Surgery 09/10...1 wk from tomorrow!

[ccdomaika 12]

My surgery date is quickly approaching. I'm excited, nervous, scared!!! I'm excited to finally after a long year of appointments be this close to my actual date. Nervous of having a major surgery. Mostly I'm scared of what my life will be like without the food that I obviously love so much. I recently had a lot of stress I'm my life and gained back 30lbs of the 60lbs I had lost. Thinking back to last month I don't know what I would have done without food. How do "normal" people deal with stress??? I eat when I'm stressed. I eat when I'm happy. We Celebrate with food. Most social function revolves around food! We need it to live and I defiantly live for it. This is something I want, but knowing there will never be a "cheat" day is a little daunting. Knowing that I'll never be able to go back is both exciting and terrifying.

[Dream4tc 192]

Awesome! It will be here before you know it! It is an exciting and scary time! Stress sucks. I chew gum to help with stress. I am not sure what I will do after surgery, because we aren't allowed gum for at least 6 months. So was thinking of sugar free mints. That will be challenging. Maybe ice chips too. I even exercise with gum! Yeah, I have been saying goodbye to many of my favorites that are full of sugar and fat. I would hate to even try any of them post op for fear I would dump and then never want them ever again. Coping strategies for stress, I am thinking my husband should give me a back massage every day for 6 months haha! Yeah that sounds like a plan lol!