I had orthognatic surgery in november, and what I dreaded more than the pain afterwards was the anaesthesia (those horrid stories of people being concious through surgery...). But actually it was pretty fun! That 'blink and it's several hours later' part was what amused me most. I was immediately fully awake and not nauseous at all, so it really did feel more like a few hours had been cut out of my life rather than that I had been awake.

My mom is a nurse at the hospital where I had my surgery, so she met a few colleagues when she visited me... weird experience.

Good to know everything is going well! Hopefully you'll be released out of sock jail soon.