Sabredy12,
Thanks for this post.
I'm right there with you, I'm a single parent to a beautiful 20 month old girl and my surgery is scheduled for Dec 26th.
I'm terrified out of my mind... BUT, I know, just like having her, that this is the BEST thing for BOTH of us.
I made a list of all the reasons that I'm tired of being fat, and all of the reason I want to do this.. and on the top of both lists are my quality of life for myself... and my daughter.
Similar to labor and delivery, I just keep telling myself, everything will be ok.
We will be fine. We will not die. We will be happy, successful at this, and will tell our story to future nervous pre-op folks.