I'm getting so anxious! Anyone else have a date close to mine?

28th. hiya!

i am the 27th! have my NUT class and final appt with the surgeon on wednesday the 20th. that is also the day i start my liquid pre op diet.

i am not nervous about being put to sleep or the surgery really but i am getting myself worked up about having my drain removed. that just doesnt sound fun at all. luckily i will have it removed the morning after surgery then i can go home! whoo hoo for outpatient. i am also a little nervous about 30 days of having to give myself blood thinner injections. i hear they are tiny little needles though so I'm sure i will get used to it after a day or so. anything you all are especially nervous about?

My dr. doesn't do drains - luckily you don't have to go home with it.

I'm just worried about lifting my 15 month old baby girl post-op. She loves for me to pick her up and I can't imagine her face when I tell her I can't. Luckily my husband will be off so he can out her in my arms but still...that's pretty much it.

Aww. I feel the same way about my 18 month old little girl. I'm going to have her climb up on the couch to sit with me since she loves climbing anyways.

My surgery is on the 28th!

Hi! Congratulations you're almost there! Could you keep me posted and let me know how that goes? My little one loves climbing too! I read somewhere that we should do a lot of things on the ground - like diaper changes, have little picnics instead of using the high chair, etc. I'll try but idk how easy it will be to get up from that low afterwards. Lol!

Anyways good luck!!!!!

I have gotten better as the time has progressed. My energy I slower than before and I think they are giving me gas! I am on the Bariatric Advantage Meal Replacements.

How is the liquid diet going for everyone? I feel light headed and very weak

Mine is 27th! I'm getting nervous and excited in equal measure.

I'm 52 and having my sleeve on the 26th too! I'm about 205 now and highest weight was 212 and I'm only 5'2. I'm so close to backing out. I'm so scared of afterward and not getting enough protein and becoming protein deficient. I'm also very nervous about getting sick and throwing up and just general nausea some experience after surgery. Then I think about how out of breath I seem to be by just taking a shower.

I've only told my kids and husband about the surgery. I don't want to hear all the negative comments.

Stick with it, your life will be changed so much for the better. Talk to other patients that have had the surgery and you will know you're doing the best thing for yourself. I have met and spoke to sleeve patients that have been so encouraging.