Thank you all for your advice and sharing your own experiences. Now that Christmas has passed, I plan to simply get myself emotionally ready for this particular part of my life's journey. I've been reading and asking questions of everyone. My sister just gave me the hystersister's guide as well as another book about hysterectomies. During my healing I intend to follow doctor's orders, read, take at least one on-line course on traumatic brain injury and learn to play the harmonica.
I surely will keep in touch because I'm really enjoying the interaction amongst this group of sisters.