Hi everyone I'm new and I have my surgery scheduled for the end of the month

Hello and Welcome

Welcome to our bariatric community. You'll find a lot of helpful information about what to expect before, during, and after surgery in the forums and threads. Feel free to browse around and read and you'll learn a lot to be better prepared for your surgery. Good luck on your WLS journey.

Hi Angela, and welcome. As mentioned above there is tons of helpful information on the various threads. One of my favorite is called “weirdest non scale victories.” It’s great to read over when you start to get the pre surgery jitters to remind you of the many ways in which the surgery will change your life for the better.

Welcome! I agree, browse around the forums, do a search, keep coming back for support... it's been super helpful to me. I started on here about 5 months before I had surgery, so by the time my surgery date came around, I felt really prepared (of course, I WASN'T!)

I'm 7 days post op and I can empathize with those feelings. It hurts, you feel lonely without food, and not being able to drink a lot. You definitely experience buyers remorse but I have to keep telling myself it's not permanent. It's a healing process that might take some time but ultimately we come out a really great version of ourselves. I so wish that bariatric programs did a better job at addressing the mental struggle.

Some things that help me is seeing my weight go down and following people on Instagram or youtube who have had successful bariatric journeys. You can also search by hashtag on Instagram if you want to see particular content from other people. It helps me stay motivated and know there's light at the end of the tunnel.

I will admit I'm feeling a little ill still with constipation and getting a high heart rate from little activity. The sickness and recovery period makes it really hard to enjoy the results and the journey at first but it passes. I promise. Sending healing prayers to you.

Hi and welcome to the forum as said before there is a lot of advice on here