For those who have had the surgery...

All right.. did something I probably shouldn't have.. I started reading the memorial page and now I'm freaking out a little bit.. Did anyone else have a case of nerves before? I guess I'm just scared of going under and never waking up or having problems..  I know Dr Glas**** is a great surgeon.. but (*&(&^(*&( . Any words of advice??

Goodness - I didnt realize there was a memorial page, but Im pretty sure I dont want to see it!!Only you can decide if surgery is for you - but I guess if you think of where you are without it.....   It is definately normal to have nerves before anything like this.  (I havent had my wls yet but have had other kinds of surgery and it can be scary.)  Good Luck what ever you decide!

I spent one whole day a while back reading all the memorials.  It just gave me that thought that I have researched EVERYTHING fully!  If you read a lot of those were not WLS related.  I did read a few that had horrible experiences.  I think the surgery has come a long way especially with identifying problems early if need be.

I was terrified before my surgery.  My husband and I both had a good cry the night before.  As I was being wheeled in for surgery, I was even crying.  I had seen all the horror stories, watched all the bad shows about this surgery on t.v. and had just gotten my self really worked up and big time scared.   As I was going off to sleep on the table, my doctor (Dr. Sundburg) reassured me I would be fine, and low and behold I was.  I woke up feeling better than I did when I had my 2 children, (they were delivered surgically), and better than the stomach hernia surgery I had the year prior.  I had my RNY done lap and it was such a breeze. I have been out now 1 1/2 years, down 165 lbs., and have had absolutely no complications at all.  Wish I wouldn't had been so scared many years prior.  One good word of advice, don't listen to the media, they will only bring you the worst so they can get onlookers and readers.  If they were to tell of the majority of people that had no problems, then the story wouldn't be as interesting. Hang in there, calm those fears, and look to a year from now when you will be celebrating in a new you!!!!! Good luck  Cathy J.

Thank you so much! :-) I am very confident in my surgeon and the staff.  I was looking at having this done a few years back and was not nearly as comfortable with the surgeon as I am with Dr. G. Again, thank you so much for the post! :-)

Before I had my surgrey 3+ yrs ago, I briefly looked at the memorial page and decided that only God knew when it was my time to go.  I knew that my life would never get better (and probably get worse) if I didn't take the drastic step of having gastric bypass surgery. Dr. G and is staff are very good and have a very thorough program.  Put your faith into their (and God's) hands.  I can say this is absolutely the best thing I've done for myself.  Well let me rephrase that -- since my surgery I also feel that being able to exercise every day (and looking forward to it) is also one of the best things I can do for myself.....  I feel like a new person.   Keep a positive outlook, but make decisions on how YOU feel and not what others "think" you should do..  Life is good..... better than I ever thought it could be. Janie 275/135/160 4/14/2004