Orientation done, what's next????

Hi everyone, 

 

i am rather new here however I do read all your posts quite frequently. I went for my orientation today.... What happens now? 

I don't want to sound silly but I am so afraid of this surgery. I know I want it. I know I need it. My mother died very young and I am terrified this will happen to me. Has anyone else had these fears?

Congrats on doing Orientation :) The next steps are and this is with TWH could be a little different if you are with another center.  Nurse Practitioner, Blood Work, Social Worker, Dietician, Psychologist may be in this order. (Also if you need other test the nurse will tell you i.e. Sleep Test, Scope etc...  Then the team reviews your file and if all is good you can meet with the surgeon. 

Good luck on your journey and keep us posted.

 

Next steps are to do as much research as you can on the surgery. I found going back pages and pages on this forum and reading different topics helped, as well as getting some of the books from the list of recommended reading that you got during orientation (assuming you got one at orientation, but I think most centres give one out!) I found doing tons of reading about the surgery itself as well as all the changes afterwards really helped any fears I had. While you wait for your first appointment it's a good time to write down all your fears, all the questions you can think of and all the reasons why you want to do the surgery. Sometimes just writing stuff out can help the fears, but also that way you have something on paper you can take to your first appointment to ask questions :) 

I am still waiting for my orientation date so you are way ahead of me.  I feel similar to you - scared and yet I know it is necessary if I want to live a healthy long life. My mother was always thin and tiny, I was taller than her when I was 8 and weighed more by the time I was 9. Yup, I was a giant compared to her and I am only 5"4.  Funny about genetics eh?  As far as the fear of surgery goes I have been researching a lot and asking a lot of questions, which is great and makes me feel more prepared and less scared.

Thank you guys for your replies. I know my fear is my own issue after losing my mother suddenly to MS when she was 37. I just don't want my kids to go thru what I did and want to be healthy for them and it scares the crap out of me to put my life at risk. But then again, I am putting my life at risk being overweight like I am. 

Hey sassy75

 

like everyone said do tones of research while you are going through this process that it what calmed my fears of this surgery...yoou are ahead of me as my orientation is not as yet but what hospital did  you do your orientation and how was that experience???

Hey there, I went to Humber River. It was good. Very informative but a lot of the same information you can find on the Internet. I hope I get the call soon to get the ball rolling. I have a sleep study on October 4 (as I do have sleep apnea) so hopefully that will help the process along. I have done a tonne of research but my fear of dying young is still present. I know I need to do this though. Even if the stats said one in a million risk of death I would still be terrified.