Waiting is irritating

I am waiting for a whole lot of things--some good some bad and some both.
The best "both" is waiting for the infection in my abdominal incision to heal properly so I will be considered germ-free so I can go have MORE surgery--I have pain in both knees varying from 4 to 9 on the "OUCH SCALE".By the way, the Acronym OUCH stands for OH YOU (U) CAN HURT. This was invented at the University of Hard Knox by Perfesser Boithaturts and his staff when when their studies over many years proved that some pains hurt worse than others:
Pimple on nose
Punch on nose
Smash on head with punch bowl
Smash on toe with bowling ball
Bowling ball sized cannon ball through abdomen
Any how you get the idea. Their main contribution to the medical world was to quantify these pains so nurses and doctors would know how much sympathy to show on their faces and possibly how much pain relieving drugs to give Many care3 givers seem to think that every single pill or shot for pain is personally coming out of their own pocket and it must be wrong to not have pain anyhow. A secondary component of this "OUCH SCALE" is known as the "How turrible is the verbal"--meaning how loud the patient is mentioning, yelling, screaming, bawling, and so on. This can also be quantified on a scale of 1-10. The best results can be gained by combining BOTH scales.
A small collarary to the two scales is the difference if the pain is YOURS or some other guy. Yours is ALWAYS WORSE BY AT LEAST TWO STEPS THAN ANYONE ELSES.
So the abdominal pain is only 1 or so now and the post-op knee surgery pain will be up to 8 or 9, but I am hoping I get a surgeon who has had surgery before and has good sympathy so It can be brought down to 3 -4 which is tolerable as that is where the pain in my left knee has been for aver thirty years. I also hope after the surgical pain is gone,I will be pain-free and can bend the knee to 90 degrees so I don't have to sit on the aisle all the time with the leg stuck out. I'd like to try riding a bike again and to be able to do the Walk For The Cure once. We'll see.