Have a date..... and nervous

Hi All I have a DATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT I am starting to get a little nervous. I am scheduled for September 6th.... LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY!!! I was wondering if maybe any of you would like to be e-mail buddies.. ya know.. we could help each other out if you are nervous as well or even if you're not. The funny thing is I wasn't nervous AT ALL until I was approved. I know I need to do this but I am just in shock that its actually gonna happen. Good Luck to all of us Anna pre-op 255/241/140

Anna, feel free to email me any time. I have already been through all the nerves and am starting another round. I was supposed to have my surgery Monday, but my surgeon got sick and I found out when I arrived at the hospital that my surgery was cancelled. So now I'm scheduled September 12, unless they have a cancellation before then. Now that I've been through this, I'm slightly less nervous than I was, but don't know how I'll be by the time my date gets closer. I don't know how tall you are, but your current and goal weights are very close to mine. I am 250 and my goal is 141, BMI 44. I'm 5'3". Take care and stay calm! Breathe in and out. Think positive thoughts. Visualize yourself post-op and losing weight, feeling healthier, any co-morbidities going away... Barbara

I'm not sure I'd want it bumped up. If he was sick enough to cancel surgery, you want to make sure he's completely well again before you go under the knife! God knows what he's doing - there must have been a reason for this. But it sure would have been nice to find out BEFORE you arrived at the hospital! --BT

BT, It sure would have also been nice to find out BEFORE I did the bowel prep on Sunday!! Yuck! But the doctor got sick during the night Sunday night. I would have appreciated if someone had called me from the hospital to tell me (they called the operating room staff, but not the patient!). I was annoyed by that. I had to drag my poor, very pregnant daughter out of bed at 5:00 a.m. The doctor apparently was back at work Tuesday for a full day of clinic. It was a 24-hour thing, I guess. I was very blue for several days after the cancellation, but I'm feeling better now. I've accepted that it happened for a reason.

Hi Anna, I am scheduled for a week after you---9/12. It's a revision, which is more complicated, and my doctor just told me he's think an RNY would be better than a DS. I am just tripping out. I don't like having to change my mindset unexpectedly and on short notice! DH is trying to be supportive, but you know men--they don't want to listen, they want to FIX! I have tried to do what Granny suggests and do deep breathing for serenity, but the next thing you know, I am doing those weird little Lamaze puffs---and they didn't help in labor, either! Let's make our mantra: This IS a good thing! because everything is going to work out great and a year from now we'll only wonderufl losers!