Dancer1

Hi Shonabear! Thanks for your thoughts! I am now 3 weeks post op. I have a really hard time getting my liquids in but other than that all is great. I'm now down 15 pounds and 23 inches. I have started eating regular food...soft foods including some soft meats. I have not....at least to this point had any complications or discomfort. I've not had any pain since the day after surgery. I'm so very thankful I'm doing this well!

Wow....I've read all the stories and looked at all the pics....everyone has done amazing! My surgery was last week...(10-31-12). My pre op weight was 218 and this morning it was 208....

My surgery was at 7:30 this morning. I was sooooo exhausted that I have slept all day! I did get up and walk which was not to do at all. There is pain but it has been controlled with the drip and a of yet have not felt really sick....looking forward to all the positive changes that will transpire for me due to this surgery and my determination. For everyone who is going through surgery in the coming weeks and months....keep your eyes on the prize and keep moving forward!!!!!

At the hospital now.....just getting started with the preliminaries .... Lots of thoughts going through my mind.....dread the catheter...

I am laying here in bed, my mind racing with thoughts about what I am about to do to my body and I am scared and worried. However I am also excited. Every time I start getting to the point of backing out I keep going over in my mind about all the advantages there are for me to go through with this. I have to be at the hospital in less than 5 hours and am finding it so hard to relax. I am also so hungry right now that I have a really bad hunger headache. The thought of the catheter is making me want to glue my legs together....lol....I hate those things!

I am laying here in bed, my mind racing with thoughts about what I am about to do to my body and I am scared and worried. However I am also excited. Every time I start getting to the point of backing out I keep going over in my mind about all the advantages there are for me to go through with this. I have to be at the hospital in less than 5 hours and am finding it so hard to relax. I am also so hungry right now that I have a really bad hunger headache. The thought of the catheter is making me want to glue my legs together....lol....I hate those things!

My date is 10-31-12

I am per-op myself and believe me I am having more and more moments of being scared as the time gets closer. My surgery is 10-31-12....two weeks from now. I'm asking myself questions about my decision constantly right now but then I keep reminding myself of all I have to gain in becoming and staying healthier. After months of reading many different post I do realize this see saw of emotion and second guessing myself is part of the process. However.....this is a great forum for easing some of the anxiety associated with this journey.....keep coming back and reading as many post as possible. It has helped me and will help you too! You will be on the losers bench before you know it!

I'm living in Fayetteville Arkansas

I will have my surgery on the 31st.....I am flip flopping between being excited and being really scared. I keep asking myself if I'm doing the right thing.....then I think about all the discomfort I have just walking sometimes, how difficult it is for me to take good hygiene care of myself and all the other things that obesity causes and I tell myself this is right for me. So why am I scared?

Hi....I started at the same time you did and I just now got the approval from my insurance....I'm going into my 9th month trying to get this done and the wait is still not over for me. The doctor I use will not schedule the surgery until he has the actual approval letter in hand, regardless of the fact that my insurance called and gave them a verbal approval. So frustrating to be so close and still the wait continues...

Well....it took a while but my insurance has finally approved my surgery!

Thank you for sharing that you are scared! I was wondering if any one on here has moments of being scared.....this thread let me know I am not alone in the way I am feeling at times. Most of the time I am fine with it and I look forward to the change this will bring in my life but I do have my moments when I feel scared.

I'm new on here and waiting on insurance to approve. I look forward to the day I can add a photo or two of the new me. I think one of the biggest things I am looking forward to is being able to get back into West Coast and Ballroom dancing as well as Latin Swing. All my dance shoes have collected dust for way too long!