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Mine is leaks and strictures. :rolleyes:

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Mine is head hunger and eating out with friends & family. Also, answering questions....

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that I will not be able to lose the weight and maintain it.

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Mine is that I will put the weight back on. After yo-yoing all my life you never feel like it will end. Thank god for therapy.

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I feel like it always going to be painful to eat...

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Leaks. Def leaks. {{shudder}}

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Leaks, pulmonary embolism.

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Regaining weight after taking it off :(

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Leaks, abscess, stricture.

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all of the above! and surgery this Wednesday, but most of all, I am afraid of not facing my fears and using them as an excuse to run right out of the hospital, seriously I would probably stop at Wendys drive thru on my way home to "self medicate" my anxiety.

That's what I am afraid of.

But I am not going to do that.

I am going to use my big girl strength and courage and I am going to push my self through this, with no expectation of it being simple,easy, pain free or not challenging and incredibly emotional.

I need it to be all of those things so I appreciate it and not take it for granted.

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The plane trip home!!!! I've been working for months w/ a therapist on all the food addiction issues, I feel like I'm working hard and will continue to work hard on that. I know that's a much bigger part than the surgery. Right now I'm worried about making it home comfortably! Crazy, I know!

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Having to get plastic surgery!

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