What makes this feel more "risky"?

I'm a 54 year old grandad and I'm still in the process of getting approval from BC/BS.  I  can't wait to have WLS so I can start my "new" life and be active again. It will be worth it to be able to fully enjoy life again and not just exist. I've had 4 major surgeries on my right shoulder due to an on old high school football injury that was worsened by weight training. I also had an operation to rebuild a shattered finger, appendectomy, a pacemaker implanted, a stent put in my heart and 3 heart caths.  So-o-o-o-o, why do I have more concern and apprehension  about something going wrong with this surgery or post-surgery than with all the others? Am  I just being a big wuss or is this common?  

Bob, I've not had all the other surgeries you have, so I can't speak to that, but I think being worried about this kind of surgery is common. In my case, part of it was probably normal, intelligent concern about any major surgery. But part of it--I think--was that by the time I needed wls I had lost hope of having a more or less "normal" life, life without being self-conscious, tired, always on the alert re my size. So maybe part of our anxieties are due to the fear-hope that this time we'll hit the jackpot, this time, we have a chance of succeeding. And we do have that chance. You are at a great time in your life to truly enjoy the benefits of weight oss surgery. Accept your nervousness as a healthy, normal part of the process and part of the price of a better future. It's bargain price! Good luck.

Good points Doug. I do find myself anticipating a more "normal" life after the surgery and losing the extra weight. Thanks for the reply and advice!

Thanks Paul. If I get this cart out of the ditch, I'll dang sure do everything required in order to see that it never gets in there again! 

Hiya Bob.  Apprehension and being scared is normal.  That just says you are HUMAN!   If you weren't nervous and didn't have reservations about this then you probably shouldn't do it.   Hell I experienced absolute, debilitating fear the day of surgery right before they took me back.  I'd never had any surgeries before and I just knew that I was gonna die on the operating table.  Well I made it through and have had a little bit of success with it.  :)

Hey Chad!  Hearing you say that you also experienced the apprehension prior to surgery makes me feel "better".  Ain't that weird?  I guess it's just reassuring to know I'm not the only one who having this "can't wait - but it's scarey" feeling about the surgery. If I can be as successful as you, Doug and Paul then it will definitely be worth it!!  Thanks for the reply buddy!

It's all good man.  Before you know it you will be suffering throught the liquid diet.  heh heh.  That's MUCH worse than the surgery in my opinion!  Nothing you can't handle though.   

And I can hopefully be assured that we have a common dislike... or rather disgust in that school that's just west of Atlanta called Auburn?   Heh heh.  

I'm a Bama fan and always have been (mostly because of Bear) EXCEPT when they are playing L.S.U.  :)

Oh yeah, we definitely have a common dislike for them!  In fact, my favorite team is Alabama, and my next favorite is whoever is playing Auburn!! Hehehe!! But I have to give them some respect, they have beaten us regularly lately.  Hopefully, that will change now that Saban is on the scene.