Impatient Idealist

I highly recommend that you keep a notepad (or 'puter; I used my Palm) nearby as you ponder your feet and their situation before, during, and after surgery, both short and long-term. Write down questions as they pop into your head, review your LJ for more, add any questions that come up from any internet research you do. Then just before your appointment, organize and synthesize the questions into a prioritized pithy list, and bring the list with you to your doctor. That was the only way I managed to remember all the fussy little detailed questions I thought of. I actually took notes on my question list while the doctor talked, so I wouldn't lose those details when I walked out of the office -- helped a lot. Especially with upcoming surgery, a lot of little detailed questions will pop into your head -- you wanna capture them and inflict them on your doctor!