shanshan

It's perfectly normal to be a little scared and think twice before surgery. After all, it's a big deal with risks and unknowns. But if you read the threads here, the majority of us have had success and no complications, so maybe that'll set your mind at ease somewhat.

Being scared is perfectly normal. The complications threads can be terrifying but I think reading some is good as it helps to be well informed. Presumably your surgeon would also have given you information that outlines possible complications.
You need to go into this believing that you won’t have any complications or if you do they won’t be as bad as the almost guaranteed complications from being obese.
As someone already said happy people don’t post that often because happy news is boring! It doesn’t fill the tv news or the newspapers or wls sites!

I know I felt like you on and off for a a couple weeks before surgery. I was scared and tempted to back out, even at the hospital I was ready to run for the hills. But I didn't and I didn't have any complications with the surgery. I followed my pre op diet to the letter to ensure my best possible condition before surgery.
You've obviously researched the gastric bypass surgery, you've taken the courses and you've made the decision to proceed with the surgery. I stopped researching and reading threads about complications when I started to worry, because I knew they would scare me. Also people don't tend to start threads when everything is going well and they have no complications. I think we all go into it with that fear in the back of our minds that we will be one of the ones with complications, not just for WLS but for any surgery and that's natural.

In the end it's only a decision you can make for yourself.

April 19... good luck

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8 months out 202 pounds down total, 170 since surgery! [emoji1320][emoji1320]

It's been a great year, and I wouldn't trade it for anything! Down a total of 221 pounds!!

Congrats and all the best on your journey. I'm schedule for April 19.

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I didn't have any questionnaires or anything like that to fill out or papers to sign.

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Me too.

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My insurance covered all.

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Mine was an hour, face-to-face. No questionnaire.

Nope, just a half hour 1:1 talk

I didn't have any of that, no questionnaire at all.
I just had a single half hour face to face chat. (It was really one of the easier visits, so far, for me.)
Sounds like they are more through where you are, which isn't all bad. Hang in there!