Maybe I am not the best one to understand pain and recovery for some people, seeing as how when I had both my wisdom teeth pulled last year, refused pain killers, went home, wrote research papers, and kept my daily 4:30am run. I would seriously send her an ultimatum and giver her 7 days from the time the voice mail shows up, send an email later. If anything, you'll both be relieved to have things off your back. It's just not good in my book to get out of the game just because of a medical procedure...if it was something critical, then I would grab my brother before anesthesia and say, "clear my browsing history, email my professors, I want all my assignments for the time I will be out".