I tore my ACL playing soccer and was a little terrified about surgery. I decided to make a card for my surgeon with a guilt-trippy message about “thank you in advance for making me able to run again” and “I’m so grateful to be in the hands of such a respected surgeon” or whatever, and I put an image of a girl running on the front. The hardest part of this was making so small an image, but it worked out. And he did a good job!
Art by Raealize 
Good for you. I’m having knee surgery in three months time and will think about doing the same.
Thanks for your comment and good luck with your surgery!!