Anyone else watch all of the videos about the complications some people have had? I had a full on panic attack last night after an hour or so on YouTube. My husband has grounded me from YouTube until after surgery.

Yeah your Hubby. Don't blame him. I have watched some of the people preparing for and right after, I have avoided the horror stories. I know they exist. And I truly feel so bad for those that this goes so wrong for. But I am just rolling the dice that this surgery brings me better health instead of anything worse, How I feel now and the way I am NOT living, is a horror story in itself, so I will take the chance and hope and pray for the best.

I ground you from you tube too, lol. Stay strong.

Glad he grounded you. You can't stress yourself out watching the 1% of crap that can happen. We go through testing for a reason. So if you follow doctor's requirements, than everything should be good. is there bumps in the road after surgery, possibly. But worrying doesn't help your recovery. Have faith and enjoy your new journey.

Yeah, you should probably stay away from youtube..... Your stressing your self out for no reason......

if you look at the dates on those video's you will see that they are old, i saw some that were as old as in the 1998, those are folks that had the old RNY surgery, and not larpascopic. it freaked me out till i finally typed in current dates and the video's got better.

One thing I learned, if the person is depressed before surgery, they will be depressed after surgery.

its a tool not a cure all. I have stayed away from them.

The only video I watch was the one by my doctor on you tube and also his website where they showed what happens with the different surgeries. I think if I watched any other I would have need a klonpin and or an mental check because one thing I can do very good is make a mountain out of a mole hill. I can send you the website if you want to see a video from a doctor and I promise it is not a horror story at all.

If you are going to look at the horror stories, you should check out the other side - the success story. For every one bad story, there are several great ones.

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