I have four vacation days booked off for surgery - the day before, the day of and two days after. Then it's my weekend . . . I also have four sick days left for the rest of the year. It might be enough time off to recuperate before I head back to work. It'll be a long slog of physio - six months of tedious work but it'll be worth it.

I'll probably reach DB status in posts since I'll be housebound for days! We live on the second floor, after all.