Ebony Rose

I'm going for my surgery soon, it was great to read your post. I worry about waking up from the anesthesia and being in and out, not having a clear head. Hope the pain eases for you.

Hey Dietbelle - How did you go with the preop diet? My Dr wants me to do 4 weeks Optifast and the idea terrifies me!

I'm joining this awesome site from a far away land... haha just Australia but I like to be dramatic. I made my surgery date with my Dr for the 8th of October. When he first suggested this date I was so excited but now I've had a few hours to think about it the nerves are starting to come out. Im currently 165kg/363 pounds (I diffenatly like looking at my weight in kg, it seems less lol). I'm 30yr old and have CPTSD. I've used food as a coping strategy for dealing with abuse as a child, but through intensive therapy I finally feel I am at a place to tackle my weight problem. Slowly changing my habbits and attitudes towards food has helped but I feel the sleeve surgery will be an extra tool in my belt. Im a mother to 3 little ones, I'm actually weaning my 5.5 month old from breast feeding to reduce the stress my body will be under after surgery and I'm also tired of either being pregnant or breastfeeding for the past 7yrs. So far this site has been great to read through! I'm looking forward to reading more abd hopefully replying to some threads. Hopefully I'll get to know you all soon xx

Congratulations.