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I'm getting my sleeve on Thursday and am getting more and more anxious!! I have an 18 month old son, and am doing this for him but also am terrified of leaving him :( please tell me if this is normal?!? :(

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Oh Yeah! I have been researching how to avoid blood clots and how to recognize the signs of one all day long. I think knowing that this is a risk from surgery I keep thinking, I could be that one person that dies from this. I keep reading all of the other posts where everyone has came out fine and they are ok. That is about the only thing that keeps me from backing out!

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I'm getting sleeved on Thursday as well and WE ARE NOT DYING we are fighting to live....I am anixous and nervous too....my tummy has butterflies......hang in there.....

Edited by quenny

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nope, i'm not special enough for that. i'm very normal (in the 99.999% that survive).

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Right. You're the one. The special one.

EDIT: (Was teasing, which did NOT come across well. The odds are greatly in your favor that are not the one. :) )

Edited by VSGAnn2014

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It's perfectly normal to be anxious! But the positive possible outcomes FAR outweigh the negative possibilities. After surgery, you will be so happy you did this wonderful thing for yourself and the ones you love.

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I was banded in 2007 and slipped in 2010...banded again in 2011 and it never worked right...probably another slip. Now starting the process for the sleeve. So see? I've done this twice and I'm ready to go again! LOL Think positive! :P

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Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't change my journey for anything. I have the greatest surgeon and I've learned soooo much. The band is a phenomenal tool if you use it right, and I rocked it! It's just that it's time for me to change course...everyone is different. I'm sure we will both do great on our sleeve journeys! LOL

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I'm always one to think "it happens to other people, not me." Sooner or later it will be in one context or another. I thought that when I bought a motorcycle in August. I thought, "I'm smarter than those people who wreck their bikes." I guess my number finally came up when I got cut off by some out-of-stater on my commute home who wasn't looking where he was going. I went down and fortunately only suffered a broken shoulder and elbow.

On the up side, my number isn't likely to come up again soon so surgery here I come! :P

Sab - If you feel you're the one, maybe play the lotto? :D :wacko: :blink:

Edited by ArcusX

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