anybody else scared of failing before surgery

Hi All  Just wondering if anybody else before they had the surgery worried they were going to be the one person that failed? I emailed Tina about my insurance and she said it should be processed next week (more then likely because of the holiday) and after talking to Dr. G before his surgery, mine will probably be sometime in April could be sooner or might be a little later depending on how he heals, keeping fingers crossed for the earlier. I just keep getting this nagging feeling that I might be the one person that fails at this and I don't want to fail I can't fail, I am just scared that I might. I have a great support group of my hubby and daughter. I think it is just this waiting that is bringing the doubts out and I am trying to push them away and say I will loose my weight! Thank you for letting me vent :) Happy New Year!!!!

 

Michele

Doubts are n I normal, but I just dont see how you can fail with the DS. You will lose the weight. Just like I've read in the posts follow the DS eating plan. I think my fear is not living through the surgery. This will b my sixth surgery, and im just plain scared. Listen, you will lose the weight! You won't fail!

I've meet oodles of DSers over the years and only met one who did not get the expected results, but I wouldn't call 86 lbs of loss a failure, just unusual for DS.  Rest assured that the DS is giving you the absolute best chance to lose your weight.

Of course you have doubts.  If your like me, you have tried a bunch of different things over the years and despite all the promises, it never lasted.  I was ok pre-surgery but then I stalled 3 weeks out and panicked thinking I was going to be the one freak of nature for whom it didn't work.  I am now 4 and a 1/2 months out and have lost 79.8 pounds or 47 % of my EW so just breath and try not to think about it too much.  It is a learning process and you do have to learn to trust the DS.  That being said, I would do it over again every month if I had to because I am actually just now starting to believe it will be the tool that lets me win my 32 year battle of the bulge.

 

Good luck with the surgery and I look forward to seeing you on the losers bench.

I am very scared I'm going to fail before and after surgery I'm trying to stay positive it is hard to do I go to the support groups they do help.My surgery is January 28.

As I sit here 6 days away from surgery...I will be completely honest, I am terrified that I will fail...so much so that I wondered if it was worth putting myself through the surgery to begin with. Today I finally got to sit and talk with my surgeon, and he assured me that it is such a wonderful tool...and that I am a great candidate for "The Cadillac" of surgeries. I am also afraid of having the surgery because it's my first surgery, and because I am an over thinker/worrier I am scared that something is going to go wrong, and not make it through. If we didn't have doubts, and weren't scared we wouldn't be human. Best of luck to you :)

 

Jess

If we had previously been successful at diets we wouldn't need wls. However all of us had failed previously. So I would venture to say all of us were pretty afraid of failing again. Try to just enjoy this time prior to surgery and get ready for the rest of your life.

Thank you all for letting me know I wasn't alone and giving me a boost. I think the biggest problem now is the wait. :) xo

Yep....especially the 2nd time around. I have this fear and I want to get rid of it but I dont know how I guess I will just need patience and see when I get there.