I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM.. NOW POST OP THEN PRE OP PATIENTS ON HOW U FELT THE DAY OF SURGERY? WHERE YOU SCARED? IF SO OF WHAT? AND DID YOU REALIZE AFTER IT WAS ALL A MIND GAME? I AM HAVING SURGERY SOON AND I AM SOOOOOO SO SOOOOOO DID I SAY SOOOOOO SCARED!! I KEEP THINKING I WILL GET THERE GET WHEELED BACK TO THE OPERATING ROOM AND THEN SAY YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN'T AND START WITH ALL MY WHAT IF'S I NEED THIS SO BAD BECAUSE MY FEAR OF GETTING BIGGER AND LOOSING THE ABILITY TO WALK IS A MUCH.LARGER FEAR I AM AT THE.HIGHEST WEIGHT I'VE EVER.BEEN 331.5LBS ALONG WITH THAT I HAVE 5 HERNIATED DISK WITH 2 BULGING DISKS KNEE ISSUES WITH FAILED KNEE SURGERIES AND DEGENERATIVE DISK DISEASE AND OSTEOARTHRITIS. .. SOME ONE GIVE.ME SOME WORDS TO LIVE BY?? PLEASE!!!! I AM IN NEED OF SOME WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT ????????

Edited April 1, 201511 yr by STARTING NEW

This is going to sound so stupid, but I was only concerned about any remaining bowel prep leaving my system before surgery started. I knew I was at a great hospital with an excellent surgeon with an awesome staff. So I figured that I would be just fine relaxing and enjoy being knocked out. :-)

Lmao ????????

I was strangely calm. I slept well the night before, was calm during the hour drive to the hospital. I never even got to sit down in the waiting room before being taken back to pre-op. My husband and I prayed for my surgeon and everyone else who would be involved in the surgery. My surgeon's first words to me were that he'd already been praying for me. I was completely relaxed when I was wheeled to the OR.