Surgery Monday And The Only Thing On My Stomach Is Butterflies!

[WorkingToGetHealthy 1]

Like many, I have been overweight for most of my life. I have tried Weight Watchers, Metabolic Weight Loss, Personal Trainers, Diet pills, and numerous other "fad" diets with little to no results. I made the desicion in 2012 to have Gastric Sleeve Surgery to get myself to a healthy and comfortable weight. I went through the required 6 months of doctor visits and phyciatric evaluation, and I am scheduled for surgery on Monday 11-12-12.

I always knew that surgery was a life changing experience, but it wasn't until the Pre Op diet that I realized the changes my life was go through. I have been doing the Pre Op diet for 5 days now. (My doctor's office requires a 10 day Pre Op diet.) I have not really been hungry, but I have most definately not been satisfied. I feel like I am in panic mode at this point. I keep finding different things that will, in my mind, never be the same again. I know that this surgery is what I want and that I need something to drastically in change my life before I am barely able to move around. However, I can't help feeling a bit of loss for the lifestyle I have been living.

Has anyone else felt these emotions? Is this a normal reaction or is my brain going crazy over the lack of carbohydrates?

Thanks in advance for any advice/encouragement!

[mdonaldf 84]

Monday morning for me too. Best of luck. Definitely a lifestyle change. Been on liquid diet for 10 days and it hasn't been bad. Lost 16 pounds so far. Just less I have to lose after.

[Tink22-sleeve 528]

I do worry about lifestyle changes. For example, my husband and I like to travel and i'm thinking about how that will be affected by these lifestyle changes. But i know that lots of things will change for the better- like tying my darn shoes with ease! Lol. Good luck with your surgery.

[nursemeg89 185]

Working to Get Healthy:

I think that the feelings you're experiencing are completely normal, the first day of my pre-op diet I was an emotional wreck. I can't speak for you, but for me the more overweight I became the more food/eating became my hobby, my friend, my support system. It's hard to admit that all now, but I think it's normal to grieve a change in that relationship. As my pre-op diet progressed, (I'm on day five now), I started to function more normally and feel more like myself! I hope the same has gone for you, those first couple days were really difficult! I can share some things that I did that have helped me feel better and got me even more excited about surgery:

-I took "before" photos, once I uploaded them from my camera to my computer I found myself questioning- How did I get this big? Is that REALLY how I look? I can't wait to take some better post-op pictures!!!

-I committed to myself that I would start doing something that I love again once I've hit my weight loss goal. Horseback riding, it was my passion growing up and I would love to get back into it!

-I've really enjoyed looking up recipes that will be good choices post-operatively. Yesterday when I went to my required pre-op surgery class, one of the speakers provided us with a lsit of books that we might want to purchase for advice/recipes. She said that one of her favorites was 1: The complete idiots guide to eating well after weight loss surgery by Margaret Furtado, Joseph Ewing ISBN: 978-1-59257-951-8 (I am planning on purchasing the book!)

I hope some of my suggestions will help you and I wish you the best of luck

[rainbows 35]

good luck! The one thing that is crazy to me is only being able to eat a few bites of food after surgery! I dont know why but that just seems sooo unreal to me right now.

[fastforward 7]

My surgery is Monday also. Im on the 10 day liquid diet. So far things have been better than I expected as far as not being hungry. Today is the first day Im feeling kind of emotional like I could cry at any time. Im trying to look forward and think about all of the positive changes there will be but I'm anxious about the surgery. I just want it to be tuesday and know that Im alright and ready to start losing weight.

[WorkingToGetHealthy 1]

Thanks to all of you for your input and encouragement! I really appreciate it!!

[Yasmine 109]

The 12th is my date too! I am nervous/excited... I am trying not to focus on the fact that its just a few days away... I'm a nervous person and I don't want to work myself up. I just want to stay positive!!!!

I hope and pray that we all have a complication-free surgery! Good Luck & God Bless to all!

[mggonzal 54]

I had my surgery on oct 13... The pre op diet was not the big deal... But to be honest is hard... Very hard, despite my surgeon said i wouldnt be hungry, the fifth day was really hard I was dying of hungry for the 7 th day it passed... But after that is not easy i still feel hungry.. Its hard after 36 years eating whatever i wanted, but fortunately i had have no probles at all, my recovery was really fast i had no pain after surgery, i only had an episode the day i started with puree food... I ate 2 teaspoon of puree after i felt full .... Only 2 teaspoon!!!! Then i had the worst pain i ever had... That was enough fir me to understand that i must stop eating when i started to feel full. Ive lost arround 22 lbs... It worth it, but i will not lie you... Is hard.. This is not magic... You will need fo work hard and make a big effort... But our health worth it.