I'm just coming to this thread; glad to see you're back with civilization.

I hope all went by the textbook on the surgeries and that your recovery is as complete and pain-free as possible. (I've got at least one I'm going to have to deal with -- assuming I live long enough. I messed it up when I was 17, but the damage played a key role in saving my life, so the periodic pain and limitations are reminders that I shouldn't be here at all.)

Anyway, I digress: the point is that I hope you are soon back to doing your regular activities, but enjoying them more with less pain and restriction, and picking up some old ones you didn't do any longer because of the limitations.

Best of luck in 2015!