Jennywren

Thank you for your advice. I wrote to the PA in my surgeons office and she told me that I was cleared to take cold medicine like Nyquil and Mucinex. The Mucinex tablets are ginormous and I'm a bit weary about taking them. I'll just hope the cold doesn't travel into my lungs! I told my fiance that in the future, I would much prefer he bring home flowers rather than the plague...

I'm feeling the same way. My surgery is on Thursday and I have been terrible on my pre-op diet because of the holidays! I have the same concern about my liver not shrinking enough or something and causing a complication. I plan to start cutting back on everything tomorrow in hopes of having some effect by surgery. I also have 150 lbs to lose and it's hard to imagine actually losing that much. I keep thinking that I will be happy with less especially if I can maintain the loss - mostly because I just can't fathom it. I'm so excited about the surgery and as I get closer to the actual day my anxiety is ramping up. Many have gone before us with great success and little to no complications. That is my calming mantra for today. Good luck on Tuesday!

I've been lurking for some time while I slowly wade my way through the process. I passed the nutrition eval and my next stop is the psych eval - this Thursday! Any words of wisdom on what to expect? It's a three hour appointment and I can't imagine what will take that long...

Thank you all! This is mighty helpful... Like Jane I will need to watch my sense of humor! I'm hopeful now that I may receive some useful advice. Currently, my biggest concern about the surgery is finding new tools for dealing with emotional eating. I've watched some friends who have had gastric bypass go... well kinda crazy! One was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. After reading through this site I now think that she was actually borderline prior to her surgery and that it just became more apparent after. Phew... how much would that suck: lose weight but the price is your sanity!