Thanks all! Everything went well.
While I was recovering, my schedule was completely out of whack, and I did not get to spend enough time here as I wanted.
Basically, I had some torn cartilege, calcium deposits, and a pretty good sized osterchondral defect (basically a benign bone cyst). It was the defect and its repair/removal which caused the most trouble.
I was on crutches in a non-weight bearing status for a little over 4 weeks. The week of Thanksgiving I was told to start weaning myself off of crutches, and by the end of the following week, I was walking on my own. Stairs are still a small challenge, and it will be another 4 to 6 weeks before I am back to 100%. I am still hoping I can salvage a ski outing before the end of the season (as it happens, I bought new skis at the end of last season), and the doc said I should have a good chance at that, and should be ready to go in late February or early March.
Thanks again for the prayers and support.