how often did you change your mind

You all might know from my posts that I'm still kind of deciding if I'm going to go forward in my journey towards surgery or not. I'm just having so many issues, emotional and financial. One day I'm totally going to do it no matter what obstacles are in my way, and the next day I think I'll just wait a year or so and see how things are then. Is this normal? How many times did you guys change your mind? How long did it take you to really make the decision? I've been researching this for about a year and thinking about it for about 2 years. I never in a million years thought I'd do this say maybe 5 years ago. But the way things are now, I just can't imagine the next 5 years if I don't do it. My wonderful supportive husband and I are going to Dr. Sundberg's informational meeting in Boone this coming Monday night. I'm hoping to get lots of info there especially for my husbad. Then we're going to go from there. It's all just so confusing. So many different things to think about. Please tell me I'm not the only one who's felt this way.

Once I made up my mind, I never changed it. I went to the surgeon and when I found out that insurance would pay for it, I was a go from there. I did have a lot of worries and concerns, but I really felt that this was the best decision I could make for myself, and I feel the same way to this day. Hope this helps!! ~Julie

I think your heading in the right direction... the seminar with the Dr. will be your deciding factor. DO NOT be afraid to ask questions... hell..i monopolized the whole q & a session at my seminar... go figure. Last week i was scared to death... but now, less than 24 hours from my surgery... i've found peace..and im ready...excited..and soo very happy that I've made this decision. Follow your heart.. if it's ment to be..it's ment to be. ~~Dawn~~

I have been researching having surgery for a year now and thought about having surgery for two years. I have had change my mind once. Than decided to work through my feelings & I needed more information. But I wouldn't have the surgery if I wasn't 100% ready. With this type of surgery there are alot of things we all have to consider and this make it even more diffcult. This is normal for you to have doubts. But once you figure out what is left nagging at your heart you'll know what is right for you. Good Luck in your search. We are all there for you. Lisa J Cedar rapids IA

Thanks for more great advice ladies! I'm trying to not think to much about it till we go to the doctor's seminar, but it still seems to be in my head every second of everyday. It's all I think about. I think the problem is that I'm such a huge worry wart. I could think of a million things to go wrong that would never really happen. It's just that I've always been that way so I'm expecting the worse...then anything better than that is a pleasant suprise! Pretty sad, but that's how I've gotten over the years. I used to be such a spontaneous(sp?) person. I have no idea what happend to that because I could use some of that now to balance out the paranoid worry wart!