Geralyn I healed quite quickly after my first section I was driving by 4 weeks and my scar healed quickly. I do remember finding it very painful to do anything using My abdominal muscles though, especially turning over in bed was really bad! My second was a crash section under general anaesthetic and I found it so sore afterwards it took me a good few weeks to feel back to normal.
After my normal delivery I've felt extremely sore down below and found it very painful to sit or even stand for very long for about 10 days, just due to a very heavy dragging feeling! Then all of a sudden my stitches seemed to heal and now I feel completely normal! So a much quicker recovery