MandyMegs

I'm in Plano

I'm only 4 days post op, but I feel sick as well with even the tiniest bit of any of my liquid foods.

I'm still healing if course and hope this disappears, but I am feeling god awful

So since making the choice to get banded, the guy I've been with for nearly 7 years has voiced his discontent with the surgery idea. We've discussed it many times and his discontent seemed to have come from insecurity, he thought once I gain some confidence in my looks, I'll be less inclined to stay. (we've been through thick, and thin I wouldn't leave him no matter how much prettier I felt). I explained that away, & he seemed to be more okay with it, mostly because while he loves me now, he wants me to be happy with who I am, so we can be happy.

With my Surgery being on Friday, I've started to get kinda emotional about the changes I have started embracing and the many more I would soon be embracing, & kinda let it out to him that I felt like maybe he wouldn't be attracted to me if I was smaller (no, he's not exactly a chubby chaser, but he's used to me like this; loves me like this) He told me he would be, and he'd love me no matter what.

but I'm scared, he means a lot to me, & it would be devastating for him to find me sexy anymore.

If I'm being real, I think he'll still find me attractive, but all these what-ifs/insecurities are coming up, even if they're not really realistic. He's actually been very helpful, he a gym head himself, and at culinary school, so he's wanting to give me healthy cooking habits and all.

I think this surgery talk brought up both of our insecurities.

So...for all y'all post op...what's changed in your relationships? what remained the same...what didn't you expect; but happened?

other than shopping

Some of my larger tattoo pieces, specifically my back.

& when all is said & done, I plan on giving myself breast implants, but that'll be at the very end.

Getting Banded the 21st!

So, my operation is on 9/21 this friday!

My pre-op journey has been very quck, I got approved (insurance; Tricare Prime) the afternoon after my consultation (August 30), started the pre-op diet the 7th, pre-op testing on the 13th, tomorrow I go over the test results from all that, & if I'm good to go, than Friday at 11 AM I will be banded.

I'm starting to get really nervous, & slightly over-whelmed with the information I'm trying to absorb.

any way to calm the anxiety? Any sold advice to maybe stop me from getting so over whelmed

I have Tricare too, and actually for me it was unbelievably easy. I think that's because of my asthma & Tricare keeping a specific eye on me, because of how serious my illness has been in the past, it's actually because of the steroids (which I've been off nearly 3 years now, but was on for 6 which was most of puberty) I used to get better, that I have this much of a problem with my weight.

But anywho I got a referral from my primary in 2 seconds, made an appointment (August 30th) with the Doc, and was approved that afternoon (got the phone call the next morning) Started my pre-op diet sept. 7th, pre-op testing the 13th, I have my pre-op appointment tomorrow (go over the test results) and Friday I have surgery.

It really depends on your health issues, I wasn't required to do all the dieting (which I would have done willingly, & was what I expected to do after that appointment) I didn't even need my doctor to write any type of letter.