I'm so nervous and excited for my pre-op consult tomorrow!

I'm excited that for the first time in my life, I won't be afraid of getting on the scale, because this is going to be the last time that I'll cringe at my weight...the numbers will be going down from here! :whoo:

I'm excited because I'm finally getting the tool that I need to change the quality of my life...I physically won't be able to eat a bag of doritos after work, and I physically won't be able to eat enough to put those poor chinese buffet people out of business! :clap2:

I'm excited because I am going to be able to walk,run, and tie my shoes without feeling like I'm going to have a stroke! :faint:

I'm nervous about this because I've never had surgery before, and I am only 21...The odds of me having a complication in my lifetime are a lot higher than someone who is 40 and getting banded...But I do know deep down that I would rather die ten years earlier with the band, and have had a fufilling,active life than die ten years later and have had a sloth-like, couch-ridden existance!

I want to finish the boston marathon, and I want to climb mount everest! I want to go parasailing and scuba diving, and not worry about having a heart attack! I want to lay on the beach in a bathing suit that didn't cause tears in the dressing room. I want to have babies and run after them when they try to cause mischief, and I want to be a doctor. I'm starting my pre-med coursework this fall, and with this weight on my body and with this lack of energy, I won't make it. This band is just the tool I need, and I can't wait!

There is a small chance that I may lose my life during surgery, but I'd rather go down trying than to have never tried at all!