I got approved for surgery date is 12/22/14....I have an overflow of emotions... I've been morbidly obese for my entire adult life. Just praying I make it through surgery ALIVE, anywho.. I have my pre op appt tomorrow and have no idea what to ask, what are things you'd wished you'd known prior to surgery? I'm sooooo excited!!

I just wanted to tell you congrats! As far as the rest I have nothing. I wrote down A list of every question I had and took it to my appointment with me and checked them off the list as I asked. I knew if I didn't take a list I would forget something. So...if you need to make a physical list do it!

@@Qtpie28 my date is the same as yours and the emotions are crazy. I as well have no clue what to ask.

Surgery in less 10 days!!

Make sure you drink the amount of water they want you to drink & get your protein in. I slacked on the water & protein a couple of days and felt like I hit the wall, no strength & felt cold. So don't do that...

Just relax and follow the program. Don't worry about scales or how much weight everyone else is losing or has loss.

You will not poop everyday or even every other day for a while.... total change in your bowel habits

I started a binder with tabs before my first pre-op visit. I have a tab for my doctor's visits and a blank piece of paper in the front. Everytime I thought of a question, I'd open the binder and write it on that blank page. I think my doctor got sick of it. He would be explaining something, stop, point to my binder and ask me if I had anything to ask on that subject. TOUGH!! I had my questions and got answers. My follow-up visits ended up lasting more than an hour!