Penpal in Iowa?

I'm working with Dr. Lamasters about having the sleeve done soon. It took awhile to make the decision and even now I am nervous and worried. Would love to have someone to talk to and to talk me through the surgery and months following.

Hi im from Newton Iowa. my surgeon is Dr. Coster in Grinnell and im haveing the gastric bypass done on the 5th of June, im a litlle nervous about my surgery as it is geting close to time..

 Mine is scheduled for June 14th. What are you nervous about? Me, I'm nervous about making it through surgery, and dealing with afterwards. Then just making sure I do things right afterwards. I have two kids and I want to be able to play with them and see them grow up. That was my reason to have the surgery.
How is your before diet going? Do you get 2 weeks of 1200 calories then 2 days of liquid? That's what I start on Thurs. just in time for 2 birthdays and our first camping weekend! :-( I can do it though! 
Let me know how things go for you!

Ami

im most nervous about the surgery if everything is going to go alright and there isnt any complications druing the surgery. and dealing with the pain.. i dont hace a verry high threshold for pain so i hope that they will dope me up with good pain killers lol.. but i trust my surgeon... the diet that i am on it mainly fruits vegtables and meat, no noodles breads or any startches of any sort, i have started to drink  100% whey protein... dont try the chocolate one lol its not all that good of tasting lol.. the first 2 weeks before surgery your suppost to eat 5 small meals a day, which they discuss at education day, if u havent gone to it, just to warn you its a verry long class but its worth it so that you can learn all the stuff that you nedd to do before and after surgery.. they also wanted me to start exercising 5 times a week for 30-40 minutes to build up the strength of my heart and lungs so that there wont be problems in that area.. but what i have been doing is walking and biking.. well that is all that i can think of saying.. if you want to know anything else from me just let me know..

sara