Surgery is in less than 4 hours and I’m having so much anxiety! Is this normal?? Anyone else have the same thing? What did you do to help calm down?

It’s normal to be a bit anxious.

Stay away from anything negative on the internet. Focus on getting ready, make sure you are packed and ready to go.

I looked at a lot of Instagram photos, before and after with no stories really to inspire me.

Remember complications are rare.

See you on the other side.

Have you taken your measurements and "before" photos? If you're all ready, watch a comedy on tv. Relax. You'll do great. Best wishes for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery!

On 09/04/2018 at 10:42, mdmiller9385 said:

Surgery is in less than 4 hours and I’m having so much anxiety! Is this normal?? Anyone else have the same thing? What did you do to help calm down?

My anxiety was the worst luckily my family was there to keep me laughing before surgery and then they gave me some medicine to calm me and then we went back and it was over lol. Good luck and speedy recovery! Remember use that pain pump lol

It’s my second day out of surgery! I’m still in pain, but it has definitely gotten better. I’m no longer on an IV, I’m on full liquids, and I can walk by myself now. I didn’t get a pain pump though. I was a little upset about that lol. They had me on liquid hydrocodone at first but it was making me nauseous so the switched me to diluted (sorry if my spelling is off) and that has helped much better. I still have pressure in
The area of my surgery and I still feel a little bloated but I’m working on that with lots of walking and ice to help the swelling. Other than that I will be headed home tonight! So glad I did this but I forgot take before photos! I will do that now.

HW:239
SW:228
CW:228