Good evening, Everyone

Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there.

I am new here and I really appreciate this forum. Thank you all for your open and honest shares.

I have my first appointment with the surgeon on Thursday. I have made it a point not to stress about this process. Despite all the reading I am doing of late, I am still not sure what to expect. I am both nervous and excited to start this journey.

I hit 300 lbs and have not been able to move from there. Just thinking of dieting puts on the weight. In October, my primary care doctor's best advice (after chastising me for putting on the weight I lost last year) was to eat 1200 calories a day - no more. I have had sleep apnea for many years and high blood pressure and for the last year, I have been on Diabetes meds. They just added a THIRD one in March. I am looking at retirement in a few years and do not want to spend that time immobile due to my weight. Deciding on surgery has NOT been an easy decision.

So, here are my question(s):

From your experience, what do wish you would have asked in the beginning and what do you feel is the best advice to give someone heading in to this process.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

I watched a ton of weight loss surgery videos on YouTube and got a lot of my information from them. When it came time to see the surgeon I didn’t really have any questions for him. I do, however, wish I asked more questions about the post op diet as far as calories and protein since they don’t stress on protein goals until you are eating solid food. My best advice is to relax and take advantage of the required supervised diet. I only took advantage of it at the end. I wish I also took my measurements before surgery as the only ones I have are not at my highest. Take before pictures and progress pics. Your surgery will be here before you know it.

Thanks Poppyseed. I appreciate it.