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Bert_n_ernie    60

Bert_n_ernie
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My surgery is Tuesday. I am scared to death. I have been psyched until today. Now for some reason I'm bordering on panic. Any words of wisdom from those who have gone before?

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Krystyneh    55

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I'd also like to know. I suffer anxiety and panic attacks and my surgery is still 1 week and 5 days away but I'm on edge

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berniec    166

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It's normal to be scared. I was scared too. It will be over before you know it. Good luck.

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DaniG    54

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I was scared too and also suffer from panic attacks. You have gone this far! You can do it! This 2 HOUR surgery is going to add YEARS to your life!!! You will be so relieved once you wake up a new person!

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Bert_n_ernie    60

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Thanks every, I feel better knowing I'm not alone.

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Krystyneh    55

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Yeah there are a lot of people that suffer panic attacks and anxiety...mine's gotten worse lately...I just can't wait until my surgery is over lol

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barebones    28

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You are all in my thoughts and prayers ! 12 days ago I was in your shoes !! I take medication for anxiety/panic and it works great, but the week before my surgery I was a mess !!! You will be fine, keep telling yourself what this is going to mean for you and your loved ones!! Every time you feel that panic, take a deep breath and say, "I am fantastic and soon I will be even fantasticker!". If nothing else, it will make you smile and a smile causes relaxing !!!! Good luck to all of you !!!!

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Bert_n_ernie    60

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You are all in my thoughts and prayers ! 12 days ago I was in your shoes !! I take medication for anxiety/panic and it works great' date=' but the week before my surgery I was a mess !!! You will be fine, keep telling yourself what this is going to mean for you and your loved ones!! Every time you feel that panic, take a deep breath and say, "I am fantastic and soon I will be even fantasticker!". If nothing else, it will make you smile and a smile causes relaxing !!!! Good luck to all of you !!!![/quote']

Thanks, that really means a lot and helps a lot too. :)

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Krystyneh    55

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You are all in my thoughts and prayers ! 12 days ago I was in your shoes !! I take medication for anxiety/panic and it works great' date=' but the week before my surgery I was a mess !!! You will be fine, keep telling yourself what this is going to mean for you and your loved ones!! Every time you feel that panic, take a deep breath and say, "I am fantastic and soon I will be even fantasticker!". If nothing else, it will make you smile and a smile causes relaxing !!!! Good luck to all of you !!!![/quote']

What do u take for your anxiety? I see my doctor tomorrow for my pre-op physical and I'm going to ask for something. I take Ativan only when I have a massive panic attack but they wont keep prescribing it to me

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Bert_n_ernie    60

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I take effexor.

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barebones    28

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What do u take for your anxiety? I see my doctor tomorrow for my pre-op physical and I'm going to ask for something. I take Ativan only when I have a massive panic attack but they wont keep prescribing it to me

Hi Krysty,

I have tried a lot of things through the years and the only thing that finally helped was Zoloft, I have taken it now for over 4 years and it has changed my life

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jenneliza    257

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It is normal and healthy to be nervous. Trust that your doctor is responsible enough not to operate on someone who is unsafe for surgery. Anesthesia also has to approve that you are safe for surgery before the fact. You will be fine!

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elvislover    14

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My surgery was July 11 and 3 days before I had a panic attack. I was getting out of the shower and it hit me. What helped me was knowing how worth it that this surgery is!! Hang in there! You can do it!!

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barebones    28

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What do u take for your anxiety? I see my doctor tomorrow for my pre-op physical and I'm going to ask for something. I take Ativan only when I have a massive panic attack but they wont keep prescribing it to me

I take Zoloft and it has changed my life , I have taken it for about 5 years.

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Krystyneh    55

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My mom is also on Zoloft and she says that it helps her but when I was 16 they tried me on it (I'm now 25) and I started cutting myself so I stopped the medication. I know they say it can effect teens big time so maybe I'll try it again to see if it helps. I've tried Luvox and that helped a little bit. As a teen they kept switching me but my surgeons office said to get on some type of medication now. Thanks everyone :) I'm going to write down the two medications and see which my doctor would recommend

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      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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        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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