wallflower

Congrats! I was banded 1 week ago and my first day was very rough for me. Mostly nausea and gas pains in my chest, but I walked walked walked it out like they said and it passed quickly. The soreness at the sites doesn't really bother me unless I'm trying to bend. My biggest problem now is that I'm huuuunnngry!!!! Not all day. It's the nites that get me. My stomach is having a concert every evening by midnite. I can't wait for stage 2 eating!!

Wow thank u so much to everyone for replying. I didn't think anyone would. I'm glad to hear that others have felt this way at times and have overcome it. I will not give up. I promise I'll try my best. I do think it is the fear of the unknown that gets me. I'm really glad I found this site. I've been looking around and it's very inspiring to see how successful others have been at changing their life. I really appreciate you all taking the time to calm me down. Thanks!

Hi everyone. New here but am just feeling very lonely, scared, anxious. Wondered if anyone else has ridden this roller coaster ride of emotions? I had Lapband surgery on 9-11-12 and the whole 6 month preop process I was so excited and determined and convinced that THIS is the solution I've been looking for! So for months my mind & heart have been in overdrive just dreaming all the new things I will finally be able to experience when I lose weight. The list is gigantic and full of dreams both large and small, since even though I'm 34 and have lived life a huge girl I have managed to be invisible for quite some time. Funny, that. Of course, this is my fault too I know because my shell is pretty unbreakable. But anyway, now the surgery is done, and has seemed to go very well for me thus far this week, which I am so thankful for. But now I look at this list (yes I made a list of everything I wanna do like a nerd) and instead of feeling happy and excited like before, now I feel anxious and scared. Scared that I'm fooling myself that I could possibly have this life where I bungee jump, fall in love, get a license, have friends, learn to swim... just so many things I've missed. What if I fail at this? Where does this leave me? What if I'm a success at weight loss, but still too chicken **** to take a damn risk?! Can anyone relate???