Dear Halpal,
Congratulations. I pray all goes well for you both, and look forward to hearing from you during recovery.
It will certainly be interesting! I actually walked into the operating room and lay down on the table, so there was time for a good look around. Waking up again was not nice at all. But seeing my Dad looking well and happy again made up for that.
Read up on some of the threads about preparing for surgery, they're most helpful.
Love, elephant