Yes you can get on the portal and message your thoracic team. I did that a lot before and after my surgery! There are always questions that we forget to ask. My team got back to me within a couple days most of the time. If it wasn’t the surgeon it was their assistant.

I am on Gabapentin and they told me it is the "go too" prescription for when one has severe nerve pain. My first VAT surgery I had very mild nerve issue so no need for anything. In fact, I stopped all pain meds five days after my surgery. (They sent me home with a few days of Oxycodone and Tylenol, Ibuprofen). Unfortunately, not this time. I don't know why, same surgeon, same procedure, just different lung. But incisions are not the mirror opposite.
I called into the Dept and also sent message through MyChart telling them I had significant pain, and the nurses have been responding promptly. They sent prescription to my pharmacy so I could pick it up. You could wait until after surgery when you are in the hospital, especially when you are being discharged. They will send you home with something for the first few days of pain. But I don't think they prescribe Gabapentin unless one has significant nerve pain.

Same thing happened to me 12 years ago in Ames, IA. Miss diagnosed shingles by our local nurse practitioner for 5 days and put me thru hell. She said she thought I was a drug seeker and prescribed erythromycin. When I started to go blind I went to the ER and they took care of me, but the damage was done. Since then I have had 3 shingles vaccines and 4 jabs for Covid. Pain scares me too. My robot left lobe surgery is at the end of September up at the Mayo, let me know if the Team prescribes Gabapentin and how long your pain lasts. They won't let me use THC or CBD during Chemo & Immunotherapy, I wonder if they will let me have gummies after surgery.