My Surgery is December 4th... I 'm scared, nervous and excited is this normal? Any last minute helpful information out there?:omg:

Thanks

It's normal to be nervous, there would be something wrong with you if you were not...good luck

Rosie, I totally understand. I cried before I had the surgery saying to myself "how did I get here". The surgery was actually pretty easy. I had to take anti nausea medication a little bit and my port site was sore. It took me about a week and I felt just fine. You will do great! Good luck.

I was so nervous the week before my surgery I was ready to jump out of my skin! Especially when it was a surgery I opted for!

I got in the surgical waiting room and though I was joking with the other three women in there with me, all the time I'm thinking "Hurry up, hurry up!!"

Time will fly by though and you will not remember a whole lot of details, trust me!!

The best of luck to you...

My Surgery is December 4th... I 'm scared, nervous and excited is this normal? Any last minute helpful information out there?:omg:

Thanks

Most people who are morbidly obese do not like having their picture taken. They avoid the camera because the photographs don't lie.

That fact can be put to good use before and during your weight loss. Simply put, the best way to document weight loss is not a scale graph of pounds lost, or a size chart of inches lost.

The best way to document weight loss is to take photographs before and during the process.

I advise people setting out on this journey to take three initial pictures.

The recommendations that I give are these:

1. Take three views, front, side and back (That means you need a automatic timer camera or a friend to help you)

2. Take the pictures in the same place every time. A doorway is a great choice, because it helps put a known quantity into the picture. Other good places are in front of a fireplace or another known point of reference.

3. Take the pictures while wearing form-fitting clothes. A swimsuit is IDEAL.

4. Take the pictures with the same camera, and make sure you are standing the same distance from the camera every time. That's why a doorway helps. You can line yourself up in the doorway and use a measuring tape to find the distance to the camera.

5. Take that same set of pictures every month. Front, back and side views. Wear the same clothes and make sure the distance to the camera is the same.

6. Have the "Before" pictures printed out, and tape them to your refrigerator.

7. Have the latest set of pictures printed out, and tape those next to the "Before" pictures.

In doing this, you mind has irrefutable PROOF that what you are doing IS WORKING.

People frequently do NOT "See" their weight loss, and they become frustrated, perhaps by a scale weight that is not moving, even though their body size is reducing at an amazing rate.

This is a great way to "See" your weight loss.

The best way to document weight loss is to take photographs before and during the process.