erica_az

May 19th. I'm 3 days into pre op diet. I have to say my emotions change daily! One day excited, the next I'm second guessing the whole thing. But what I do know is that I can't keep living life carrying around an extra 150 pounds! Is trepedatious a word? I think that's how I feel. I'm gonna go look that up now.

I certainly can't say I have this licked. Have tried and lost, regain, and repeat. I guess I just wish THIS TIME would be the time I could make it last. All in the name of pre surgery jitters I suppose. I didn't mean to make it sound like 2 weeks of clear liquids is easy. Indeed it is not! I am definitely struggling but I'm making it happen which is more than I've done in a long time.

Ok...I FINALLY have a surgery date of May 19. It was a long journey to get here and I'm just finishing day 3 of a 2 week pre-op diet of Clear liquids and Protein drinks. It's a challenge for sure. But it has me thinking...if I can do this, pre surgery, why wouldn't I just continue on it and not do the surgery? I see many people who did lost a decent amount of weight prior to having surgery (doing a 3 or 6 month program), and I wonder why they continued with the surgery if they saw the results? I know I'm not the only one thinking this way...what was your reason for proceeding with surgery? Thank you all!

I so needed this. I think to much "reading up" can end up creating more anxiety rather than less. THANK YOU!

I am in a bit of a quandry and would love some insight from those of you who have already had your surgery. Here's my situation... I am currently pre-op, surgery will likely be scheduled for late March/early April. I have been contemplating surgery for years and finally made a decision and I feel really good about it. Work has been awful lately. I'm bored with what I'm doing, I have a frustrating boss, etc. So the surgery (and the subsequent FML) was coming at a great time to get a little break from the monotony. This week, however, a promotional opportunity presented itself. A very exciting opportunity that would boost my career in all the right directions. The one catch is that I can't do both right now. If I go for the job opportunity, I have to postpone the surgery probably 6 months. i'm really struggling because I am at a point where I want to take care of ME and move forward with the surgery. But this job opportunity is just the thing I've been waiting for and I've got a decent chance at it. I wanted to throw this out to this community to see what your thoughts are. For those of you have already have had the surgery, knowing what you know now, what would you have done? Thanks for any insight you can provide.

Thank you all! I hadn't thought of the difference between going into the surgery under work stress vs. going into surgery being happy at work. Being in a good frame of mind is essential to healing and success. That definitely helps as I consider the options.

My doc gives 2-3 weeks FML. Unfortunately, because this new position involves an urgent/time sensitive project I would have to be physically at the facility and likely working lots of hours.

Thank you for your encouraging response. I could seriously burst into tears reading it. We'll call them tears of hope.

I came on this forum tonight specifically because I have been feeling the same way. The feeling of.. why is it going to be different this time? What if I do this and I fail? Thank you for putting it out there. I'm looking forward to hearing from post-op posters on the topic.