May 7th. I am scared. I want this so bad but I am terrified.

It's okay to be scared just remember why your doing this!! You got this!!! Good luck I am hoping ot be scheduled before the end of may

I was sleeved April 15, 2014 and I was terrified all the way up until I woke up in the recovery room post-op. But I felt the fear and just kept moving thru the stages anyway.

Now, 5 days post-op I can say whole-heartedly that all my fears were unfounded.

The surgery is literally a blink of your eye, you go in they give you something to relax and the next thing you remember is waking up in recovery.

Recovery phase in the hospital is different for everybody but I believe that attitude is everything. Once you wake up shake the cobwebs off of you assess what your body is feeling. Ask for pain meds or nausea meds if you need them and then grab your IV pole and get to walking around the nurses station as quickly as your able. The quicker and more often you're up moving the better you will feel and the quicker you can move thru the phases needed to be discharged.

It is a major surgery, but one that thousands of people have gone thru and survived. And that almost all..even those who had complications...have said on this board that they would do again.

You've made the right decision. Now, feel the fear and do it anyway.

Good luck with your surgery! See you on the losing side!

Evelyn

I got my approval today and my date has been scheduled for June 4....I understand how you feel!! It's real now!!! But we can do it, get through, and be healthy!