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Songsmith looks like we are going to the same group as me. My surgery is tomorrow with DrHamilton

Kansas City in the house here. Our KC Chiefs lost today but life goes on and my surgery is Monday. Any others close to me?

I'm scheduled for Monday! (Jan 18) Eeeekkkk! I started protein shakes and clear liquids on Monday (the 11th) Today has been my biggest challenge of the week but I didn't cave! I had my grandson today and he asked to have Taco Bueno for lunch. Ugh! Mexican food or anything that resembles Mexican food is my weakness. I had nothing. I got it to go, brought him home and had some jello and some water. I am so nervous and now that it's so close I am going through the second guessing all of it. I'm just so afraid I will regret this. That something will go wrong. I think my concerns are "normal". I have to keep reading positive threads. If I read one about complications or regrets I start the 2nd guessing again. 4 more sleeps are all I need to get through to make it to surgery. After that... I will cross that bridge post op!

Oh my gracious. I can't even imagine the blow that must have been! I'm so happy all things are going well now. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Surgery for me is Monday. I'm scared as hell. I just have to trust in my surgeon and all of these posts to give me strength to move forward.

Heading to the other link now

Wwboy, I can so relate to your feelings in your first initial post. My surgery is on Monday. I have made myself a wreck reading and overthinking every possible issue/complication that might happen! Can you share with me what made you finally decide you were doing the right thing? My concerns go from the worst possible outcome (dying on the table) to just flat out loving food so much I'm afraid I will miss not being able to eat the things I love. Feeling so conflicted

Hi everyone, I am new here. Thankfully my insurance isn't requiring a bunch of hoops to jump through. So far I have had my initial visit with my surgeon, my at home sleep test, initial visit with nutritionist. Tomorrow I have my first psych eval. The office told me sometimes the psychologist only request one visit and sometimes two. I am just curious as to what to expect from this eval? I mean is it just a routine question/answer counseling type thing or is it "deeper" than that? You know like what does this ink blot look like or when I say a word tell me what you think of?? I just haven't seen any forums on this part of the process, so just wondering if I am thinking about it too hard! I also have an EKG scheduled tomorrow. My nutrition class is Thursday and on the 10th I have the endoscopy. Moving right along! All my insurance requires is 40+ BMI for 5 years and I had no problem providing that info. Thanks for any input y'all might have!

Thanks you 3! I appreciate the input. I am a pro-counseling person myself so I think it is great that evals are done! Hope to have a surgery date soon. Would love to find a buddy to chat with.

My husband and I have talked at length about this. I don't have a surgery date yet but should have one next week. Thing is, I'm usually not that private of a person. Pretty much an open book. I really don't want to tell anyone about this. Of course husband knows and I do have 4 kids, (just one left at home) and I really don't want them to know. Mostly because I know my sons will tell their wives which in turn the daughters-in-law will tell their mothers, sisters, friends, etc. Oddly enough I worry mostly about my best friend. I tell her everything. I don't want to tell her this b/c I think she will be negative about it and I don't want any negative comments. BUT I don't want her to hear about it from someone else as I think that would really hurt her feelings and that is something I would never intentially do. I think we have decided to keep it to ourselves and if asked just say I have been working my ass off and eating very small portions. One other issue is we often go out for dinner and drinks with the BFF and her hubs. That will need to stop for a while and I am hoping that since we all usually hibernate when the winter cold sets in that will be my excuse to decline a dinner invitation. :::shrug::: It seems sort of dishonest, but like I keep reading on here I don't want to be put under a microscope either. ......Then the other side of the coin, should I OWN it? Make it mine. Shout it to the rooftops that I am taking control of my life and this is how I choose to do it! LOL, decisions, decisions!

Kansas City, Missouri here. Go Royals!

Congratulations! I'm new on here and just beginning to make consultation appointments. Good luck!