Seriously having second thoughts

pearlygirl · April 29, 2008

I never had a doubt and fought tooth and nail every step of the way until band-day. However, as I was sitting in the preop room, all I could think was 'What am I doing?' For that entire hour I doubted myself, kept thinking 'What if it doesn't work?', I think it was mostly nerves. Now though, only 6 days later I am already thankful and so happy that I followed through. My weight is already dropping, I feel renewed. Good luck to you in your decision.

shaunni78 · April 29, 2008

you are right...right now, i still only read certain things on the site, because when i read about someone's diet or someone's problem, i start looking for it to happen to me.....But i have come to realize all people are different and the band procedure is pretty much always tolerated differently.

Carrie_C · April 30, 2008

Thanks everyone for all the great advice! I know that if I don't get the band, I will stay this way. And chances are I will get bigger. I somehow gained 20 pounds over the holidays and I still can't get it off. So I know my options are to take the chance and get the band or stay fat forever. I can't say that I've made up my mind for sure, but I go to the preop class next week and hopefully after the class I won't have so many doubts. My neice is getting married this weekend and I keep thinking how nice it would be if I wasn't so fat at her wedding. Thinking about things like that, and thinking about the other things I will be able to do after losing weight is helping me focus more on the positive things that the band can do and not the negatives. It would also be nice not to have such bad arthritis knee pain this winter.