Anyone else scared? Advice?

While I am super excited about getting healthy & losing weight, I am also extremely scared and afraid. I am trying to imagine life after surgery and I really can't wrap my mind around taking an hour to drink 4 oz? The idea that I won't be able to eat normally ever again? not to mention the terror of going to the hospitol and having someone cut up my stomache, the pain and possible side effects. Plus the looks of judgement by others who learn what I got surgery not to mention the possibly sagging skin. I am so freaking scared. Am I alone in that? Does anyone have an advice? Thanks.

 I am right there with u. I am early in the process. I have an appt. with my surgeon on March 13 and my primary care doctor on the 8th of March to start my 3 month dr. supervised diet. I am so excited to have the end product, the loss of all of my excess weight, but am scared about what will happen between then. I wish I could have the surgery next week and be on my way to my new life, because I feel so motivated now and dont want to lose the momentum. The sagging skin doesn't concern me too much. I am going to see if I can talk to people and see what exercises that I should focus on to decrease the excess sagging skin and I figure, I would rather be healthier with some sagging skin the this weight. I don;t really worry about the surgery itself. I trust that God will guide the surgeon's hand and give me the tool that I need to be successful in my weight loss journey. U can do it too. We have to take one day at a time.

Just navigate around this website - there is sooooo much information on here.

I've been on here since 2009, but don't post too much.  I've mostly just been researching and seeing what people have to say about their weight loss surgeries.  I just got approved and my surgery date is March 12th.  I was freaking out at first, and really can't imagine myself being skinny, but I just have to keep picturing it in my head.  I was scared at first too, and probably will get scared again the closer the surgery date comes, but you just have to think about the positive side of things.  Like mycheeka1 wrote, "One day at a time".  

I was really scared at first but now I'm super happy.  You mentally prepair yourself by going through the diet and changing your habits.  You learn to sip all day long right now.  You learn to eat good right now...you exersize right now.  So the only thing that changes after the surgery is your stomach.  You've already done the head stuff.  I was so afraid too...but as you educate yourself and you research and like I did watch video after video...you will find peace.  You'll know your doing the right thing or you'll decide not to do it.  You have the control and this is your choice.  I can say this though heart disease and being diabetic scares me a hell of a lot more.  I mean those things are really fatel and you can prevent them by taking steps to improve your health now.  Not only surgery but exerisize and eating right...lol it's like they say it's a tool lol...tool.

I feel like I'm in the same place as you. I feel excited about losing the weight and getting healthy one day--and then the next morning-I will wake up terrified at the thought of it all.  I'm scared of surgery, scared of what life will be like afterwards, scared of failure, etc. But then there are so many things I'm excited about--not having the pain of obesity, being able to enjoy clothes shopping, feeling more confident, etc. I read on this board and so many people say it was the best thing they've ever done. 

But I'm right there with you--excited and terrified--and I'm just in the "considering it" phase.

Pam :)

taking that long to drink 4 oz is just the post op recovery time. I drink much faster now and it's fine. (I'm only starting my 4th week post op)

I've had several babies and a couple surgeries so I never felt terror about surgery. It's just not a big deal to have surgery because I'm desensitized to hospitals and surgeries but if you do all the pre op clearances that should put your mind at ease some.

Also, you can live on very little food because your sleeve allows you to be SATISFIED with very little. It's been so wonderful to me. No foods bother me and I eat small portions of high protein yummy things and supplement with a shake. It's actually way easier than I thought (so far) and it feels wonderful to start exercising because after already shedding over 20 lbs it's more comfortable to move around and not so hard on the body and joints to exercise. Losing the weight makes exercise more appealing which causes more weight to shed. It's a wonderful cycle!

You need to read a lot of the posts on here and learn more and then decide if it's really as terrifying as what you've made it out to be in your mind. To me, the effects of being overweight were much more terrifying to me than getting some of my stomach cut out. that part of my stomach did me wrong and I didn't want it anymore. There was no sadness or fear of losing it.

Good luck in your research and decision!