Surgery 04/23 Getting Really Nervous!

[BridalMama 2]

I'm very ready to do this, having researched it for months and talked it through with my husband. I'm more sure about this than anything I've ever done (besides marrying the Mr.). However, lately I've started to get so anxious about the surgery my anxiety has started to manifest itself in some irrational fears. What if I'm in the percentage of people for whom this surgery just doesn't work? and What if somehow I'm pregnant and because of that they won't do the surgery? Seriously I've worked myself up so much that my period is 10 days late. I've taken 3 pregnancy tests (all negative, of course) but my mind won't give in and let me relax. I guess I've just never succeeded in anything else I've ever tried so my subconscious is asking - why do I think this will work? Was anyone else this way?

Reading these boards has been so helpful to me. Seeing the progress of others has made it much easier to make this decision and be confident about it. Why am I having so much fear of failing?

[Liberated Sleeve 148]

Because it is your natural response when you try to do something good for yourself - you guilt yourself out of it?

Just wondering??

Go back to the basics of why you decided on the surgery. You can not know all the outcomes but you have done your research and have the support of your loving husband. Let the rest of it go and believe in yourself and your surgeon.