A change of plans

After discussing everything with my family, nutritionist, therapist and Margie, I've decided to put off my surgery for a while.  I was having such anxiety and panic over it and realized that I just am not ready mentally for it..  Everyone agrees with me that if I'm not ready then I'm just setting myself up for failure.  Of course now I'll have to go on the 6 month supervised diet but that's fine with me.  That will give me time to work through everything and get a better handle on things...maybe even a change in meds.  For those of you who don't deal with anxiety and panic disorder, imagine that you have a fear of flying and someone has told you that you're going to go up into a plane, strap on a parachute and jump out.  It's that terrifying for me right now. I'm going to keep coming here and reading and asking questions, check in with the doc regularly and keep going to the support meetings.  I'm working with a very cool nutritionist from KU who will be a huge source of support for me too.  She genuinely cares about what happens with me.  I'll meet with her once a week for the 6 months. I know this is the right thing and I know I'm going to do it....I just have to do it the right way for me. Robin

I think that you made the right choice in waiting especially if your not ready mentally.  This is a big life change one that you need to know fully what is in store.  I know where your coming from with your panic and anxiety I have family members who suffer from that and some times it's not easy to deal with.  Do the 6 mo. dr. supervised diet, do some research on the surgery.  I got a book at Borders called, "Weight Loss Surgery for Dummies" has some information in it that might be helpful to you.  Do a lot of soul searching and praying and if it is meant to be then you will know when the time is right for you.  Check in with us often there is a lot of good information on here and a lot of good topics that come up.  Good luck.....