Need Help from my AMOS Family

Hello All, I have a question to ask and this is hard for me because I was handling this journey very well but over the weekend I became very nervous feeling, nauseous and well had to runs (sorry to be gross). I am still feeling very gittery and I am assuming it must be stress of this whole thing. I am so nervous about getting the blood work done on the 1st and of course the surgery on the 6th. I wanted to ask how some of you take care of your stress and worry, I do pray and I will make sure I do that but is there anything else that might calm your nerves that you do or did before surgery? I feel like running away and hiding but I have come to far to do that now and this is so very important to me so I am not sure why my body is making me feel this way. I have also been cutting back on my Diet Coke and wondering if the caffeine can do that to you, I know it can give you headaches but what else? Please anything that anyone can add will be helpful... Debra P

Hey Debra Sending you lots of {{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}. I was pretty much the same way before surgery. I meditated on the serenity prayer a lot and tried to keep myself as busy as possible. The down time seemed to be the worst for me. What you are going through is normal so don't beat yourself up about it. I would imagine that withdrawal also is having an effect. Good Luck, we are all here with you!!! Tina

Tina, Thanks hun....~hug~ I know it will be ok but sometimes it just comes crashing in and makes itself know......WOH..... I think I have it under control and all is going well and it peeks back at me.... I will have to find something that will help me through and maybe that prayer might work for me as well.... Thanks for your support hun... Debra P

Hi sweetie Deb you have seen the success that people here on the board have had, yes there is a risk, but ask yourself does the risk out weigh the success or the results..... I had surgery becasue it was one or the other I could continue to gain weight and die early.....or take the chance and have surgery to improve my health....I choose surgery and with as long as I had to wait with the denials I was not nervous at all on the day of surgery...... only you can make that decision to have wls, but look at all the success we are having with wls today it's not like it was years ago.... I am sure you are going to do wonderful......with your new tool....you might have to much time on your hands that you are thinking to much about it.....so now we have to find something else for you to do.... and that diet coke away..... I hope you find the answer you need but it only comes from with in..... I love you Deb and wish you the best in your journey I am here for you if there is anything I can do to help.... and many {{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}{{{{{{hugs}}}}}} Christine

Christine, I know and I see my cuz all the time, she is doing so great too..... I know all that but I thought I was not THAT nervous but this sneaks up on me and I still have 4 weeks to go.... I will NOT back out of having this surgery, I have come to far to do that but I am just worried about feeling this way is all.... I need to find something to de-stress me.... Yeah to Diet Coke.... I am only having 12 oz a day right now and wanting to stop that, but I don't want the headaches either. Take care and thanks hun, luv ya... Debra P

Oh Deb Now you understand why this is call an emotional roller coaster ride.....that is why......you can keep busy having lots of sex or going to bradway show ( seat are to tight to fit in ) movies, motor cycle riding......reading....cooking ( soon wont be cooking, not eating as much )talking to everyone on the board and on the phone.....it is normal what you are feeling, read profile and profiles and profiles.....and think about how grand life is after wls...on the thinner and healthier side....where you will be buying clothes off the rack instead of lane bryant, catalogs and plus size sections..... I know you will not back down and just want the nervousness to go away....but the truth is it might not and maybe it will.....I hope it does for your sanity..... Christine

Christine, Thank you so much for the love hun.. Yes that is what I want to do, look at how good so many are doing and that I know God will see me through anything that he puts in front of me. I just have to tell my body the same thing... I need that thing they call balance right now.... I think at lunch time I will take a ride to Perkins Drive, it is in the Bear Mt park and the road is windy, up the side of the mountain. At the top is a AWESOME view of everything, nice rocks to sit on, I will just tell my boss that I have to take care of somethings and I might be running late coming back. You can even see NYC skyline from there on a clear day... I will get through this, I have not come this far to let my fears take me away from it....~acting all powerful now~ I just have to believe it myself.... Thanks again hun, you have helped so much.... Debra P

running away won't solve the problem Debra. I have to say I got the same way like a week before the surgery. What I had to do was keep my mind so busy that I didn't have time to deal with being nervous If you need me I am here for you, you know that. Just give it up to God and he will take care of it for you! Have a great day Debra. {{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}} 247/134/-113 Past goal and feeling GREAT!!!!!!!

Evelyn, Thank you hun... I know you out of many are here for me and that is why I posted here... I love you guys here, my AMOS family...~hugs you~ I know that running is no good that is why I am fighting.... You know a while back I thought I gave the worry to God but I think it came back to me a lil bit over the weekend... I will have to ask him again to take it..... Thanks for posting hun......love ya... Debra P

Deb, I know that you have to consider everything when going in for this surgery. Know that you have all of us here to lean on to talk to and to comfort you the best way we can. Although my surgery is no doubtedly a long way off yet, Im sure that I will feel the very same way that you do as the surgery gets closer to reality for me. After much contemplation, I decided to have this done. One of the things that Ive said to my family members is that I MAY die on the table but I WILL die if I dont do something to help myself. Please know that all of us here are always with you. HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSS Laurie