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I'm going to try to stay positive and read up on my safety statistics, that actually seems to help. How are you feeling right now? I assume everyday gets easier and better. I am definitely ready to just get this over with so I can start doing things normal people may take for granted.

Haha I definitely have anxiety. Self diagnosed. I think Xanax would definitely help me with flying. Thanks for the book title. I'll have to see if I can find it. I do wish I wouldn't stress so much about things, but I will say each time I fly it gets a little better. But still a long way to go before enjoying a flight and not crying as I board the plane ????

I really love living in Japan, the culture is amazing. I would definitely recommend coming here!! A TEFL will definitely give you an advantage over other teachers without one. Just be careful when picking which school to work for. I can message you whatever you want to know about Japan and the working conditions here. Im also excited about really living my life!! I cant wait to see how my future self differs from my present self!!

So I live in Japan, and it's a beautiful country but every time I step outside of my apartment All I see are beautiful and skinny Japanese girls. It does get depressing at times. But, on to my story. I had to go to the lady clinic today, and after an hour and a half of waiting for a 5 second chat with the doctor for my refills, she says the nurse will need to check my blood pressure. Not so bad right?? Well that is actually the depressing part of my visits. My blood pressure is fine, but they always have to get the next size up on the arm thing to check my BP. And now that I write this I feel stupid for getting so upset over that but it's a little embarrassing to have this tiny size 0 Japanese girl attempt to take my bp only to try to shove my fat arm into the wrap and then have to go get a bigger size because it's too small. I'm having my gastric sleeve surgery in December and I'm just ready to start my life over and not get so emotional when something small happens. Sorry about the rant.

I'll be in Tijuana on the 17th with Dr. Mario Camelo Ramos

Has anyone not told a single person about having surgery? I mean not a soul!! No parents, friends, or coworkers. I'm single so no husband or boyfriend to tell. I am a little worried about negative remarks but that's not the reason I'm not telling anyone. There are only 2 people that work with me here and one is a guy and the other is my skinny Japanese boss, so I don't really have the urge to tell them. I do love my boss like a mom but I think she wouldn't really understand my situation. And of course there's the option to tell my actual parents, but my dad absolutely would not understand nor approve of me getting surgery and my mom, I think, wouldn't understand either. At least right now. She would say I'm taking the easy way out and I should be saving my money, etc. I do plan on telling my mom first maybe after a year and then she can decide if she wants to tell my dad. Although I do have friends no one is really close enough for me to tell except one or two people. But I'm not even sure if I want to say anything. I just want to see if I'm alone in not telling anyone.

Thank you everyone!! I do want to start working on myself now and figuring out how to love myself.

Wow!!! That seems scary, but good to know things like that can happen but everyone is still completely safe...Maybe I should find some documentaries too, I think that would help. I already go over the statistics before I fly, so I bet watching a doc would help me even more!! Haha You have a good point, I should be concentrating on saving my money for clothes!!! Thank you!!!

I do have a month off from work, my main concern is money though. Im putting everything on my card, which I would rather not do, but I do have the option to stay longer. I think after the surgery I would be very ready to go home, but I am pretty worried about flying home so soon after surgery.

December 17th also

I would love to have someone there for support but trying to find the right person is definitely hard. There's no one in Japan that I would even think about bringing this topic up to, but there's maybe one friend stateside I think would be supportive, but I'm still debating in that. Wow congrats on your post op success!!

I haven't had surgery yet but I haven't told a single person!! Not my parents, friends or anyone at work( there's only 3 of us total). I'm pretty sure my parents would not support me on the surgery since I'm only 25 and complain about not having money a lot ????. They would say I'm taking the easy way out and that I should keep trying, etc. I have friends but no one really close enough for me to talk to this about, at least in Japan. In the states there's maybe one guy I think would be supportive. So I'm doing this all by myself. I'll get support from this site when I need it because at least people here can help and everyone has already gone through this or they're in the process.

It's November( at least in Japan) lol so all we have to do is get though these four weeks!!!! December is right around the corner guys!! It's starting to get really real now!!!

Guys it's November( at least in Japan) lol so we all have to just get through these four weeks and we will be on the other side of health and happiness!!!

Thanks. I'll definitely keep everyone posted!!

I'm having surgery in Mexico!! I did check Japan but it's just as expensive as the US I know South Korea does a lot of elective surgeries but by the time I thought about researching it I had already made up my mind about Mexico. I actually have a fear of flying so I think I'm more worried about getting the Mexico than the actual surgery. Pretty funny considering I had to take a 16 hour flight to Japan :/

Yes, I`m definitely excited to see how things are like next year!!

For me after I have the surgery I'll stay in the hotel inside the hospital for 2 days and then I'm renting a car when I get back stateside in California to get to LAX and then just rest for a few days and then I'm on a flight back to Japan. Since I don't have my car here I can only walk and ride my bike. But I think each doctor is different with the times to do everything.

Oh I can imagine how uncomfortable that was. My mom is an MRI technologist and she scanned me a couple of times just to check the machine and it's definitely a tight fit!! Not to mention having to lay on my back on the hard surface. It was so hard to stay still. I think all the pre-op peeps are anxious to start a new life, myself included. December can't get here fast enough!!

Ahh I'm glad I'm not the only one!!

Trevor I definitely love Japan but I miss my independence. And Parisshel I've heard France is a little obsessed with weight.

Thank you Terry

Oh yes, I am not looking forward to the preop diet!!! Thank you Jonathan!! I`ll definitely check out your blog! I will need all the helpful information I can find!!

Thank you both for putting up with my ranting I will try to keep my head up. I know it's only for a short amount of time and things will start to change hopefully for the better and good luck Ruth1966. Waiting is definitely a pain ????

That was one of my other choices as well. It really does seem like the best route for recovery and less scars. Good luck on your decision!!