Re: Pre-op today

Hello Guys: Well time is ticking away and today is the day for the pre-op. Just got back from the second visit for the plummunary clearance and he said everything sounds ok. He also said there was 2 people someplace where I did not actually get the name, that haven't been able to eat for about 6 months. He did not tell me the doctor's name and said he thinks these people ate too much to begin with before the pouch healed. Has anyone heard of this happening before. Now I am getting scared of hearing all sorts of stuff and these second thoughts are running through my head. But I keep thinking of all the good that has happen to each and everyone of yall and the beautiful clothes I will able to fit in better since I enjoy shopping. If everything goes well, I will be on the loosing side Monday afternoon, March 7th. So I am asking each and everyone for a little prayer so that I might be smart enough to wait before I start testing my pouch and that the surgeons hands are steady that day. I have not started a profile of myself yet since I am not sure where to start, but I will try to get something up on the board before the week is out. Has anyone heard from Modean? Have not seen her post much lately. Hope all is well with her. Take care of yourselves Mary

Mary, I haven't heard of this. I have heard a lot of horror stories since we started this journey. I have decided not to focus on the bad, but focus on the good. Sure, things can go wrong...like they can with any surgery, but things do go right. Look at all of the success stories here. I know some folks have had a really hard time, and I think about them often and pray for them. But, so many have come through this with nothing but success. Just pray, and do what you feel is right. Fear is definitely normal, but think about all of those clothes and how happy and healthy you will feel. I have been overweight my whole life, and I have no concept of how to be a thin person. It is kind of weird, but that makes me nervous. I think about all of the things I will be able to do that I haven't been able to do since I was a kid, and I get excited. I will be able to go to an amusement park with my son....that is a big deal. Anyway, I kind of rambled a little bit. I guess what I'm saying is that i totally identify with your fears. But, we have to think of all of the good that will come from this. My prayers are with you....You will Succeed! Take care, Stephanie

Mary, Congratulations on your up coming surgery. I will keep you in my prayers. If you follow your doctors orders and do exactly as he says with the diet then you will be fine. Just don't try to jump ahead. There is a reason for taking it slow. I am 7 weeks out now and I'm not going to lie I had a hard time the first few weeks but I am feeling great now so just do as your told and you will do fine. It is normal to have second thoughts right before surgery. I don't think it would be normal not to be nervous but you will do just fine. Best of luck to you! Can't wait to hear from you when you are on the losing side. ~Bonnie

Mary, have you looked into getting the Duodenal Switch? Those pouch problems would not even be an issue if you had that surgery, AND it boasts more weight loss, and more maintained weight loss... I am going to have the DS, and I can't wait!

LISTEN MARY THINGS CAN HAPPEN THEY DID FOR ME BUT I LISTENED TO MY DOCTOR ADND THAT WHAT YOU MUST DO FOLLOW THERE DIRECTIONNS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OK. BUT SAID I LISTEN AND STILL HAD COMPLICATIONS. BUT YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DID THAT COMPLICATIONS CAN HAPPEN AND THEY ARE SCAREY I NEVER THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME. BUT IT DID BUT TODAY I AM GREAT HAD SURGERY 3-3-04 THURSDAY IM 1 YEAR OUT. I HAVE HAD 5 SURGERIES BUT IM DOING FINE AND IVE LOST A TOTAL OF 148 LBS. SO PLEASE REMEBER THAT YOU ARE IN GODS HANDS AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE O.K

It is normal to feel scared. I was scared too. Today I am 1 month out and doing great. I don't know why people like to tell you horror stories before you have this surgery (I guess the same reason people tell horror birth stories to pregnant women!). There is a risk involved and we all know this when we decide to have this done. However, we have to TRUST our surgeon. That is what got me through is the trust I felt for Dr. Hart. If you trust your surgeon and do everything he tells you to do, you will be fine. Believe me, there will be many times when you wish you could go back to the other side. But more often, you will be glad to be on the losing side. Hold your chin up and know that we all care about you. You are in my prayers. Carol

Hi Mary, glad to hear your tests are going smoothly. I am just like you, nervous, excited, anxious then excited again. We make the best decisions we can, my son (6) asked me last night "what if something goes wrong?" I told him, and myself, then I will be in the hospital a little longer and God will take care of me, along with my good doctor. I am thinking of you, Barbara B