Finally!

[kayealias 0]

Finally, I've been approved for my bypass. I was suppose to have the surgery on April 19, but I was out of town on family matters. So it was changed to June 14. I'm so excited but I'm kinda scared. Any last thing I need to know what to do before this surgery. I would appreciate it

[1HauteDiva 26]

Everything you're feeling is normal. As it gets closer to your date you'll get more excited and at times more worried. But it is so worth it! I feel so good now. I won't lie and say there aren't any hard days but there weren't many for me, and I am loving life!!!

[kayealias 0]

I can imagine what ur saying! Can u tell me how u prepared urself before ur surgery?

[1HauteDiva 26]

I'm the type of person that use other people's successes to push me. So I joined different weight loss surgery sites and just looked at everyone's profiles that had had surgery. Seeing all of the amazing results kept me excited and less worried. But I also read some of the less successful profiles and they helped me figure out what to expect if things don't go as smooth. Knowledge is power so I researched, researched, researched. Any night I couldn't sleep I was on the sites reading old posts. Any question you may have has been asked by someone before so I would just search for my question and read the responses. I felt so informed going into my pre-op appointment and into surgery that I was almost worry free! (notice I said almost, I'm human, and it is major surgery so some worry is warranted. Trusting your surgeon and his abilities is key).

Another way I prepped myself my seem weird but I started looking at all of the clothes in magazines like Instyle and on different websites that I knew I could never fit anything in post-op. I knew that I wanted to be able to stop my emails from the avenue and lane bryant and start getting catalogs and emails from Victoria Secret and Express etc. Every time I saw a small outfit I liked I would tell myself, I will be able to get into that one day post-op... total motivation! And it worked! I walked in on surgery day READY!! And I stopped my lane bryant and other large size stores email about 2 weeks ago (not sure why it took so long I haven't stepped foot in one of those stores since surgery lol.)