Daily Post--4/3/08

What is the ONE thing you wish you'd known BEFORE your surgery??

wow, good question. I was so prepared I don't think there is anything I didn't know! lol Luckily, there have been no surprises for me. Knock on wood!

I too was pretty well prepared but my mind is still reeling from how quickly it's actually progressing! I don't think I was ready for that!

I think that I was pretty much well prepared. Jules

I was prepared for as much as I could be - wish I had known before that head hunger comes back with a vengance...... I think I could have been more prepared for that - thnk that when everything is going good - it's all good - when stresses come into your life and you've reacted before by medicating with food - it's something that is hard to unlearn....and it can become bad and you can revert back into old habits without thinking. i've finally got mine back under control, but it took awhile.

I was well informed. They did not NOT tell me anything. I honestly can't think of anything.

Well I had it in my head that after I lost the weight that I would get more attention from guys but I don't see that happening so i wish I had someone to tell me about hows things do and don't change.

I had about 2 years between when I was first suggested WLS and when I finally had the surgery so I think I went over and over everything I possibly could about it before hand and I still look over things to this day so Im not really sure that I have experienced anything after surgery that I was unaware would happen before surgery. I also have a few people in my life who have had it before me so they were and continue to be a good source of knowledge for me.

I wish I would have know how easy this was going to be for me. I did lots of research so was prepared for the worst, but knock on wood, it has been so easy!! Gayle

The only thing I wish I would have known is the impossible...that I was going to have complications. Other than that I was prepared and ready for a new lifestyle...however, it didn't include the complications, extra surgery, pick line, feeding tube, and 2 weeks in the hospital (6 days of which were ICU).