Post Surgery -Wussiness

I am focused on my Surgery date a little too much I think.  I read through the forums and am catching all the bad in my head.  I think i need to read the funnies for awhile lol

I am heading to San Antonio then into Mexico on Sept 9th for VSG by  Dr. Alvarez ,  I am confident in who I chose . just not in all the life after stuff I guess .

 Stay away from some of those boards, especially the Failed Weightloss Surgery Forum.  That stuff will get you down.  My two favorites are the Men's Forum and the Exercise and Weightloss Forum.  Generally no *****ing, or posting the woe is me kind of stuff.  Relax, your surgery will be great and you'll soon be glad you did this and wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

Duane

Breathe in, breathe out, move on.
Breathe in, breathe out, move on.
Breathe in, breathe out, move on.

(repeat as necessary)

thanks Guys,  I am shaking it, Went out and killed some flowers with my weed eater

no backing out, OK..

think of the positive

I'm in it to win it , committed , no backing out

Stay focused, stay positive, and think about how much better your health and life will be two months, six months, 1 year, and forever after WLS.  Negativity and negative thoughts are not acceptable!  We all had the excitement mixed with the heebie-geebies before surgery, but it is the best thing I ever did considering the road I was headed down.

Stay positive and hang in there!

I know how you feel.  I'm a week out from my surgery, and I think I've finally reached acceptance.  I almost went with Dr. A as well, but I found a local doctor for a little bit more money, and I'm excited. 

Maybe this will help. Over twenty years ago, my cousin's 83 year old, grand mother fell and broke her neck. The same week one of my co-workers, at the age of 47, fell and had an identical injury. Both were told there were two options they could take. Option one was surgery to repair the damage, which had a chance of success,  a chance of leaving them paralyzed, from the neck down, and chance of killing them. Option two was to fuse the neck, which would leave them unable to turn their neck side to side and with a very fragile neck. This option meant real lifelong handicaps and a life long danger that another fall could paralyze or kill them.
     My cousin's grandmother told the doctors, "Hey, I'm eighty-three, if it's my time, then the lord can take me, but otherwise I am not going to live a disabled life if I don't have to. Let's have the surgery and be done with it!" She had the surgery and fully recovered.
      My buddy, and coworker, on the other hand was afraid to have such major surgery so his neck was secured with braces and the bones allowed to fuse. He live a miserable, short life after that. Always in pain and never able to resume most normal activities, his life was a shadow of the life he was accustom to as a former high school Physical Education Teacher and athlete. (Working with me was his second career.) One day he failed to show up to work and a week later his family found him, alone in the back yard of his home, where he had slipped on the ice, one cold winter's night, re-breaking his neck. He froze to death paralyzed, with no one there to help him.
     My cousin's grandmother died in 2007 at the age of 104. She lived a normal, happy, and fully functional life through out those years. I remembered her ***** when I was afraid to go through with my surgery, and I became determined not to follow my friend and be afraid to do what was best for me.

Having the VSG has been one of the best things I've ever done for myself. The first few weeks you will be adapting after that for me at least its been life as normal minus 3 ibs a week. Other then the weight loss and gaining energy I feel the same as I did before. Just follow the Docs orders and you will be fine.