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I'm scheduled for surgery this Wednesday February 27. Starting to have second thoughts about the whole process. Is this normal?

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Goya, I think its normal. My surgery is the day after yours and I'm just trying to focus on why I'm willing to do this, I am so tired of being overweight. Good luck to you.

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Thank you! Good luck to you too! I know there is a lot to gain from this, it's crunch time now so it's getting to me.

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My surgery is Monday. I'm not nervous at all. My husband is but I'm not. I've had 11 surgeries in the past so I feel like I know what to expect.

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I've been very calm and sure of my deduction up until now. I just have to think of all the good that is gonna happen because of surgery.

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Goya, my surgery is the 28th and I am nervous, but also so excited. I am sitting here wishing I had never gotten to this point that I have to contemplate this, but I did. Now I need to move ahead to be the healthiest I can be for my kids, my grandkids and my husband. I am having a pity party as I am doing my preop diet and wishing I could eat like I used to, and yet doing that is why I have to go through this. The reality of it for me is that I wish it was not the way it is, but it is and since the other things I have done did not work, this is the one. Trust me, I am really nervous, too, but trusting in my surgeon and God to get me through this. I pray you, too, will have great success.

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I'm almost 4 weeks post op and I was nervous. It hit me when I got to the hospital and put on the gown, I cried from the time they did my iv until the time I was given anesthesia LOL. It's scary not knowing what you're going to feel like when you wake up, recovery, etc. but they will give you meds to ease the nervousness once you are prepped.

I've been there but trust me!!! It gets so much better!!! By day three, you will be well on your way to feeling more and more like yourself again. I would do it over in a heartbeat! You WILL be fine!!

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I'm almost 4 weeks post op and I was nervous. It hit me when I got to the hospital and put on the gown' date=' I cried from the time they did my iv until the time I was given anesthesia LOL. It's scary not knowing what you're going to feel like when you wake up, recovery, etc. but they will give you meds to ease the nervousness once you are prepped.

I've been there but trust me!!! It gets so much better!!! By day three, you will be well on your way to feeling more and more like yourself again. I would do it over in a heartbeat! You WILL be fine!![/quote']

Thanks for the pep talk, my surgery is tomorrow.

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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