Less then 1 month.....starting to freak out

Ok I'm starting to freak out about this surgery!  I'm very nervous now!  All of my previous fears have gone away and now the one fear i said i didnt have before i have now!  DEATH!  How could one let their body get to the point where they need this tool to help, and can possbily die while in surgery or after even! 

REALLY LOOKING FOR SOME ENCOURAGING POSTIVE WORDS

thanks for all your continous support

Tina

Breathe.

Relax.

Soak in a hot tub.

Chill the **** out, girlfriend. 

HA!! Loved that Sharyn!! 

oh  I understand!  I dont think about it for a very long time or I get panicky too.  I am not scared of the huge lifestyle change or even the pain afterward jsut the actual surgery and blood clot scare thing....very scarey....

You know the truth though.... if we are candidates for surgery of this magnitude then chances are having it is safer for us than living each day how we are right now. It's going to be okay. :) 

One thing that I do think is it is very important to get over the fears as best you can and go into your surgery positive and confident...  :) Its better for you and your surgeon that way!!!

Thanks ladies!   And Sharon when I figure out how to chill the fuck out I'll let you know!  That's my whole problem! hahaha  HOT BATH here I come!

Surgery will come up so fast you won't know what happened.  You'll be in the hospital room, hurting a bit but ready to start the "new you".  And then for awhile, you'll be scared of complications post-op too.  Eventually, 4-6 weeks out, you'll feel safe and good again . . . And then the weight will be pouring off!  It feels so good! 

 no death..new life...!

jude

thanks for all the encouragment!

Heya!  We haven't really talked, much, but I just wanted to chime in and say "you're being totally normal!" 

I don't think a single person on this board didn't freak out the week (or at least the few days) before their surgery.  I know I sure did.

First piece of advice: look around the boards at all the people who had the surgery on here.  Note that each of them survived the surgery.  Seriously.  That might help a little, though I admit I kept thinking along the lines of  "what if I'm the exception?!?"

You'll do fine.

I don't know if this will help, but I've started thinking along the lines that I DID die on that table.  The old me sacrificed everything, risked everything he had and his very life, so that I'd have a chance to exist.  The old me risked death so that the new me could be born.  When I think of it in those terms, it makes everything I do today a little easier, because each success I have is a tribute to that man's sacrifice, and each weakness I succumb to dishonors his memory.

Just thought I'd offer that thought up to you.

Thanks Don!   Slowly keeping the negative thoughts out!