Is the recovery from partial laparoscopic hysterectomy, as bad as the excruciating pain of the fibroids?

My periods are debilitating and literally as hardcore as child birth (vicodin or percocet with 600 mg of ibuprofin barely take the edge off) for 3 days out of the month, due to 3 large fibroids, inside my uterus (didn't know birth control pills were making them bigger, while controlling period :( ) So my question is, can my recovery be any WORSE than what I've been suffering monthly? I had a c section and was on vacation in a week, so does recovery compare to that in your opinion? Been off work leading up to surgery in days..I'm not sleeping and stressing a bit.. 3 Epidurals didn't work on me,during childbirth. vicodin makes me vomit and percocet, I have to be flat in the bed or I vomit too. So any info you have would be really reassuring thanks