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Hello everybody! I'm new over here, found the website while searching google on information about WLS surgery. I'm Brazilian and, if all goes according to the schedule, this week I'm going to set a date for my surgery. I am so anxious that I just had to find a way to talk to people who understand what I am going through, I mean, my parents are supportive but they just don't get it!! They have no idea how hard it is and they just don't value the little victories when I accomplish my goals that to them seem to be so tiny. Anyway I believe this will be a nice way to get my anxiety out, to talk about everything I'm feeling and hopefully get some support from people that actually go through the same thing! 

What was your biggest fear pre op? I'm so afraid I'm not gonna lose all that I think I need to!! I'm so afraid of failing again! Please let me now what you guys think!

Hello! and welcome  im kinda new on here too, i wish i would have known about this website back before i was going to have my WLS. I know exactly what your talking about when it comes to support from family or friends but your right they just dont get it lol which type of surgery are you going to be having?, I have the REALIZE Band, however im considering a revision, but when i first got my surgery i was not only anxious but very excited because its like a fresh start!  GOOD LUCK!! I hope everything goes well!

Hi!! Thank you for the warm welcome, I guess the same goes for you right lol!! It is exactly like that and I am having all those mixed feelings, but this website is helping a lot! I am having the RNY Gastric Bypass and I just heard from my insurance company and it got approved, so I am just trying to schedule the surgery with my surgeon! So excited!! So anxious and so nervous! All at once lol

Hi there! I'm fairly new here too and am set to have RNY on the 17th of this month. I'm pretty nervous about it. Like...What if I'm in so much pain afterwards that I regret doing it at all for awhile? That will be difficult to deal with. And what if I don't lose as much as I need to? There's not really a plan C, though I know this is all about what you make it and how you use your new tool. It's an emotional rollercoaster but I KNOW it will be worth it for us! And other people don't really have to understand (I know that's difficult) because we are doing this for us and to better ourselves :)

 

Kailey

Well good luck to you both! your going to have a wonderful journey, yea i was nervous too! my insurance approved it the same day my drs submitted the paperwork! i was so happy and surprised because i had heard all the horror stories about  insurance companies playing hardball but nope! i was blessed and didnt have to go through any of that but you will be fine! the 1st time i set my surgery appt date i had chickened out lol a week before and pushed it back but the nurses & surgery team were great! the assured me i had nothing to worry about!

welcome to OH! Super excited for you as your life will change! My biggest fear pre-op was the same as yours...afraid of failing, afraid of the unknown. The way i prepared for it was to really do my research, reach out to people on this forum for guidance and advice as well. Its a lot to swallow at once, but you just have to remember...take it one day at a time. 

This journey is all for you. TO conquer and to beast mode through. You got this!

Im new here too! Just signed up yesterday.  

I'm soooo nervous for surgery,but excited at the same time.  Im nervous for the pain after surgery as well as complications.  I dont really have any medical conditions (except for obesity) and im scared thats going to get messed up (I dont know why I have that fear). 

Also, worried about the excess skin. Did you girls have a lot/any for only being in your 20s? 

I am 3 weeks out now and I can tell you that for me the pain after surgery was only because of the drain, after they removed it, it was like nothing had happened, but I've heard that some people can feel really sore.

As for the skin I worry about that as well!! Anyway, welcome to OH, feel free to friend me if you have questions, I'll help anyway I can!

Hello guys, i am in the same boat with you all..

two years ago i signed up for everything to start my jounrey and i met with a surgeon, passed my psych evaluation got everything lined up..and then chickened out because i let my fear and anxiety get the best of me!

well here i am two years later and my health is even worse, on top of being obese, i also have spina bifida which is causing me to leak spinal fluid and cause me extreme pain. i regret backing out two years ago more then anything simply because i know now that had i followed through i would be living such a different painfree life at this point. i have a physically demanding job that i truely love but i know that if i dont get this sleeve surgery done soon ill be forced to quit my job and go on disability...im only 22 years old and quite frankily im so mad at myself for being in this situation at such a young age. i know i cant change my spina bifida but i should have done the right thing two years ago...so im moving past that and starting fresh..

 

im fully commited and ready to start my new life the only problem now is, waiting for my new insurance to become active :(

so im stuck in limbo til January which is driving me NUTS!!! i have the right mind set now and everything has fallen into place yet im forced to wait :( im afraid im going to lose all my motivation and become a chicken again so im hoping this site brings me some great friends to help keep me going and having venting buddies who know your struggle will be a blessing because as we all know, your best friend that weighs 100 pounds soaking wet just doesnt get what your feeling and the inner pain you go through everyday when you wake up in the body youve created :(

anyways thank you for reading my little vent session hope to hear from anyone :) :)

 

***A.J***

Welcome to OH!! Congratulations on taking charge of your life. I know this is a hard decision, I chickened out once before having my RNY done so I know the feeling. But you know what if I had done before, maybe things wouldn't go as well as I expected because I wasn't ready. So focus now on what you are going to do for you and in what your life is going to be after that!! And hey whatever you need you can count on us!! You are right, only people who have been through what I have know how it feels and now you have this great support team!!
Feel free to friend me if you like!!