Nice to hear from you. This is Friday after my Tuesday surgery.I'm a side sleeper, so finally last night I was able to roll onto my right side and sleep, but I think that was a mistake, I'm either super sore from the side sleeping or just because it's 3 days post op-it's hard to know! Still no pain meds needed, but still using the phenergan rub which is amazing! We love to cruise too and had planned on our 7th this summer, but have since changed it to an all-inclusive and thought flying would give us 2 extra days of play time in Cozumel. So far my favorite thing has been having the Magic Bullet mini mixer. A shake, some ice & water, and its amazing how good it tastes and feels! If there's a MIO you like to drink, stop now and save it post op. I can no longer tolerated my favorite MIO since surgery, weird huh. Switched to another flavor, doing fine. Sounds like we both have quite a journey to go thru in 2013. Best of luck and keep in touch. Blessings! Tina