Dozer;
Good luck, you are in very, very good hands. The anesthesia was a breeze for me, I had a couple of spine surgeries 20 years ago and that was much worse in terms of anesthesia.
With this one, at Euclid with Dr. Brooks and the entire team there, I had the earliest slot in the morning, I had zero bad after effects from being put out (twilighted and spinal I think), was up and as alert by lunchtime as you can be with the pain meds. I really do not remember anything from the pre-op prep room, until being in the room on the 5th floor. The nursing and medical staff managed pain very well.
Your new hip will amaze you, just follow the exercises, obey the restrictions as much as possible, eat, sleep, ice, heal, etc and the first few weeks will be behind you. After that it is slow and steady progress each week.
I'm 4 weeks behind you for my second one. Tick, tock, tick......excited about getting this one, no panic like before the first one.
Dan