MandyMegs

I'm in Plano

I'm only 4 days post op, but I feel sick as well with even the tiniest bit of any of my liquid foods. I'm still healing if course and hope this disappears, but I am feeling god awful

So since making the choice to get banded, the guy I've been with for nearly 7 years has voiced his discontent with the surgery idea. We've discussed it many times and his discontent seemed to have come from insecurity, he thought once I gain some confidence in my looks, I'll be less inclined to stay. (we've been through thick, and thin I wouldn't leave him no matter how much prettier I felt). I explained that away, & he seemed to be more okay with it, mostly because while he loves me now, he wants me to be happy with who I am, so we can be happy. With my Surgery being on Friday, I've started to get kinda emotional about the changes I have started embracing and the many more I would soon be embracing, & kinda let it out to him that I felt like maybe he wouldn't be attracted to me if I was smaller (no, he's not exactly a chubby chaser, but he's used to me like this; loves me like this) He told me he would be, and he'd love me no matter what. but I'm scared, he means a lot to me, & it would be devastating for him to find me sexy anymore. If I'm being real, I think he'll still find me attractive, but all these what-ifs/insecurities are coming up, even if they're not really realistic. He's actually been very helpful, he a gym head himself, and at culinary school, so he's wanting to give me healthy cooking habits and all. I think this surgery talk brought up both of our insecurities. So...for all y'all post op...what's changed in your relationships? what remained the same...what didn't you expect; but happened?

So, my operation is on 9/21 this friday! My pre-op journey has been very quck, I got approved (insurance; Tricare Prime) the afternoon after my consultation (August 30), started the pre-op diet the 7th, pre-op testing on the 13th, tomorrow I go over the test results from all that, & if I'm good to go, than Friday at 11 AM I will be banded. I'm starting to get really nervous, & slightly over-whelmed with the information I'm trying to absorb. any way to calm the anxiety? Any sold advice to maybe stop me from getting so over whelmed

other than shopping Some of my larger tattoo pieces, specifically my back. & when all is said & done, I plan on giving myself breast implants, but that'll be at the very end.

Getting Banded the 21st!

I have Tricare too, and actually for me it was unbelievably easy. I think that's because of my asthma & Tricare keeping a specific eye on me, because of how serious my illness has been in the past, it's actually because of the steroids (which I've been off nearly 3 years now, but was on for 6 which was most of puberty) I used to get better, that I have this much of a problem with my weight. But anywho I got a referral from my primary in 2 seconds, made an appointment (August 30th) with the Doc, and was approved that afternoon (got the phone call the next morning) Started my pre-op diet sept. 7th, pre-op testing the 13th, I have my pre-op appointment tomorrow (go over the test results) and Friday I have surgery. It really depends on your health issues, I wasn't required to do all the dieting (which I would have done willingly, & was what I expected to do after that appointment) I didn't even need my doctor to write any type of letter.