:Vanyel, I offer-demand-indicate-willingness-to bet you at 10-to-1 odds that if we describe this situation to Randi later, without telling him our past opinions, and ask Randi what he thinks would be an appropriate course of action, Randi's answer will include you resting for at least one night after surgery.  There may be some other goal your mind is trying to accomplish, by diving directly into mage-work now; but whatever that thing is, you need to acknowledge it explicitly to yourself, and then find an alternative way to accomplish it.  A way which also involves eating a lot of food.  Does this world have the concept of 'Healer's orders'?:

:Vanyel, I offer-demand-indicate-willingness to bet you at 10-to-1 odds that if we describe this situation to Randi later, without telling him our past opinions, and ask Randi what he thinks would be an appropriate course of action, Randi's answer will include you resting for at least one night after surgery.  There may be some other goal your mind is trying to accomplish, by diving directly into mage-work now; but whatever that thing is, you need to acknowledge it explicitly to yourself, and then find an alternative way to accomplish it.  A way which also involves eating a lot of food.  Does this world have the concept of 'Healer's orders'?: