Getting nervous just a few days away need some good advise

I'm right there with you. I'm 18 days away and the nerves are definitely kicking into high gear.

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I'll be watching, I am Thursday.

Tue June 12 is my big day

Givingitmyall I am glad I am not alone we will do great just nerve racking

Can't wait for u guys to join us. It is really hard to ne patient. I Jusy kept busy and celebrated the end of the old me and started making changes to healthier eating habits and exercising more. I worked at not thinking about how scared I was. I told myself I will be fine.

Givingitmyall I am glad I am not alone we will do great just nerve racking

Yes. It definitely is. I'll be following your updates as I'm biting my nails waiting for my big day. Lol

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i am on tues june 12 also here we go

I'm with you too - mine is on Weds so the nerves are starting to kick in a bit and of course, that little voice in the back of my head that keeps telling me to chicken out. Nuh uh - haven't come this far to do that. We can all do eeet!

we are all in this together we can do this we work so hard to get this far

Good luck to you all. I'm now 4 days postop and it has been an up and down journey. I've had moments of regret mostly because of unconteolled pain, but as I type this I have adequate pain control and no regret. Keep us posted.

Oh and one more thing. Use this board. The people here are priceless. I've been here with several issues and there are always people here to help. Family and friends are great support, but cannot truly understand what you are going through like the people here can. That is, unless they've been through this too.

Breath! Smile! Think about how you are giving yourself the best gift ever. You are taking care of your health and your body and your mind and your spirit and the rest of your family (because they can't function properly without you!).

You are going to do great! I'll start warming up your seat on the loser's bench

I know what you mean about the nerves... I am trying to keep busy and not dwell on anything negative. I keep telling myself how things are going to be so much better with time after surgery. I am scheduled for June 13th and went for my pre-op appt yesterday. I'm all paid up now and there's no turning back... After reading everyone comments on this site, I feel very confident that I am dong the right thing. I fantasize about what it's going to be like in just a few short months, and I cannot wait to feel better. I am so looking forward to getting this done. I have been thinking about doing it for two years, and it's just a process to get to this point ....I started exercising again so that I can be stronger for surgery... I guess I will only do aerobic activity on the day before surgery because I don't need my body to be in muscle repair mode while I am trying to recover from surgery.. Good Luck to you all who will be having the surgery this week... I'll be rooting for you to have a complication free surgery and for you all to GET WELL SOON! My love to all.... Lorna-Doone

Nerves are completely normal. I think we've all had them. Come here for support as much as you need!

I had my VST 2 years ago and it is the best thing I could ever have done for myself!!

I lost 130 pounds and while I should lose more, I am fairly happy with how I look and best of all, I can RUN!!

One of the first things you notice as you lose weight is you move freer! It is like someone squirted WD40 in you and it is just EASY to get around!

(Now, even over weight, I was fairly active. No, I didn't exercise, but I was not a complete couch potato either.

The funniest thing was when the heart specialist had me do a tread mill test pre-surgery and he couldn't believe that at 330 pounds I was able to do as well as I did!)

But losing weight made it EASIER! I had no idea how much easier!! I hadn't thought it was a problem until the weight was off!!

I never had a lick of trouble with the surgery. All went extremely smooth.

I will say I was calm and cool right until the very last hour or so before surgery. THEN I started to panic!! So I told them and they gave me a little something........Don't be ashamed to ask!! Why put yourself through that?

I think the most irritating thing is when they wake you up from that lovely drug induced dream after the surgery...sheesh! LOL!

My advice is follow the after diet and do not start eating sugars!! Once you start "cheating" it is pretty dang hard to get back on the wagon!! So just don't!!

Find a good gym after you have recuperated a bit (a couple of months for me) and start some classes.Yoga is very fun and there are beginner classes and if you have a good instructor they can help modify some of the moves. Just get up and move!!

Don't be afraid!!

Good luck!