As u got closer 2 ur surgery, how did you feel? PLEASE RESPOND dont read if u don't plan 2...

ETA: I said it - all this peeking and no answers!!

I'm all over the place.  I think I read this was normal.  I was told the same.  I'm not scared of the surgery itself - if it's my time, there's not one thing I can do about it.

Happy,
Nervous,
Anxious,
Doubtful,
Elated,
Joyful....

After I got teh date and settled down, I felt like... hate to explain this way (and anyone who has gone through this with family and friends, I apologize - I have too)...

You know when someone is about to take their life, they feel all happy, b/c it's about to be over? That's the way I felt.  But, fat, not life being over.  Then, I'll swing down to doubt, then back to excitement, then to what if I have oodles of skin (I know- least of concerns. I'll be happy), to truly hoping it will ease my fibromyalgia some, make exercising, walking, etc easy , decreasing risk of co-morbidities (though I'll still have the genetic fight.)

So, how did you feel?  What preparations should I be doing?

I haven't been on much, b/c heaven forbid! I actually started having work to do @ work! How dare they!!!!

Mack Mama, Cookie, everyone - straight, no chase - please?

ETA: Doubt is in myself - but that's just me.  I've gotten better @ believing in myself, but still have a ways to go.

When it came time, I was happy as all get out but mad as hell.  I didn't have to jump through any hoops for approval than switching insurance to one that covered my surgery of choice and then wait for the insurance to kick in.  My doctor did not mention anything about weight loss prior to my surgery, so in my mind I had all my last suppers line up, only to be told two weeks before, that I had to lose 10 pounds or he would not do the surgery, this is where me being mad came in to play, I did not get my last suppers.

I can understand you being happy, nervous, elated and joyful but not doubtful, you need to know that this is the right thing for you and then move forward.

LaVerne

i think the best way to describe it is like  giving birth... I was all of those things because of this new life I knew was coming into existence but didn't know what she would look like? sound like ?would I like her? would she be successful? would I like her? and then when I had to have my surgery postponed it was like I had false labor pains and was disappointed that the new journey was delayed....those were my feelings

I'm so excited for you!

I cried....A LOT. I was too scared to turn on Lifetime . I became preoccupied with death, eating and cleaning.  I lived on Obesity Help....you got no attention from me if it wasn't about my surgery.

WHEW **wiping my brow** I'm so happy that shiott is over.

Deep breath, release, relax then repeat.  Wls is major so emotional swings should be too. 

Check out the surgery board for your month.  You'll find a lot of support and confirmation that this is normal; and, with people going through this at the same stage as you are. 

I was very excited and happy ...almost 6 years post-op and I am still happy

I too was very happy, nervous, anxious, nervous!!!! I too had meals lined up until my surgery date only to find out that I had to go on a liquid diet two weeks before surgery!!! I had the surgery strictly for vanity reasons then has I got closer to all my clearances I found out that I had medical problems that could be fixed with the surgery, so it was a blessing. Describing it like a birth is right on! That is a perfect anology! You are fearful of something going wrong, then you get scared of the new person, then you may even be scared of how people will accept the new you (I didn't care about that one!!) All in all enjoy it! Document everything! Stay on the web-site for support! People outside our world don't understand......we do!!!!

Thanks, All!

I get to have last meals, b/c my surgeon doesn't require it - just no eating after midnight the night before. I've been eating like a pig, but lucky my lack of appetite is coming back.  Still have to have last restaurant meals...