Am I overreacting or is it normal pre-surgery jitters?

[AK_Bookworm 116]

I'm preparing to have surgery in Mexico and have settled on a doctor and procedure (SADI-S) and started the process... lately I've been thinking what if the doctor says he did a SADI-S but really did a VSG. Is this an irrational worry? Has anybody else worried about this? I'm not sure why all of a sudden I'm thinking this. I haven't had any concerns about going to Mexico at all and am very relaxed about it other than this one thing. Maybe because I feel like everything is falling into place too easily and it's too good to be true... part of me feels like surgery is never going to happen and I wonder if maybe that's playing into my irrational thinking of getting a different surgery than I paid for. Any thought anybody struggle with feelings like this or similar? (Please tell me I'm not alone and not completely out of my mind lol)

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[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,444]

I've been thinking what if the doctor says he did a SADI-S but really did a VSG. Is this an irrational worry? Has anybody else worried about this? I'm not sure why all of a sudden I'm thinking this.

(Please tell me I'm not alone and not completely out of my mind lol)

You're asking for a pack of lies, but I can't do it. You are the only one and I'll reserve comment on whether you are completely or only partially out of your mind. Sorry.

The truth is that you are far from the only one. I didn't have pre-surgery jitters because I played tricks on myself right up until I walked into the operating room. It was after surgery that I had a week or three with the gnawing feeling that the surface had been cut, but nothing inside done. I believed I'd been taken for what used to be called a "ride." It turned out that any number of people I met later in support groups had feared the same. I can't guess why these irrational fears occur. Maybe we truly are somewhere on the bonkers-berserk spectrum.

[clc9 644]

My thanks to you, @@AK_Bookworm, for giving me a whole new thing to worry about that I hadn't even considered!

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[catwoman7 10,978]

I was afraid they'd do a sleeve instead of an RNY (I had surgery in the US). Afterward, I was afraid they hadn't given me any surgery *at all*, because I had no pain and couldn't feel restriction for awhile (until I started eating solid food)

[TXJess 98]

Well now I guess I'm thankful for my pain. I know they did something. Oh - and I can't really eat. So there's that.

[barbaraf 5]

It´s normal to be nervous about the surgery,I remember I was. Not as much as you seem to be though.. Haha! Don´t worry about it, you´ll be fine.. and this new way of living is the best for you health and your self! I´m forever grateful with Dr. Frayre and his team, they truly changed my life with the procedure I had done now I can´t seem to think of another lifestyle or way of living.. best of luck!

[AK_Bookworm 116]

Thank you all!!! I'm just like why am I feeling this all of a sudden. I am super excited though and can't wait for my surgery in May.

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