I had a very large incision for my surgery 3 yrs ago, and for the longest time I thought it was always going to look terrible. But after a year it started to slowly fade, and now you almost can't see it! As for recovery, I couldn't walk for 3 weeks, and took about 2 months to be back to normal. My cyst hadn't ruptured though. Stay positive and just keep searching to find out what could be wrong. Good luck to you.