So...since I've always looked up everything medical on the internet and books, for fun read those little pamphlet thingies that come with prescriptions with the cell pictures and graphs (and thought I had the side effects listed) haven't rubbed my calves in years because I read once if it's a blood clot, not a muscle ache it would send it to your brain..... is this going to be harder for me? LOL.. I did this since I was a kid- just have always been a "research person."

Mind you, because of my weight I may be researching MORE now than I will after the operation. Or am I going to be a lunatic every time I get a stomach ache which is really the healing process going on?

I kind of answered my own questions I guess.

I need to trust, breathe, read less and know that being morbidly obese leads to more things I can't "look up" than this operation can cause. Probably.

I've exaggerated a little....or not, depending on your answers...hehe.

I think researching all your options and learning everything you can about the sleeve is a good thing.

But that being said........Maybe after your research, you should focus on the good things it will do for your body instead of the possible complications. Maybe that will help you cope.

You're right. It's a long time habit.

Lots of my bad habits are going to change- overeating, inactivity, etc. I can work on this too!