R U nervous yet?

My surgery is scheduled for July 20th, and since I go through live kicking and screaming through transitions...I guess this one will be no different. I just can't wait to be done with it already..and I dream of what it will be like to move more freely, and not feel like a beached whale all of the time. I am trying to keep it together foodwise and not gain weight. My dr would like me to lose too, but I'll be happy if I just stay the same. Of course I keep thinking I'll be the one that something goes wrong with. I am not afraid of the lifestyle changes...and new food choices, in fact I welcome them. I am just nervous about the surgery. Hospital stuff scares the stuffing right out of me. I am such a wuss! I went back and forth about this surgery for over a year and half and then in the meantime two of my friends have had it done and are doing incredibly well. So, I figured its about time...come what may.

You and I have the same surgery date! I have mixed emotions. I am anxious to just get it over with. I, too, am experiencing feelings that "somthing will go wrong" to as bad as that I might die. Silly, isn't it! Then I read all the posts and feel better. I look at it this way -- if I DON'T have the surgery, I surely will die. My quality of life like it is is not good or happy. So, what have I got to lose? You don't mention you age but that is a concern for me, too. I will be 51 in June and just recently retired. But, then again, when I have this surgery and lose all this weight, I can really enjoy my retirement years. Good luck! Kathy

Hi, I just got my date today and instantly went from excited to nervous back to excited again. I babbled so much at work I thought they were going to stuff a sock in my mouth, lol. I have been working on losing weight but I DO have my last meals list going, lol. I just hope I can spread them out so I don't gain back all that I've lost. My doc says thats an automatic surgery canceller...ewwww Good luck to all Robin