Oh praise the Lord ! We have waited a very long way indeed for another Seat2A report.
This being said, now I will grab a plate as he rightfully suggests and give the prose a nice weekend read that it deserves.
Edit: Now that I have gone through all of the report, it was well worth the long wait and then some !
I must admire your enthusiasm about wanting to try out unfancied airlines (like UL, even though it did not work out). I hope I have the same energy when I get to your age.
Last but not the least, I hope your surgery goes along as planned and you return back physically better than before so that the next reports see you walking through the airports on your own.