I'm so nervous!! Thank God my boyfriend found his birth certificate today - otherwise he wouldn't have been able to go into Tijuana with me and I would have had to be alone. We're leaving L.A. tomorrow in the early a.m. to be in San Diego by 10:00. Testing and other stuff tomorrow and surgery on Saturday. How romantic! (not!)

I'm afraid of a few things: I hate to admit this, but I am fiercely scared of needles. :thumbup: It usually takes 2 to 3 nurses for a blood test. I know that's stupid - but that's me. So I am therefore dreading the pre-op blood work and the insertion of the IV. I had an IV 6 months ago for something else and it hurt SO BAD.

Next thing I am afraid of is the pain after. How long will there be pain? I've read descriptions of the feeling like someone puched you repeatedly in the upper gut. Is it bad? When will it pass?

Are there any other Bloody-Valentiners out there? (silence...)

The pain was not that bad at all....the advice I will give you is to get up and move around and walk, walk, walk! It will get rid of the gas which is the most painful part of the whole surgery!

Good Luck.....