I attribute this to wound drying up and scabbing over. I didn't eat anything for those 2 weeks. I'm talking, damn near nothing. Maybe a snack pack a day, if that. It hurt so bad to swallow, I just didn't do it. I actually lost almost 40lb. in those 2 weeks alone. Best diet I ever went on.
Then there was the blood lugies...Jesus, those sucked. At one point, I thought I was going to choke to death as I coughed up a blue/purple/redish glob of shit about the size of a golf ball. After that was gone, I felt 10000000x better.
Anyways, that's my story.