Started this journey about 3 months ago, and have been super excited to get banded! I start my preop diet tomorrow, and I'm so nervous now! I'm scared of how different life will actually be. Did anyone else get an overwhelming feeling before surgery, like if your making the right decision? I know I want this, but feeling a little overwhelmed :/

I'll quote my surgeon when he asked how I felt about my upcoming surgery. I told him I was nervous & anxious...he said there would be something wrong with you if you didn't have a healthy case of nervous. You are about to embarking on a new phase/life journey and its an all or nothing committment! It's ok to be scared. You are about to severe your damaged relationship with food for good & in a few months you will be glad you did!

It is quite normal to have reservations or doubt. I wasn't so much nervous for me as I was nervous for my family should something happen. From the day I first started researching the band to the day of surgery I kept asking myself "am I doing the right thing? Should I have had bypass". In the end I am glad I made the decision and stuck with it. I would do this over in a heartbeat.

Try not to be nervous about how different life will be. Get excited about how you'll feel and what you will be able to do once you hit goal. Think about the things you look forward to the most.

Good Luck and know you are not alone. We all go through the what ifs....even us guys even though we may not always admit it.

I am surprisingly not nervous....sometimes I think, what am I going to do when I get a super craving for something I can't have??...and then I think to myself....I can always have a bite. One day. I can live with that...if I want more than that I will just have to accept being fat forever...and that is the last thing I want.

I know the feeling i will be banded on july 16,2012 and i have started my pre-op liquid diet i am excited and nervous at the same time, i really cant wait for the day to come so excited