THE NERVES ARE KICKING IN...

Nov 14, 2012

Okay... so I'm sitting here at work waiting for our systems to come up and it occurred to me that maybe this blogging thing will help calm me. So here we go....

I decided a long time ago that I would have surgery if given the chance. That chance came along so here we are waiting with a surgery date of January 15th. That's two days after my 37th birthday. It's going to be my 're-birthday'! And I am really excited but really scared all at once. I don't know where my worries are coming from. I'm not sure if it's just natural or if I'm being overly neurotic. My mind keeps going from one what-if to the next. I have a husband that loves me and two beautiful kids. My kids don't really understand what I'm having done but my husband does. He's watched quite a few of my friends have these surgeries.

One has had the lapband and went through hell with it. She recently had a revision to the VSG because of a prolapse. She almost died from the tachycardia and dehydration. Her doctor told her he was on vacation so he couldn't do anything for about 4 days. He sent her home severely dehydrated and unable to even keep water down. 'Wendy' looked like death. She was pale, short of breath, could barely walk. Her husband was scared for her. Fortunately, we were able to talk her into coming to a different facility and she was immediately admitted with the dehydration, tachycardia, blood pressure at stroke levels, and such horrible weakness. After getting her to a safe point physically, they took out the band and did the sleeve. She's recovering wonderfully now but overdoing it instead of resting. (She's stubborn.)

Two of my other friends have had the sleeve and look absolutely wonderful. They had no problems. And yet another and her brother both had Roux-en-Y. They both look great too! All success stories. I want to be a success story.

So why do I still have these nerves driving me crazy? I've seen nothing but good come from bariatric surgery... so why? Why? I have a great bariatric team, a wonderful nutritionist, and supportive friends. I just want the nerves to stop.

How did you get over your 'case of the nerves'?????

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