First day of preop liquid diet tomorrow and IM A MESS!

[goldissa762 3]

I am freaking out!

I am anxious, panicky and overall freaked out!

My sleeve date is April 15, tomorrow I start the liquid preop diet - I feel so nauseous, stomach pain and awful which I'm thinking is psychosomatic!

I am starting to think maybe I should just diet harder or try something else. I'm 38, female, 5 feet and weigh 300lbs! Obviously, I need to do this... Am I having cold feet? Please someone out there shed some light for me and validate how I feel?! Did other people feel like this?

[joatsaint 2,814]

Don't feel alone. I was right where you are. I even backed out on my 1st attempt at scheduling the initial doctor visit. But in the end I asked myself 2 questions that cemented my resolve.

1. Am I ready to do what it takes to get out of this situation?

2. Do I want to be in this same situation a year from now?

Anytime I am ready for a life change, those 2 questions always give me the resolve to make the change.

I had my pre-op freakeout. I got worried that I wouldn't be able to eat as much after surgery as I could pre-surgery. That's when I had to break out my inner PIMP and PIMP SLAP myself and say, "Hey Stupid, that's why you're having the surgery - so you CAN'T eat as much as you can now!"

Edited April 1, 2014 by joatsaint