The Date is set!
Okay. Ive never posted before and Ive been awaiting the phone call i recieved today telling me that I will be having the gastric bypass on february 14th (great valentines day huh?) I definately thought Id be jumping out of my chair all excited, which i did for like an hour, but Im kinda scared now. Is that normal? To get the anxiety and angst once you know? Thanks for any thoughts. I could really use the support :)
~Lee
~Lee
Ha! (see my post below)
I'm not so normal...but we have estabilished that.
I'm not so normal...but we have estabilished that.
DS Aug 15th,2005 @ goal, living life and loving it.
"An Arabian will take care of its owner as no other horse will, for it has not only been raised to physical perfection, but has been instilled with a spirit of loyalty unparalleled by that of any other breed."
i definitely think it's normal. i was super excited when i got my date but a few weeks after, when i went into my surgeon's office to get the shakes he requires for the pre-op diet, it was suddenly real and i started COMPLETELY freaking out. i'm back to excited now so it's natural
starting weight: 343 current weight: 273 goal weight: 143
It is normal.
I had that feeling for about 5 minutes....I'm not so normal.I stopped and thought I refuse to allow myself to get scared or nervous about surgery. We all get older and die, but I'll be damned if I was going to let my obesity kill me at an early age. If I die in an accident or something else I had no way of getting control of...so be it. But with WLS available I'd be damned if I was going to die because of my weight. If I died on the table... atleast I tried to gain control. But slowly killing myself with obesity any longer was out of the question. So that kicked any scared thoughts. Left more of a determination than anything.
I had that feeling for about 5 minutes....I'm not so normal.I stopped and thought I refuse to allow myself to get scared or nervous about surgery. We all get older and die, but I'll be damned if I was going to let my obesity kill me at an early age. If I die in an accident or something else I had no way of getting control of...so be it. But with WLS available I'd be damned if I was going to die because of my weight. If I died on the table... atleast I tried to gain control. But slowly killing myself with obesity any longer was out of the question. So that kicked any scared thoughts. Left more of a determination than anything.
DS Aug 15th,2005 @ goal, living life and loving it.
"An Arabian will take care of its owner as no other horse will, for it has not only been raised to physical perfection, but has been instilled with a spirit of loyalty unparalleled by that of any other breed."
Thanks so much for the supportive words of wisdom. I guess my biggest fears are the pre op diet, and then proably what people post on here or have told me about bad things after surgery. Ill be fine Im sure, but I am feeling a lil worried. Also, I am losing my job as of 2 weeks prior to the surgery as no one is able to cover me for the recovery time at work so now Im job hunting. Not finding a job or being able to perform job duties scares me to death.
I guess the best part tho is that Ill be healthy and happy when its all over and thats the most important thing.
I guess the best part tho is that Ill be healthy and happy when its all over and thats the most important thing.
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