I got my surgery date

I have surgery on Nov 9th and I am scared about it, anyone got and helpfull hits to help me along the way?/

Hi Melissa,

Like you, I was nervous about my upcoming surgery for a variety of reasons. To calm my nerves and get some relative perspective, I made a list of what I thought would/could happen if I did have the surgery, versus what might happen if I didn't. I ran through the full gamut of possibilities. One that frightened me, was that I might die trying, but when I made my list I realized I might also die not trying and realized that I wanted to do this more than I was afraid of it. I'm glad I did.

I think that the other things I was afraid of where if I 'could' do what I needed to do to make this successful, especially since I never could before. My answer to that before surgery was a 'leap of faith', but my answer to it now, is that I never had the tools at my disposal before surgery that I have now. I really do not think that I could or would have lost the weight without the surgery and I also know that I would not have been able to maintain the weight loss without my new tool. I also have needed to employ some additional tools to my arsenal to get the weight off and keep it off, but I don't believe that they would be nearly as effective without the aid of my WLS tool. I was also afraid that I'd always have to eat like a 'freak', but that's not the case. I eat like someone should normally. I eat reasonable portions or just about whatever I want, but I consider what that will be. It's all a matter of relative balance for me, but a balance that I couldn't attain before.

If you read my blog, I think you'll find that I wrote some about this and how I dealt with it. 

Wishing you all the best,

my rny is scheduled for 10/19/10 and i, too, am apprehensive and scared, but, think of it this way: i am more scared of dying due to this unhealthy lifestyle, super morbid obesity health related problems and leaving my 14 yo son motherless...