My names Melissa, 25, Army wife here at Fort Hood, Texas. I just got the final OK from TriCare and the surgery date is August 27th with Richard Symmonds - I know, send a fat kid to a guy named that... the irony is just too much.

I've now started to get beyond nervous about the surgery (this being my first one that I can remember, I had my tonsils done when I was a lil'tike). My husband loves me being a fat girl, and pieces of me do as well, so it's a toss up emotionally on that part for hte surgery. Anyone else have this problem?

Melissa

Sorry you had a not-so-pleasant experience at S&W. What you may think about Paulette as being 'cold', I feel is, she is just very blunt. She tells it like it is. She's already "been there and done that" and is simply trying to get us to learn from her mistakes. I have found everyone to be very caring and interested in my success.

Which one is Paulette? *lol*

Sorry you had a not-so-pleasant experience at S&W. What you may think about Paulette as being 'cold', I feel is, she is just very blunt. She tells it like it is. She's already "been there and done that" and is simply trying to get us to learn from her mistakes. I have found everyone to be very caring and interested in my success.

I know, she can't help it.

I'm worrying about blood clots, dying on the table, it being botched for some reason, ect. But i'm assuming that that is pretty normal for first timers of anything.

Yea, we're also going to ask for the RXs before hand becuase the wait at the base pharmacy can take hours.

How lonog did your surgery take?

Melissa

Don't worry at all about that stuff. There isn't anything you could do to stop it anyway. They'll give you the slip for the scripts on your pre-op surg evaluation day. Remember to shop around to see if you can beat CVS's price on the Fragmin.

I was the first for the day and showed up at 6:30 AM, went in at 8:15, and woke up around 10:15, that I can remember. I was home at 1:00 PM.

I'm 2 and 1/2 weeks post op, in 0 pain, no restriction yet, and have no problems with most solid food. First fill is 8/14, which will be interesting.

She's the Bariatric Nurse - the one who does most of the fills.