Hi Craig,
Welcome to OCF! I just wanted to put in a few recommendations for helpful things after surgery. Try and work out a schedule for family members to be with you during your hospital stay. Also get a dry erase board for when you need to communicate when someone isn't around. Your goin to be sore from surgery and sound like you ate 10 packs of gum so doing these things would be great. Also chapstick!! That was my sisters BFF for a few days. Cheap wash clothes from a dollar store. You drool due to the swelling and using your blanket and sheets really isn't a good thing. my sister brought her laptop and had netflix and watched all her favorite movies. I can't think of anything else off the top of my head. But tomorrow eat your most favorite dinner in the world. I will be thinking of u on Friday. Good Luck!!