Post-op recovery: Any tips?

Hi,

I have surgery coming up soon, and honestly, the recovery part is what’s keeping me up at night. I had a procedure back when I was a kid, and it was absolutely traumatizing—not because of the surgeons, but because the nursing staff treated me terribly afterward. It left me with a massive phobia of the whole process. When I look online at other people's experiences with this specific surgery, it’s a total mixed bag. Some people say the discomfort is nothing compared to a broken bone, while others tell these absolute horror stories about being hooked up to morphine machines every fifteen minutes. Thankfully, I see more accounts of smooth recoveries without all the chaos.

What I really need to know is how to prep properly to speed up the healing process. Should I be tweaking my diet or drinking specific herbal teas or something?

For context, I don't smoke, I rarely touch alcohol, and I’m a vegetarian. I stay away from processed junk and anything loaded with chemicals and additives. I only take a few specific medications. All my pre-op tests came back perfectly fine...

So, if anyone has advice on how I can give myself every possible advantage, I would really appreciate it...

What kind of procedure are we actually talking about here? You’ve provided plenty of words, but zero specifics.