Help! Should Care Change?

I have a friend that is doing a study of pre- & post- care. His question is ... If you could, what would you do differently if you knew then what you know now? Please be frank & brutually honest. For that reason, if you don't wish to post here you can email your responses directly to me at [email protected]. This is purely for research purposes, no names, or any other personal information would be used. He's interested in knowing what you would like to see change with regard to care... Body, spirit, diet, socially ... everything. In advance, thanks for your help! Colista

I would have started counseling for my eating disorder (food addiction) right away. Before surgery. After surgery the weight dropped off really easily. I didn't get sick, I ate tiny bits of whatever, following my surgeon's guidlelines pretty closely at first, but now I am able to eat whatever and I wish I had a better handle on the emotional side of my eating. Also, even though I KNOW what's good and what's bad, seeing a nutritionist or even going to weigh****chers to keep me in line with healthy eating choices would have and still would be helpful. Not that I want to lose more weight, but I want to eat healthy for my heart, my whole body, and to maintain the weight loss. Also, I would have had an advocate with me at the hospital to ask the nurses/other staff to SHUT UP while I was recuperating. It wouldn't have been so bad to get my vital signs taken all the time, if I could have atleast been able to sleep the rest of the time. Instead, I had a very curious group of nursing students doing their clinical rotation, congregating (with their instructor), in front of my door every day for 6 hours a day, cleaning people gossipping with CNA's, and just general noise 24/7. Peace and quiet would have been VERY GOOD for me spiritually.