StaceyS
April 27, 2007 - Fears
Apr 28, 2007
My appointment was reset to Tuesday, May 1. This has given me more time to read about the surgery and get my questions together. I know i don't have a choice and it has to be done and I'm actually very excited about getting this new "tool."
I am so terrifed about the whole hospital thing. I think it's the anesthesia and the mask that has me freaked out. I don't want to see the "holding area" or feel myself going on to the operating table. I don't want to see the lights or the room. I start to cry just thinking about it. I'm constantly reading profiles, hoping to read the hospital experiences of others. Sometimes I'm glad, sometimes I'm even more freaked out.
I sound like a big baby, but hey, everyone has their own shtick.
I am so terrifed about the whole hospital thing. I think it's the anesthesia and the mask that has me freaked out. I don't want to see the "holding area" or feel myself going on to the operating table. I don't want to see the lights or the room. I start to cry just thinking about it. I'm constantly reading profiles, hoping to read the hospital experiences of others. Sometimes I'm glad, sometimes I'm even more freaked out.
I sound like a big baby, but hey, everyone has their own shtick.
April 4, 2007
Apr 04, 2007
I did it. I called the Cleveland Clinic and made an appointment with Dr. Rosenthal for April 24. Of course, I am the biggest wimp and had to ask what "he was going to do to me" at the appointment. Anita told me that it would be mostly talking and my vitals would be taken. She told me to start getting my records together to bring them to the appointment and to join Weight Watchers right away.
March 27, 2007
Apr 04, 2007
Went to the informational meeting at the Cleveland Clinic. A psychologist spoke, as did the nutritionist and the insurance lady. One of the "helper surgeons" explained some of the different procedures.