Super nervous all the sudden..

I have 20 days til surgery and I'm gettin anxious.. I've got all the things I need to do before surgery running through my head yet i can't make sense of them. I know it sounds dumb but I know what I need to do yet I can't seem to get it done!!! Any suggestions on how to calm down? My husband said I am making him nervous because of being sooo anxious but I don't know what else to do.

All I can say is that those feelings are quite normal, we all seem to experience those types of feelings to varying degrees. The best advice I can offer is to try to live each day as normally as possible; stay busy to keep your mind occupied. If you want to expend thought and energy on the upcoming changes then start an excercise routine - it doesn't have to be anything that huge or extavegant. Just chart out a mile couse and walk it every night, or try swwimming - doing this will help with pre-op weight-loss and give you some great momentum and preparation for the lifestyle changes that you're going to need to make. You might also want to do your homework on vitamins, supplements and protein and buy some - just remember your tastes will likely change so buy a variety of different flavors so you don't get stuck with a big tub of protein powder that suddenly tastes like azz. And of course hang around the boards for more great support and info...good luck

I've gone to GNC but all they had was the huge canisters of Whey Protein. Is there somewhere I can get a small variety pack to try the flavors?

What I did was I went to the Vitamin Shoppe and bought a bunch of different ready to drink individual servings - my favorites turned out to be Muscle Milk mocha and also banana cream - if you go ask them for their "gastric bypass checksheet" it has a ten dollar off coupon....Also a lot of folks like GNC because if you save your receipt and don't like the way something tastes they will give you a full refund even if it has already been opened...Another favorite of a lot of WLSers is Unjury (available online) they do sell single serves - I really like their vanilla and chicken broth flavors...also try bariatriceating.com or search individual products using Google Product Search...good luck!

Where is Vitamin world?

I did a search for you and the closest VITAMIN SHOPPE to you looks like it is in Greenwood, IN between Seymour and Indianapolis (48 miles)...you can also shop them online at http://www.vitaminshoppe.com SEARCH RESULTS

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	GREENWOOD 1234 Hwy 31 North GREENWOOD, IN 46142 Phone: 317-881-5358 Store Hours: Monday-Saturday 9-9, Sunday 11-6 Distance from your address: 9.39  miles	Map/Driving Directions Career Opportunities Store Events

	Indianapolis 3730 East 82nd Street Indianapolis, IN 46240 Phone: 317-570-9358 Store Hours: Monday - Friday 9:30 -9, Saturday 9:30 - 7, Sunday 11-6 Distance from your address: 10.20  miles	Map/Driving Directions Career Opportunities Store Events

Oh it is perfectly normal to feel this way! I was really nervous and anxious but i just kep lists of what i needed and did everything on my lists. I'm kind of a list freak! You will do great!

Thanks a ton!!!  Now I'm worried bout getting my nutrition classes scheduled in time. I was only given 3 weeks to get my stuff scheduled and they only do classes on tues and thurs and noone will call me back to get it scheduled and my preop stuff is scheduled for a thursday (that is expected to last 3-4 hours and my nut classes are expected to last 6-8) which means there are only 4 days between now and surgery to get this done. If theyre booked up I dont know what I'll do.

I have gone through waves of worry and happy, then back to worry again and so on... I think it must be pretty natural, so I hope you calm down and relax a little... I have taken to buying some of what i used to think were the cheesy mood cds that you find at the store, they actually help me relax. as far as the GNC comments.  I buy the 100% Whey drinks, I got strawberry and chocolate and cookies and cream... chocolate was good but the other two i didnt care for, so i took them back (i had even lost my receipt) and they traded me out 2 more flavors to try, the bags I got were 14 servings.  I would recomend GNC even though the bags are larger they really will exhcange anything if you dont like it.  They have worked really well for me, and the  people were pretty nice when I told them what I was looking for.