How will I feel

I sure understand why they so often don't give you much notice for surgery. Really having a thousand thoughts running through my mind. How bad is it gonna hurt......will i still want to eat.......am I going to be hungry.....how long before I really want to move? I know this is an aid to losing weight, but what if I fail. Will I be able to drink as much water as before? Anything helpful would be greatly appreciate....

When is your surgery scheduled for?  I am sure you will do fine, it is just the anticipation that is the killer.  Once you get through the surgery, you can deal with all the rest. 

I am still waiting for surgery and it is just waiting for that date that is killing me.  I am so ready to handle anything and everything that comes after surgery.  I have prepared myself as best I can.  I know the highs and lows of the recovery period, and I know that there will be an adjustment period.  Hang in there, you are almost there. 

Good luck.  Again, I know you will do just fine.  Soon you will be telling us how much weight you have lost and how much you love your sleeve.

Sheila

Hi Bonnie,

What you are feeling is completely normal!  I had Open RNY on Jan 19/11 and it has been quite the jouney.  I think each individual experiences are slightly different.

First of all, don't worry about felling like moving, as they will have you up and moving around whether you want to or not.  Moving around is best to get your gases flowing as well so you want to walk around lots.

The initial pain was great but they are good at helping manage that and once you get moving around that helps as well.

I am 7 weeks out today and have lost 40 pounds since surgery and 31.5 inches, the first 25 pounds of that being in the first two weeks.  I don't ever feel like eating but you must.  I really struggle to get my protien and all my water in but as the time passes it is getting easier. Just remember to eat so slow and chew very well.  I have gotten distracted a few times and forgotten what I was doing and either ate too quick or didn't chew enough....I am very careful now, don't want to repeat that experience.

As for failing, you are in the right frame of mind with acknowledging this is only and aid in the weightloss.  Determination won't let us fail.  The support of others is incredible!  I joke around that I now hate food and am obsessed with the scale and tape measure.

I did catch my self yesterday saying, " If I did all this only to lose 40 pounds...."  I think I am in a bit of a stall right now and that is scary...  However, I completely feel the surgery was the best decision I ever made and it has already changed my life so much!  I never realized how unhappy I was before....and that affected so many in my life!

Good luck to you.  Hope this helped and sorry for the rambling!

Wow...40 lbs in 7 weeks, that is unbelievable! How much did you weigh when you started? I really wish I didn't know though. I am finding it hard to stick to everything I have learned. It is like I am saying good bye to old friends. I say..will never be able to have this or that again. Please tell me you went through the same things. Oh ya..I am having the rny and I am booked for april 5. I am at the point where I just wish I could have it done today.....I'm so frieked out I am gonna  gain a ton of weight in my anticipation.  Please you guys the ranting helps and all the info is really apreciated. I know I am not the only person going through this, please tell me the eating is normal and saying good bye. Again thanks and I only hope i can do half as good as 40lbs in 7 weeks

I was 262 when I went in for surgery.  I told myself and my family the last two weeks we were going to have all my favorites but when it came right down to it, I was so nervous and on such an emotional roller coaster there was nothing I really wanted.  What you are feeling is so completely normal and even after surgery you are going to have up and down days....just remember it is the first day to the rest of your life!  You will do awesome! 

can't beleive i wrote that post first on march 9...wow. its is only another 8 days till my gastric. really getting excited now. i am up about 4 lbs that i will take off this week. totally paranoid that they will not do surgery. either because i have gained those 4 lbs or open me up and see a big, fat stupid fatty liver. this week it will be fruits, vegetables, tuna and home made fat free soup. i am ready for the new and improved me. i can hardly wait to sit down and not have my belly hang way over my legs. the anticipation is well, don't know how i will handle it, soooo excited and hopeful!