Starting to get nervous

Okay, so up until yesterday I really had not been nervous about the whole surgery or anything.  I have a good idea of what is coming up and what is expected of me after surgery.  I felt really prepared at my NUT class last thursday.  I watched Big Medicine last night, and now I am getting really nervous.  I don't really know what exactly it is, maybe there was a girl on the show that struck a cord with me and now I am getting more nervous.  I don't know...  I just felt like I should share incase anyone had some good advice for me.

Hey amanda.... I am in the same boat as you right now.  I think I have more excitement then anything.  I have heard this this nervousness is Really normal..   Your going to do fine! I started my liquid diet today. Blah

My LD is 15 days so I will start it on the 3rd of September.  Next thing I have is my testing, I need an EKG, a chest exray, and blood work thats in 8 days.  Surgery is exactly 28 days from now.. (not like I am counting or anything!)

I have heard this is really normal. I am going to have my surgery in December and am already nervous. It will probably get worse as I get closer to my surgery. Im sorry I don't ahve any advice-just keep coming here for support. (((((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))) 

It is indeed a very normal emotion for people to feel as the reality sets in that "it's actually going to happen." Luckily, how nervous you are won't really effect how succesful you are going to be. I didn't get to nervous until the week before surgery, then I started my preop diet and I seemed to calm down. I was excited. You've seen all the statistics and I think you realize that this is a pretty safe thing. The chances are overwhelming that if there are any complications the will be minor enough to be addressed. Then there is the lifestyle changes - that scares people too. I tried to think of the way I have been living my life and asked myself the Dr. Phil question: "How's that workin' for ya?" The answer was clear - it wasn't - so I embraced the notion of sort of  having to "force" those needed changes. The last thing is - and it's not for everybody, but it helped for me - was faith in God. I'm not good at quoting the Bible, but there are tons of examples throughout that to paraphrase say "god will not challenge you with anything that through your faith in him you can't overcome." When I was waiting for two hours in the pre-op area right before my surgery I called on him for his help and I felt this overwhelming sense of calm - In fact, I actually fell asleep there! and that was BEFORE they gave me any drugs! Hang in there, before you know it you will be walking around with a big L for loser and this will be just a memory.