surgery in 1 day panic attack help

please help me i'm in pre surgery hell!!!!!!!!! i'm scared to death. i'm afraid my stomach will swell up and i won't be able to drink anything and i'll die.right after surgery are you able to drink? does the port bother you. has any one out there had it done and then wanted it out? can you ever eat again and not throw up? can your life be normal after the band?please reply

Hi

You will be fine it just your nerves I surggest you request  prayer before the surgery most people will tell you when they are put to sleep it as if they close there eyes and open them again you know like a blink before surgery some people start thinking the worst ,butit will be ok.

Sandy,

I hope you are less anxious today.  Please know that I will be praying for you and that God will surround you in that operating room and will help the Drs to do their best.  Also, that your recovery will not be as bad as you anticipate.  The main thing at the hospital is to walk walk walk.

I know you will be fine.

Blessings,

Jeane 

i too am scared, tomorrow is my big day.  this is my third surgery, i have had minor sinus stuff done in the past.  i dont know why but i too am scared to death also.  mom was banded on 10/27 and has done great, no problems, and she is the worst when it comes to surgery.  i guess its just jitters.

Hi

I just prayed for you,,,,,,,,,,,It will be OK again it will be a like a blink of the eye and just think you have your mom she just had the surgery you to will be going through that together and I'm sure she going to be with you tomorrow so not only will you be going on mother an daugther shopping sprees, but you will be also going on FILL trips together (SMILE)

God Bless
Belinda

Sandra, it's totally normal to be scared! I was too!! But it's such an easy procedure (mine took an hour and 15 minutes)!! you probably won't be able to drink anything immediately after surgery. For me, as soon as I woke up, they wheeled me into x-ray. They took all kinds of pictures under fluoro to make sure the band was placed correctly. I couldn't drink anything until the x-rays came back and everything looked good. Then I was able to drink a little. I had to sip water out of a tiny plastic cup, no big swallows.

As for eating, I'm 2 months post op today, and I can eat anything I want. I haven't been stuck, no vomit, no PB-ing, nothing. I don't even feel the band anymore. I've had 1 fill so far, and still doing fine!!

Just relax and remember why you're doing this. You're going to do great!!!!

Hi Sandra,
I think you have done the hardest work getting to a surgery date.  For me the surgery was 45 minutes (so I'm told), felt kinda loopy in recovery and the pain meds kept me comfortable till I was discharged from the hospital.  I'm 11 days post opt and next wednesday I go to stage 3 foods.  The wow moments will get you thru this.  Feeling yourself with less weight is a feeling I have not had in lots of years.
The band is truly a tool that gives you back feeling that you haven't had in a long time.
Good Luck,
Robert