nervous...

ok...so i hope im not the only one here feeling like this....ok so my surgery is on the 8th and i am soOoOoOo nervous.....lol not so much about the surgery but what happens before and while im sleep before i get the DR. begins cutting into my tummers.....lol......so the thing is i dont wanna have to view the OR..... and i dont want to have to be in a COLD room....im anemic already as is.....heck im cold during the summer time....lol.....but i dont want a tube shoved down my throat lol and yes i know i will be sleep when they do it and when i wake up it will be gone...but its just the fact that i will know it was there...im wierd and boy is it the truth when they say nurses make the worst patients because i know i do....lol..anyway good luck to everyone who will be going thru this and i pray for us all to make it out ok and us to all have a painless journey......ok im done...lOvE, Sheda

P.s. Did anyone else stock  up on Lots of Chapstick? i know i did i love Chapstick....

WIERD QUESTION COMMENT THINGY>>>
ok so im probably sure ill be the only one on here to say that i still swallow my gum....and its like if i chew gum too long....then my throat throbs like its telling me B*tch swallow me...lol...i know im wierd...but anyway i swallow it....and i have no problems with it but i was wondering if after we have surgery if we would be able to eat sugar free gum??? and i have promised myself if i did eat gum i would have to spit it out before swallowing it....because i heard that if you accidently swallowed it then you would have to go to the hospital and they would have to fi**** out and i dont want that to happen......soOo....do i dare to try...

Wait does anyone else still swallow gum? i dont wanna be the odd man well woman out....its sad because my 3 year old son can chew his gum longer than i can

Sheda, that was a good question about the gum.  My surgeon has a strict no gum policy. No gum for life....in case you swallow it. It will plug up your stoma and have to be surgically removed. I have never been a gum chewer so I don't have to worry about this, but I know it is a big concern for a lot of people. I would work on giving up the gum.
Emily

Sheda Girl, give up the gum, it'll cause you more problems than a little bit. My surgeon has a strict no gum policy as well. Just let it go! I know it'll be hard but you can do it.

Sheda,

Hey we're gonna be surgi sisters!  I am on the 8th too.  Please know that you ar not alone, I am nervous too.  I am ok with being put out, but like you I don't want to see the OR.  One thing the anesthesiologist said was that I could bring my ipod with me and I think that might help settle me down.  I am more worried that I won't be able to get in all my water, I will be sick, I won't like the protein drinks etc. after surgery.  I know I will be successful but nevertheless it's a huge life change.

I too have a habit of swallowing gum, but knowing that I have really been avoiding it.  I don't really need it, so it's not like I HAVE to have it.

So hang in there and we'll get through this together ok?

Barb

Hello Sheda, I am having my surgery on the 7th and yeah to say i am nervous is an understatement, I think I have worried myself into an ulcer LOL. I too am a BIG gum chewer since I quit smoking 11mos ago so I will have to ask about that I never even thought anything about that, but I never swallow mine I always spit mine out. But good luck to you and to all of us starting out the new year of 2009on the right path.
Hugs :) Jan

 sheda...u r not the only one that swallows ur gum...i am guilty as charged..lol...i do it all the time....i hope i can stay away from gum...damn damn damn.....tamara

Thanks for everyone answering me and the few of ya that made me feel a bit normal because i am not the only one who swallows gumm....yay to all of us who are going thru this with the whole surgery thing im sure we will all do quite fine....i cant believe it 5 more days

girl i swallow gum like crazy! and im with you on being nervous, i am a week from tomorrow and i have thought of the tube situatuon, the or, etc. everything little thing you can think of and my surgeon is a good guy,  hes done over 1000 of these surgeries, and he has been a doctor for a long time and im still nervous as anything!


please let us know how you do, ill be thinking of you

Sheda,
I'm not as nervous about the surgery itself as I am about how I'll feel afterwards. Not  the pain, because they have medicine for that. I'm nervous that I'll feel sick and nauseated all the time and that I won't be able to tolerate anything. I absolutely hate to feel nausea. Don't worry about the OR being too cold- they should give you those nice heated blankets before you go in!!

As for the gum, I guess that you're not the odd woman out about swallowing it- several others posted here that they do, also. I have never swallowed my gum, and I am a big chewer. That is one thing that I may cheat on post-op, since I would never swallow it, it should not do any harm. I'll ask the surgeon to be sure that's the only reason, of course!

Good Luck with your surgery- these next few days are going to fly by.