Surgery in two weeks...geting NERVOUS!

I have read everything I could find and spent hours on the internet preparing but all I can think about is "Please GOD, let me wake up from surgery!" I know I can handle anything that comes after that. As a single parent all I keep focusing on are the what ifs... I keep telling myself that the what if''s of being 100lbs overweight are more dangerous and I know in my heart that i am doing the right thing but... Any advice?

Somebody at work asked me the other night "what is your first goal of the surgery?"  My response was "To wake up!!" I'm nervous to - don't let it consume you.  Trust in yourself.  You DID all the research, you KNOW your surgeon, and you KNOW this is what you want.  If you pray - do that.  If you don't, focus on yourself.  Use this time wisely - work on what you eat, get the house in order, kids schedules in order, things like that.  Focus on the positive things and when you think negatively, address that with yourself and move on. Surgery for me is Tuesday so I know where you are right now.  Yesterday I spent cleaning the house, paying bills, all that fun stuff.  Even made some chicken broth/beef broth/veggie broth cubes in the freezer, pre measured, and that way when I come home and am on clear liquids, I can just take out 4 cubes, heat them up, and have a pre measured "meal" without worrying about the rest of the box of broth going bad.  I also made jello in pre measured containers for the same reason. Hang in there, we WILL be on the other side SOON and will be feeling FABULOUS!!  Your children will soooooo love having the "new" mommy around!! Pam

Pam   thanks for the encouragement and the great preparation ideas. I will definitely do the broth cubes and jello. Good luck on Tuesday. I will include you in my prayers.  Donna

hey best of luck to both of you.  i am sure u will both be fine.   the surgery is really not a  technically difficult one, and im sure you both have good surgeons. soon you will both be on the losers bench. hugs, jacki

I'll keep my sights on that loser bench!  Thanks-Donna

Donna,I know how you feel my surgery is next Monday the 5th.Dying on the table has always been my biggest fear.I am trying to just focus on the positives.I have 3 young kids too and it's scary but  dying from obesity is also scary as hell.I also am convinced my mom,who has passed won't let me die because she would not want my husband or his family raising my kids lol.I wish u lots of luck and when it's all over we'll both be saying there was nothing to be so afraid of.

Melinda, I'll be thinking of you on the 5th. My mom too has passed and I know that she waited a long time for me to get my weight under control and I'm convinced that she has been instrumental in getting everything in its place. At this point I just want the day to come and go. Good luck and Ill be cheering for you. Take care-Donna

the best of wishes to the both of you :) i live everyday thinking i could get hit by a bus and die what's for dinner -- i don't know it's not dinner time yet i could be dead by then are you going___ - i don't know it's not time yet i could be dead by then  that has always been my answer when someone had a question for me  i could walk out this door and get hit by a bus -- surgery was nothing -- i knew the docs and nurses wouldn't want a law suit on their hands -- so they made sure i woke up and everything was fine :)  take care roberta

Donna, This is for both you and Melinda, my wishes for an uneventful surgery.  I will keep you both in my prayers over the next few weeks. I was 51 and had 300 hundred pounds to lose when I went under.  I had to have a filter installed the day before so I had to be twillighted for that also.  I am going to have a panni in January and will then be put under.  The first time I went under I was in my 20's for a DNC and I was terrified as you were.  I fought having the surgery for 6 months and almost bleed to death.  After the experience all I can say is that once on the table when you are wheeled into the OR, the first thing that you notice how small the room is and how damn cold it is.  From that point really try and relax and imagine yourself on a beach (this was actually what one of the surgical nurses helped me with).  When they put in the relaxer you drift off so peacefully and when you wake up it is all over.  My point to you is that it is very normal to be scared, try to relax.  You will be on the loser's bench in two weeks encouraging the next scared puppy. Good luck my friend. Jeanne

encouraging the next scared puppy.
YEA ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nervous as you know what.