Anyone on Sept 15, 2009? Anxious, nervous, freaking out??

I will add you. I am am so new to this or any other forum, I don't know what I am doing (or not doing!) yet. Thanks!

Brenda -
Sounds like you have an awesome hubby - good for you. In my support group, one of the hubbies is doing the same diet as his wife, pre and post OP. He's perfectly fit, he just wants to support her. Downing those shakes is LOVE! I wish you a safe journey to and from your surgery and of course safe surgery.  I have been a little over a year in the process as well. My original surgery in March was cancelled due to bilateral pulmonary embolisms (blood clots in both lungs) just 12 days before surgery. My surgeon was adament that surgery had to wait a minimum of 6 months after that. I've been on pins and needles praying that nothing goes wrong this time - I won't even share a drink with my kids for fear they will pass along germs from school. I'm excited for us. No matter how long it took us to get here - we are here and we're going to get through this and come out big losers on the other side. I'm considering it karma that the new season of the Biggest Loser is starting on Tuesday. It will be interesting to see how we progress compared to the contestants. Hugs and prayers back to you. Keep in touch when you get back.
Diane

Hi Diane, I am also having RNY surgery on tuesday the 15th. I am taking a flight in tommorrow morning at 7:00 am.............staying a friends house.  I leave very far from my surgeon and the support group so this board has been my support and mentor.   My hubby has come a long way and he had issues with this but always supported me. He is also obese and his own demons were acting up when I was prepping for  all that goes with this surgery. I have been on the pre op process for well over a year and had a date last may but I got a viral infection that caused me heart failure and I was on sick leave up until april.  This surgery was cancelled and there was a point that the cardiologists were saying i would never be able to have this surgery.....in july the tides turn, my meds worked, my heart healed and I am left with a small residual problem but I got cleared for surgery.  So my anxieties are pretty much around that issue.   I have well researched my surgeon and I work with doctors so I got their blessings and my family which normally are non present were supportive of this, even before the viral infection.  I have friends in this small community of mine that all know and much to my surprize have never told me that it is an easy way out but rather said that all will go well and they wish me luck. 
I am alright psychologically but I am also at peace with moments of anxiety.   I had my freak out moment two weeks ago after a couple of days of liquid protein.   I am finding this stage difficult as I am reliving diets that I endured so many times and going to bed hungry and waking up hungary and so forth. I had a difficult time concentrating at work and just focusing. I feel full but my stomach growls.  I also am sooooooooooooooooooooooo constipated. Gave myself an enema this morning. Blah............I only dropped 5pounds in these two weeks. I didn,t expect more as it has always been that way for me.  Well I'll be saying prayers for both of us and if you want to keep in touch I'll be close by.   See you on the loser's bench Diane!!!!!!!

Sorry gals about the second post. I thought I had lost the first and started all over again................You see what I mean by NO CONCENTRATION AND LIVING IN A FOG. LOLOLOL

Good luck to all my surgery buddies and I wish you all an uneventful recovery.  Hopefully I will speak to you all soon.

brenda b

Hi everyone,

im scheduled for the VSG on Sept 15th, I am terribly nervous. I went in for my preop labs and one of my lab values were icky, so I had to get an injection. I am suppose to go back on Monday to see if it has resolved. Hopefully, it will and I will get to proceed. This whole WLS thing is an emotional rollercoaster.

I pray for everyone a safe, complication free surgery, regardless of what type youre having.

Shanda - welcome to our little "group" - not that we are limiting it to just this surgery date! VGS isn't offered around here, just lap band and RNY, so I have opted for RNY with my yo-yo history. I think my nerves are starting to calm down - and least the pre-surgery ones. I'm wondering what the post-surgery days are going to be like. I think my biggest fear is dehydration - and pain. And, being a single mom, I'm a little bit on my own here at home. Thankfully my kids are 13 and 18, so they are low maintenance, at least as far as physically taking care of them. Emotionally they can be a little draining. LoL I'm waiting to have some bloodwork done tomorrow - I have to make sure the coumadin is out of my system and my blood is clotting properly for surgery. I've been eating lots of greens and the veggies that have Vitamin K in them, along with Vitamin K in my daily multi hoping it will help my INR level get down to (or below) 1.5. If it's only slightly above there are a couple medications they can give me - if it's way above, my surgery gets canceled, and I'm not sure how long it will take to get me back on the schedule because my surgeon only does bariatric procedures on Tuesdays. I will go have the test done first thing in the morning - and hopefully it's good. If not, that gives me at least half of the day to figure out what to do.

So ladies, I also pray we all have a safe, uneventful surgery and recovery free of complications. Here's to being BIG LOSERS - for once, that sounds like a good thing.  Everyone stop back and check in so - let us know how you're doing!

Love & hugs! Diane

Thanks for your support!

My nerves are so on edge, partly because I dont know if the Tuesday surgery date will proceed.
Like you Ive had problems with my PT and INR, why, I dont know, im not on coumadin, maybe just like of Vitamin K in my diet. It wasnt terribly high but it was somewhat elevated. They gave me a Vit K injection. I wish I could have found out on Friday whether or not this will proceed because I have been worried all weekend. This really sucks. I also keep wondering, is this a sign? Does this mean that I dont need to proceed?

I have been irritable and cranky and I just WANT to know but guess what tommorrow we both find out our fate. LOL

So im going to try to calm down the rest of the evening to get my mind off of this surgery, we are going to the movies, so hopefully that will help. I will keep you posted on my status tommorrow.

Thanks for lending support to a VSG'er. LOL

I've been cranky too (and that's being polite LOL). I think it's not too uncommon before surgery - between the stress of wondering if it's actually going to happen and the stress of the liquid diet, which isn't terribly satisfying right now. I'm sure by the end of the week it will be more than enough. I think our INRs are going to be just fine and we'll both be in the OR as scheduled on Tuesday - just hold onto positive thoughts. Let me know how your level is tomorrow - and I will check in when I find out what mine is. Its nice to know someone else is worried about the same thing I am.

Sending some positive energy your way! TTYS! Don't forget, God will do what is best for you - have faith.

I am having VSG on the 15th also!!!  Excited and really nervous!!!  Best of luck to all of you!