LisaS 0 Posted March 21, 2011 My Surgery is tomorrow, March 22. I'm nervous but with the help of some supportive friends and family I'm OK. I'm a nurse, So in saying that i believe we make the worst patients. I'm used to caring for others. So it's difficult to allow someone to care for me. I'm sure this is how a got in this situation anyway....In caring for everyone else I forgot to take care of myself. So this is the start of a new journey i finally decided to begin... The only thing that i'm afraid of is that i may or may not be having the sleeve done do to some complications..My dr. asked if during the surgery he finds that i can not have the sleeve he said i have the choice to choosing another type of weight loss surgery..Hope it does not have to come to that...I have faith that everything will work out!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samantha209 19 Posted March 22, 2011 Good Luck and God bless Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnneG 7 Posted March 22, 2011 Good luck, hope everything goes really well for you and cant wait to hear your updates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derp 3 Posted March 22, 2011 Lisa, My mom is a nurse too, and was the one who took care of me throughout my entire surgery and recovery and she said the same thing you did about nurses being bad patients, so I got a chuckle out of that. The success rate of the surgery itself (not even including the long term outcome) is so high - In my research before deciding to go with surgery, I read every single article I could get my hands on. I was happily relieved to see such low numbers of complications both in the OR and during the immediate recovery stages. Provided you pass all of your pre-op tests, you really should be just fine. I'll be thinking about you tomorrow, and looking out for an update. Get some sleep and good luck tomorrow <3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaS 0 Posted March 22, 2011 Thank you all for all your good wishes. This site has been a blessing in so many ways. So much support here. i will be back with update know matter which preceedure is done. God Bless everyone. Know i'm going to try to sleep.< /p> Lisa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites