On the long (mental) road for surgery finally

Mike Ray
on 4/25/07 1:05 am - South Houston, TX
After 4 or 5 years working through the VA Hospital I finally meet with Dr. Livingston yesterday (Dallas) I live in Houston, TX.  Drop 20 lbs and I am ready.  Looks like the R-ny will be scheduled in late July or early August.  Drop 10 lbs and they will go ahead and schedule the surgery date and set me up for my Psy evaluation.   I feel like I'm riding on a 'roller coaster'  One day, I'm ready, the next moment scared as hell...   Reading the forums keeps me confused also.  One comment reads, great, the other like a diaster...  Of course I know everyone is different and will have different experiences.  Guess I am just happy and scared.  It's funny how the mind works (or doesn't work).  Being an Ex-Marine I would take on anything now I have moments where I just want to curl up and cry... I know that even if I lost some weight (today's 330 weight) like in the past, I would only gain in back and then some.  I know I have to have a life changing (forced condition) to survive.  I guess these feelings are normal.  
carrtje
on 4/25/07 1:12 am - Chico, CA
You hit it on the nail, brother. "...these feelings are normal." Keep on truckin'
sjbob
on 4/25/07 2:22 am - Willingboro, NJ

Your feelings sound normal.  I had a totally different experience.  I am bi-polar and I'm normally a very anxious person.  However, I got all of my affairs taken care of prior to surgery.  The most important was my relationship with my God.  I'm a Roman Catholic and I had the Sacrament for the Sick (formerly known as the Last Rites).  I've never been in such a peaceful state as when I went for surgery.  I gathered my family around me and we held hands and said a prayer before I was taken away to surgery prep.  That's the last thing I remembered until I got out of surgery.  Weird, huh?

Mike Ray
on 4/25/07 4:20 am - South Houston, TX

Not Weird, a realtionship with God is at the top of my list.  My problem is that I keep trying to take over....  Thanks for sharing and setting me back on track.

carbonblob
on 4/25/07 4:41 am - los angeles, CA
just go with the flow mike, you wouldn't be normal if you didn't have anxiety or second guess yourself over this. truth is, you probably would gain the weight back and then some. same old after all. lose the 20 and get the surgery. best choice in my book.....carbonblob
NotDave (Howyadoin?)
on 4/25/07 7:34 am - Japan

Hi Mike,

Oh you might have a gastrointestinal problem here and there, hernia surgery down the road some time, appetite disappearing OR not, but very few people have problems which outweigh the great benefits of the surgery. Best thing you can do is get yourself into shape and any problem you may have will be weather a whhhooolllle lot more easily.

It's normal to worry though. I had never had major surgery prior to RNY and was having it in a foreign country (Japan) and had very little to go on for surgeon references. Anyone *****members can tell you I was paranoid. Just get in as good a shape as possible and work out your whole body if you can several months prior to surgery.

Best Wishes,

Dave

Mike Ray
on 4/25/07 11:18 pm - South Houston, TX

Thanks for the encouragement.  Your first paragraph is very enlightening.

Thanks

Mike

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