Is there anyone out there that feels or felt overwhelmed before surgery?

I have waited 2 years to have this open RNY approved, and since the day they called me and told me it was finally ok'd, i have cried a few times a least once a day! Is this something everyone goes through? I had Uterine Suspension Surgery and a bladder suspension which split me hip to hip, done in 1995 which they have to redo again at the same time due to the birth in 1997 of my last son, but i don't remember being this anxiouos or moody! i dont know how to explain it! i am so excited and thrilled to be able to have it done! I have 3 boys that my mom is going to help me care for afterward so that isn't really an issue i dont think. I had the psych eval and he said i am not Depressive. Yet i cry now at the slightist thing! What is the matter with me? Will it pass? Has anyone else experienced this prior to surgery? I am just usually such a happy, "theres a pony in this pile of stuff somewhere" kinda person! And this is really getting me down!! I am divorced and happy to be so, so don't mention the help of a spouse thing! ;o) Maybe its diet? i feel i want to sleep alot i know thats odd for me too! I am going to bed at 2 or 3AM now! Then i just toss and turn all night! I don't want to discuss this with my doctor. I am afraid he will tell me it isn't normal and postpone my surgery! Can anyone help me out there? Should i be on Paxil or somthing for awhile? i did that for Post Partem blues in 1997, really helped alot! Talk to me fellow patients!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!

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