Best of luck!
Small tip on the mattress and bed settings in the hospital.
I found that getting the right setting on the bed incline was crucial to my comfort. In addition to the bed being adjustable, the mattress was adjustable, in terms of firmness, like a Sleep Number type mattress. Adjustable bed incline is standard in hospitals, and I expect adjustable mattresses may now be common, if not standard. I found that getting adjustments just right was very helpful for my comfort- kind of a Goldilocks thing. It would literally make the difference in going from feeling mild to moderate discomfort, to feeling totally comfortable.
Mattress firmness setting was easy- it turned out that the softest setting was the most comfortable- like sleeping on a cloud. It took several adjustments to get the bed incline just right. The problem was that every time I got up and out of bed, they raise the bed incline to assist getting up and we needed to start all over again to find the right setting. Turns out that at the foot of the bed there is a digital display indicating the bed incline angle. So, once we got the setting just right, I had the nurse write down on the display chart in the room the setting numbers for both upper body and leg incline, so that we could easily find that Goldilocks position each time I got up and then back into bed. I had them leave the numbers up, so that the nurses on each shift could refer to the settings.
It turns out that about 7 years before my surgery, Sleep Number had a sale and I got a good deal on an adjustable mattress. The package deal included a bed frame with adjustable incline for head and foot, just like a hospital bed, a feature which I rarely used, perhaps only about 4 times during 7 years of ownership. I had almost forgotten about this feature, until I got home from the hospital and it dawned on me. I was able to adjust my home bed exactly as I had done in the hospital and noted the level. Being able to raise the upper part of the frame was also of great assistance getting out of bed. As for mattress firmness, under normal circumstances I kept mine at about 75- I moved that down to about 30, which gave me that soft cloud feeling just like the hospital bed.
Anyway, if you or other members are facing upcoming surgery and it also happens to be about time for a new mattress anyway, it might be something to consider getting a this type of adjustable mattress with adjustable frame. It was really not that much more expensive than other high quality mattresses.
Wishing you all the best with your procedure and please keep us posted on how your recovery is coming along