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I am just wondering if anyone had surgery alone with no family/friends there with you on surgery day? I am getting nervous about my upcoming surgery and won’t have anyone there at all. Is that really out of the ordinary? Will my surgeon and the nurses think it’s odd? Will I be okay without that moral support? Or am I worrying for nothing?

My husband dropped me off and the door and picked me up at the door the next day. I sent him texts until they took me back and then afterwards I slept so much it was actually nice being alone. Lol.

Hi all,
I've gotten insurance approval for my sleeve (no date yet) and have my endoscopy next week. I'm terrified!! I decided to have the surgery to help control my PCOS, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol. I think I feel a mix of normal fear but also embarrassment, I'm definitely obese (5'4, 206 lbs) but because I'm not morbidly obese some people that I've mistakenly told say that I should just 'cut out soda', or am taking the easy way out and I'm not. I have struggled with my weight for over a decade and my health is getting increasingly worse. I'm 42 and want to take control of my health and life before it further deteriorates. I guess I am just venting...

I was very scared too. Everyone kept telling me how hard the first couple of weeks were going to be after surgery but I have found the entire process to be actually pretty easy and rewarding.

I want to back out I’m so scared of having my SVG surgery in 2 days. My doctor is going to be upset at me. I have Gerd now and I’m afraid to have it later. I don’t want to go through another surgery afterwards. If I were to do the sleeve would I need another surgery 10 to 20 years down the line?

I'm a month out from my surgery and I was debating on canceling as well. But now I'm glad I went through with it. I did the sleeve and I had issues with heartburn before the surgery and now it's actually gone.

Hello everyone,
I am really nervous and keep going back and forth about the surgery. I'm getting varying advice from people around me. I can't decide what to do, to move forward with the surgery or cancel? Any tips or suggestions?

I was the same way. Especially since my surgery got canceled 3 times due to COVID. I started to think that maybe it meant I shouldn't do it. Everyone I asked who had already had the surgery was so glad they did it so I decided to push through. Today is day 7 post surgery and it hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be. But it is definitely a commitment.