Clife8,
best of luck with the op. you are going to one of the best and even if you had no research done you would get a great result. the pre-op jitters are normal, i had them first time around, not so bad the second time.
the procedure is not that bad, the time passes and there is very little pain.
take your pain-killers regularly before the pain starts to cause discomfort.
get some aloe-vera gell ( no alcohol type )use it on the reciepient area after the first few days it helps a lot.
IH