One more day till surgery and scared!!! Advice?

Hey everyone, well I have one more day to go till I have my surgery.  Im anxious to get it done , its been a long journey to get here.  However, I am extremely scared !!  Just wondering if anyone had some advice to get me through this.  I think I'll be sick the morning of with nerves .

I thought I would be petrified too but I had really come to terms with the fact that this was the right decision for me. Of course you think about the potential complications that could arise but compared to the high risk of a lot of ugly health problems if you can't get the weight off, the risks are higher to not have the surgery. 

On this forum people post questions and situations relating to complications but the vast majority have none of these issues.

Just remember the surgeons and teams have lots of experience and they've deveoped lots of strategies to avoid complications.

I hope you can find some piece of mind and everything goes smoothly! You'll be home before you know it! Take care... Kim

I too hit the operating room tomorrow 2pm TWH. I was booked 2 weeks ago and got cancelled. I am much less excited this time around. I figure what will be will be. I am not worried because I know what bad comes from obesity and what good comes from weight loss. My math says all good. I am sure all will go well for you as well. All the best!

Just want to wish you all the best tomorrow and cheers to a speedy recovery!

Take care!

Everyone has nerves but as the previous poster wrote you only hear about the problems here. Many of us sailed through surgery.

Up to this point, you've probably felt like you have some control in the process. You made changes to your diet, your habits, your grocery list. You've probably had a mental or real checklist of all the things you need to do before surgery. For me it was stuff like, clean the house, finish projects at work and prepare for my time off, buy a couple books and magazines, new pajamas, stock up on jello and broth, water bottles and other tools...Tomorrow you are going to surrender control, but it's only for a little bit...right after surgery, you will be in the driver's seat again! You will be working on the next checklist! Walking in the halls, sipping your fluids, measuring your pee! Super Fun!  Being nervous is so normal! You will do great!  The surgery is such a small step in a big giant journey, but it's probably the scariest for a lot of us.  I'm sending you good vibes! 

Sonja

Great insight, Sonja :)

Thanks everyone this helped!  I feel good today except being sorry to say here but constipated.  Not happy about that going into this like that :)

  What you guys said makes me feel better and you all are right, being overweight is more of a risk.  I'm starting a new part of my life , like you all have.  Thanks for the pep talk and helping me see its ok to be scared but the outcome is worth it all.

Just wanted to say that its normal to feel nervous for tomorrow. What an amazing step you are taking for yourself and you have so much great things to come your way this year. One year ago I was driving to TWH for my surgery and I have never looked back. 

Keep busy today, watch a comedy, or whatever you can. Try to be positive and before you know it....you'll be waking up from surgery and they will want you walking around a bit. You got this!

Thinking of you tomorrow and cheers to a speedy recovery!