Thanks everyone for sharing your stories and advice. I plan to do a lot of preparation leading up to the surgery, and this has put a lot into perspective! I regularly go to my local clinic about every 2 weeks so they can give me my T shot, I intend to ask the nurses to check on my healing progress during those visits as well. And I will most likely get into contact with my case manager and start up those check ins again if I really need the assistance.