kem91

You and I are really close in surgery dates! I just got the news yesterday that mine is scheduled for the afternoon of the 15th. I've been having anxiety on and off since I started doing pre-op appointments, and I had a dream last night about surgery. The scariest thing to me is the possible complications, but it helps knowing that most occur in 1 in 300 to 1 in 500 patients (which is what my surgeon told me). I think it's the initial phases I'm most worried about, but I'm excited because in the long term I know this is what i need to do to get healthy. As long as you follow your post op instructions you should be okay, but never hesitate to call the surgeon or someone in their office if you think something is off. Also, I've been cranky being on my pre-op diet as well. Sometimes I handle it well, but around certain people I don't hold it in as well as I'd like. I think it's because your body is already experiencing change, and not at a rate it's easy to adjust to.

I had a lot of resistance to sharing my decision to have VSG early on. I started researching the procedure in January, when only my mom knew. Then as things got more serious I filled in Dad, Sister, and brother in law. Thankfully they've all been incredibly supportive. Most of the negative reactions, or at least the ones I interpret as negative, have been people's own reaction to the news. I kind of assume I don't "look like" the kind of person who would get this kind of procedure because of my age (25) and body type (tall with weight around the hips, but evenly distributed). I agree with the other commenters that you have to decide what you're comfortable doing, but especially now that I have a surgery date I'm excited about this change and couldn't care less what anyone else feels about it.