Steve,
Glad to hear you're on the list for surgery ASAP! No time to change your mind
Re the 3 coach plane seats, I'm a short (5'2")/slender female so a taller bigger guy might feel cramped. Some of the seats are uncomfortable this way for any duration so if you would choose to purchase a row or even 5 seats if that's more feasible than biz class then I'd suggest bringing some kind of mat you can lie across the seats for extra cushioning as I only fly nonstop from LAX to Tampa and it's usually a bit short of 5 hours straight (I buy 3 seats/row).
Perhaps you can sit longer than me which is less than an hour or a tortured hour plus in a plane but if not, do what you have to do.. it's well worth the comfort and for me the ability to be mobile once I get somewhere vs. precipitating a huge horrible spinal episode en route to my destination.
Or maybe you will just be "good to go" so to speak re surgery! Ok, wishing you the very best with your surgical outcome and recovery and glad it's so soon and you're that ready
