healthy2bemomof3

I start my pre-op low carb diet tomorrow, I am really freaking out. I hope I am making the right choice. Anybody else doing this? I was so sure that this was the best thing for my health and now I am doubting. The few people I have told have told me that I don't look "fat enough" to mutilate my body, even my own NUT asked if I still wanted to do this since I lost 15 lbs since May. I have never had surgery, and I am scared. I also wonder if I am really scared or scared of the disapproval that I know I will receive. Of course my shrink is out of the office and the bariatric one I saw prior to surgery authorization is 3 hours away...

I was bad this morning! I hadn't slept well and was up reading up on the sleeve and just went on information overload! I'm a little better after my nap, I have my pre-op testing tomorrow, after which I have to start my shakes. Not looking forward to the diet but going too keep pushing through. We can definitely be sleeve buddies!

So after changing some things around with my profile I guess I deleted the original one!
I am scheduled for August 19 at a military treatment facility. I am super excited, super scared and nervous.
I am not telling family beyond my husband and one of my sister-in-laws. I also told 4 friends, 1 friend found out I was considering it and she was very unsupportive so I most likely will not be telling her that I am scheduled and probably not even after. Privacy during my recovery should be relatively easy to maintain as we don't live around family.
I am blogging my experience as being a military dependent has different challenges and I am one of 2 people from our base who has done this (our base does not offer the surgery and can only refer out for gastric bypass and the band, so I have had to travel to another base several hours away). I am hoping that the struggles I have faced to get into the program will help someone else, right now my blog is not live but after surgery I will change the settings. Hopefully I can pave to the way for someone else who is interested.