I just got off of the phone with my doctor's office. I am approved!! Surgery date could be within 30 days. I am happy but terrified now. All of the what if's going crazy in my mind. Is this normal???

Totally normal when i was on pre op diet i kept thinking maybe i should try one more diet.... then i woke up and knew i had came this far and this was my best chance for a better life

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Oh this is such an exciting time!! I was jumping with joy. Yes, it is normal to have a million what ifs but try to make them positive ones!! Dont get too hung up on what if something bad happens, turn it around to look at all the amazing ways your life is about to get better!!

This is one hell of a roller coaster ride so hang on and enjoy it!

I have surgery set for Friday August 3rd and I excited and scared and my anxiety is through the roof and I'm having panic attacks almost daily. I keep thinking about the what ifs also. Try to stay positive and just think by this time next month u will be on a journey of a healthier u

Totally normal! It's a scary but exciting time! I had complications from my surgery, not from the bypass itself, but I had a whole host of serious things happen because of my immune system's reaction to surgery (lupus), totally bizarre and rare. A sick as I was, and telling myself "what have I gotten myself into" for a while, I lost almost 200 pounds and I'm definitely NOT sorry I had it done!! I'll be five years out from surgery in September and still maintaining a little below my goal weight!

If you are going to a reputable surgeon, and everyone should, you should do fine!!

By this time next year, and you will be amazed at how fast the time flies once you're allowed to eat more than Jello, you won't recognize yourself!

Yes totally normal

yes, it is very normal. Plus you will continue to experience these feelings after the surgery and that is normal too. Just find someone (or use us here) to express these feelings and get support as you go through this journey. Remember there is no reason to go through this journey alone. There will be joys, sadness, excitement, fear, laughter, success and small failures, but it will be worth it in the end when you become that healthier person you are striving so hard to become!

Ellie

Its very normal.....welcome to the roller coaster of emotions of gastric bypass surgery....lol. congratulations on your approval!

congrats on your approval!!! Very normal to be runnin the gambit of emotions. =)

When you're feeling scared, jump on here and talk to someone about it. Another thing I did a lot preop was to go to obesityhelp.com and look through all the before and after pics. That helped me get really motivated and excited about my upcoming surgery.

Here's my profile on there, complete with horrendous pictures. It hasn't been updated in a while. My goal was 175 pounds (I'm very tall), but I tend to maintain about 20-40 pounds below that, through no effort of my own. I just have a hard time maintaining a normal weight now, even though I'm eating well. So I'm actually pretty skinny now, and I have some size six jeans and some size eight Jeans to accommodate the fluctuations. They just seem to happen pretty much regardless of how I eat, unless of course I get sick and I drop weight like crazy.

There aren't any pictures of me at my really low weight on the site I don't think.

www.obesityhelp.com/member/wyldwoman