Anyone having surgery in Oct ?

[kimvox66 91]

@@Laughingmyassoff2015 YAHOO!! another stress off the table

Welcome to the group@@Mildred Cox and @@sweettooth2015

Anyone else having weird thoughts? I am on the pre-op diet so I am not eating (normal food anyway). My wife has gone to bed and I walk by the kitchen and think "hmm if I were still eating I would go in there and make me a whole bunch of food and best of all she wouldn't know anything about it." I was sitting there planning a binge even though I wasn't eating. It makes me very scared to think like that. This surgery may be a tool but I have got so much work ahead of me!

First part of stress test done last Friday, Echocardiogram complete yesterday, and second part scheduled for tomorrow. I believe after that I will only have my abdomen sonogram left which is scheduled for 22 September.

I need to gather all my clothes that are too small for me now and organize them in sizes so it will be easier as I shrink to the new me but I don't think I will have time for that.

HAH! I start pre-op liquid diet a week from tomorrow and all I keep thinking about is all of the "lasts" I'm having - to the point where it's borderline obsessive. "This is my last burger", or "this is the last Pasta I'll be able to eat", or my favorite, "I better enjoy this Stoli, cuz it's the last martini I'll be able to have for a very long time". Crazy. I'm dreading next Friday because I feel lifetime's going to be a huge struggle to get through the week. However, on the other side of that is surgery. Now if I could just stop thinking about pizza......

Edited September 17, 2015 by kimvox66

[60&goin4it 931]

Guys, with each passing day I am getting a little more nervous and obsessive. Is anyone else watching YouTube videos and reading about the surgery non stop????

Yes! The closer it gets the more nervous I get!!! We are having surgery the same day!!! getting close!! I'm having Roux N Y! I live in Missouri, with my husband who will be taking care of me!

[395Ron 396]

@@kimvox66 I hear you. I dreaded no make that it scared the bejesus out of me just thinking about starting the pre-op diet. But it has not been that bad. Maybe because I was so scared I prepared myself for it? Also I stopped a lot of stuff way before that day except for my gum. My chewing gum was my last security blanket.

[edie091371 544]

@60&goin4it.. I am starting to feel really nervous but thankfully the excitement is still out weighing the nervousness! Best of luck to you!!! @395Ron... I continuously am having weird thoughts and dreams. I am also buying every product, gadget and contraption anyone suggests to make my transition easier. I think i need to get a grip!! Welcome sweettooth2015! @nervousnana I will keep you in my positive thoughts for you insurance approval! Here we all go!!!!!

Welcome Kim and Mildred!!

[soonergirl619 120]

My surgery is Oct 7 and pre op Oct 1. So excited!

[60&goin4it 931]

@@soonergirl619 are you a Sooner Fan? Not many in Texas! My husband & I are. Your surgery is a day before mine, pre op same day!! Good luck to ya

[edie091371 544]

I went to a "support group" meeting last night and thought I was going to spontaneously combust. Instead of focusing on the surgery and aftercare (which I thought was what I was going for) they had invited a personal trainer in to talk. Which in theory is fine I guess, you know ties in with aftercare and all. I spent the better part of two hours (which I was taking away from my family whim I have precious little time with anyway) listening to this pompous individual pimp her services and all but call us lazy...really???? I am serious at want point she even attacked a young girl at the meeting that stated that when she gets home from her 12 hour nursing shifts she is so tired she falls into the chair to watch TV and wind down. The "trainer" said why are you watching TV for a couple of hours at night? At this point I could not control myself any longer, I lost it and blurted out, "Because c we are so darn tired from working our a***s off all day at our real jobs that we need time to wind down and let ourselves destress. Needless to say she did not give me her card!!! I just could not believe her audacity. Maybe I was being hyper sensitive but at this point of my journey that was not at all what I needed.

[edie091371 544]

And.....vent complete!

[soonergirl619 120]

@@60&goin4it yes I am. Both my husband and I are. We are actually going to a game in Norman 3 weeks after my surgery.

[395Ron 396]

Wow @@edie091371 you did better I would. After I finished with her I would have contacted my doctor, the hospital and everyone and given them some feedback! We certainly don't need anything like that.

[60&goin4it 931]

@@edie091371 I agree, she obviously doesn't get it! My knees are so bad, bone on bone, that most exercises aren't easy for me. Walking is the only thing for me, & swimming. I get so tired, & even more tired of people thinking we are just lazy because we are overweight!!!!!!! Being in the exercise business you would think she would have more compassion for people & have better ideas!!!

[edie091371 544]

@kimvox66...how is preop going?

[edie091371 544]

@@395Ron I actually have a call into the director of the Newstart program!!! I was so enraged by her attitude!

[Dar200 285]

And.....vent complete!

. Good for you Edie! I'm very proud of you for standing up to an extreme BUlly! How mean of her

[Dar200 285]

Young and obviously never been in a tough situation. My back and ,y knees are so bad the physiologist doesn't even want me walking. He told me to get some of the little bicycle type pedals to put on the floor. So I sit in my chair and pedal. And he gave me some strengthening exercises that I do in a chair or standing. I so walk my dog too but if y knees are too bad we don't go as far.