Glad to hear things are going well for you! The battery down one quarter sounds normal, in fact even better than mine

Your post-op appointment should be about 1 week to 10 days after, so they can check up on the healing, and especially if you have stitches they need to be taken out.
Rae's insight about the doctor not giving pain meds because it reflects on his work is very wise, and something I wouldn't have thought about, but it makes a lot of sense!