AnnieD78

So... this is kinda personal. But I’m wondering if prior to surgery anyone had this same feeling. With the size I have gotten, I don’t want to go anywhere or do anything on the weekends. I go to work 5 days a week and I’m visible and walking around all over there. But then the weekend comes and all I want to do is lay on the couch. And it’s even easier to be a shut in now that I can just have my groceries delivered. It’s a combination of not having the energy and being ashamed and just... not caring to do anything. My surgery is August 12 and it’s like this beacon in my life. I hope when I lose weight that I will want to go out and be seen and DO THINGS.

Pre-op appointment is today! And liquid diet starts Monday. Things are starting to get real. 😱😱😱 RNY on August 12!

So, I’m single. A lot of my social life involves meeting various friends for dinner or another meal. I’m worried that I will be unable to do that for many, many months. How long did you guys wait until you went out to dinner? It’s not even really about the food, it’s about the company. My surgery is August 12.

Volunteering is a great idea!!

These are great ideas. I do have a long list of things that need to get done around the house that I just keep avoiding. Yesterday I went and got my hair cut and colored but other then that I’ve been doing a whole lot of watching tv.

I’m fearful this will be me as well. I know I’m an introvert and I manage 30 people at work and just am surrounded by people 5 days a week. So the weekend feels like my time to recharge, but the problem is I don’t want the only “active” thing in my life to be work.

Well this sounds terrifying. I had my gall bladder out almost 20 years ago and I don’t remember pain at all. I remember being sore, but no actual pain. The anesthesia made me throw up. But other then that I was up and walking around like an hour after surgery. I pray that means this will go as smoothly.

My surgery date is August 12!! I’m getting RNY and am seriously scared. Also excited, obviously. My liquid diet starts on July 29 and there are literally no solid foods allowed except sugar free jello. I’m going to be honest I’m having a serious food funeral, not even trying to watch what I eat. I realize this probably isn’t the healthiest approach. 😳😳😳😳

Soooooo.... I’m honestly nervous for the 2-week liquid diet. Can anyone who has been through it... did you still have energy? Could you make it through work days okay? I’m hoping that by the second week you just don’t want food anymore! 😂😂😂😳😭😭

Ok so.... just wanted to post this. Our nutritionists say we can’t absorb more than 25 g of protein in one sitting. Just wanted to throw that out there, but if you’re drinking that shake all day I’m sure it’s ok.

Yes the pre-op 2-week liquid diet is required by the program at Cleveland Clinic. I think I decided I’m going to start cutting down and eliminating things week by week. Caffeine, sugar and carbonation. Also NSAIDs but that doesn’t have to do with the food as much as weening myself off from using them.

My brother came over tonight and said “it’s not too late to back out”, and like a switch flipped I started to get scared again. I was so excited about my surgery approval. But now I am second guessing myself all over again. I know a lower weight would make getting around easier and less painful, flying on airplanes will be easier, my knees and feet won’t hurt as much, I will feel more comfortable in my own skin. But the fears I have are real too... a lot of what ifs. What if I get vitamin deficiencies or horrible complications. What if I get another disease later in life and they can’t treat it bc I have malabsorption and an altered anatomy. Etc etc etc. Was anyone else as scared before surgery as I am?? 😂😂

The hospital submitted my paperwork today for insurance approval of the surgery. I’m equal parts excited and terrified. I just got a huge promotion and am overwhelmed at work, so the timing isn’t the best. I’ve been in the bariatric surgery program since January, but for some reason I still feel unprepared for what life will really be like post surgery. I’m scared about the loss of food. Did anyone else here have that same fear? How’s it going?

Just looking for some reassurance. I went in thinking I wanted a gastric sleeve, and my surgeon basically told me I wouldn’t lose the weight and I would gain it back. His recommendation is gastric bypass. I am petrified of the surgery, and long term implications or problems I could have as a result. I should be excited about the opportunity to change my life, but instead I am scared I won’t like what my life turns into. Would love to hear some long term success stories. Thanks in advance.

@AEdoesRnY I’m doing okay. I just had my psych evaluation today and it was fine. I have a few more appointments left before they can submit to insurance. I need to get moving on weight loss though. This week has been a bit of a disaster. My mom passed away quite suddenly on Sunday night, after a 7 year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. I’ve pretty much thrown in the towel on trying to stay on the diet plan, which I know is NOT the right thing to do.

Amazing!! Thanks for sharing your story. What do the doctors do to manage your anemia?

I do wish I had asked more specifically why gastric bypass. I am wondering if it has to do with my lifelong yo-yo dieting and hypothyroidism. It has gotten harder and harder to even lose weight on diets, even the really extreme ones.

That is so nice, thank you very much. Half of this is not having anyone to talk through it with. My family isn’t exactly supportive.... they’re not NOT supportive, though. If that makes sense.

LOL yes, you seriously look incredible!! I can’t even fathom wearing a size 12. That would be amazing in itself! How long after surgery did you start to feel “normal” again? And how old are you? You don’t have to answer that if you don’t want. 😂. I’m 41. Just hoping I can bounce back from surgery now that I am not exactly young anymore. Journaling is a good idea... I need to write down the reasons I’m doing this. So I can focus on THOSE and not all these complications that probably won’t even happen to me.

This is 100000% me. Obsessive research fueled by my neuroses=my approach to any and everything! Lol! It’s so annoying. You should have seen me when my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. So.... were you ok anxiety wise before and after the procedure? Have you been able to get excited?

Thanks to you both! I definitely have educated myself... seriously, possibly overeducated myself? I start to get obsessive about researching all the possible worst case scenarios. Which kind of sucks the excitement out of making change like this. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It’s like I’m scared to see any positives.