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alwayscurious

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alwayscurious    0

alwayscurious
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I'm being banded in 16 hours. I am so anxious. I am FREAKING out. I am shakey and when I think about tomorrow I get naseaous. Obviously I'm trying to NOT to think about it but, how can I not? I am so antsy, my heart rate is up, I have cried thinking out it. This is not like me.

I am not going to be able to sleep tonight.

Do any of you have any night before stories? Anyone have any good night before suggestions?

Why am I crying?

I am afraid of the band being a disappointment. I am nervous about healing. I am nervous it will change my marriage. Anyone have their marriage change?

I am a rambling mess.

HELP ME PLEASE!

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mandi78    3

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Try not to worry. They gave me the amnesia drug (I can't remember the actual name of it) before wheeling me out of the pre-op room and I had no clue what was going on and I remember only one thing after they gave me that until I was in recovery. The only thing I remember is them moving me from the gurney to the operating table and me asking if I was going to fall....lol....but even that is a blur and more like a dream than an actual memory.

It was not bad at all. I thought I would be more nervous than I was but I was so excited that I could not be nervous. To me, the risk was worth not continuing to live as I had been living.....failing health at 28 years old, inability to do anything physical, etc.

I feel that my marriage has changed for the better and that it will continue to. I am only 2 weeks out but my DH sees the effort I am making and success I am having and he is proud of me.

Just remember the docs and staff do this every day and it's a relatively minor surgery in comparison to most surgeries. And, once you get home your surgeon is just a call away and there is always the ER if you think something is really wrong. I'm sure you will do great! Good luck!!!!

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stacy73    2

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always curious.. how did it go- well hopefully the anxiousness was not too unbearable- I was very nervous the weeks before- the day before I was nervous-but just tried to keep busy-well now you have completed the first hurdle... the surgery- the recovery isn't too bad-yes I admit I did have pain for about a week but it slowly subsides over time-some people have very little discomfort-what i can tell you was I did not need any pain meds at all- I have not even touched the tylenol at all- gas-x yes, tylenol no. So far my marriage has not been impacted in any way-my husband met and married me at my weight of 277 so it can only get better- he is trying to take off some weight too so that is helpful to me that we both are working on it. I a also afraid of the potential disappointment but what I have realized- it is now up to me-to do this - i have to put the work in-I have done the work before but just could not keep off the weight- the band will be so much help once in maintenance. So good luck-let us know how it went..

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Daisalana    33

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Congratulations, welcome to the other side! WHEW all the panic and anxiety gone now? :)

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