Scary support group tonight at EMMC!

I happen to be the small percentage of folks who have serious complications.  2 bowel obstructions, hernia repair, all since surgery 11 months ago.  Would I do it again?  Hell yes! No other way would I have gone from 263 to 116!  Complications at 5, 7 and 10 months out was difficult and I felt like giving up so many times.  Thanks to god I have a wonderful supportive husband and children who helped me through the pain and unemployment because of the surgeries.  You will be so glad you made this decision, and Barb is right, take it REAL SLOW and chew, chew, chew.  There was nothing I could have done to prevent what happened to me, so I wouldn't do a thing different.  Good Luck to you!!!  Dr. Huang ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you. I think my real reason for being worried about complications 5, 7, and 10 months out is because I will very likely have moved halfway across the country, away from family and friends and in new job where I have to be out in the public working with people all the time. I get it that other things may happen that could cause hospitalization or illness or pain as well ...like a heart attack or a stroke or my diabetes could excellerate or I could just drop dead at over 300 pounds! I know this. But I still worry about doing something to cause a serious complication. It helps to hear you say that there was nothing you could have done differently and that you would do it again. That helps me to keep to my decision to have the surgery, but it doesn't necessarily take the anxiety away. I will ABSOLUTELY go by the book and eat only what I am told to eat, when and how I am supposed to eat it. Small bites. etc etc. And by the time my surgery date comes around, I will be at peace.

Thanks for taking the time to share your journey with me. All of you! I appreciate it more than you know. I will be fine. I am just one of those folks who process externally rather than internally (extrovert!) So this is all perfectly normal for me!