Scared

My surgery is scheduled for July 28. I am getting more and more nervous as the day gets closer. I got a call from my case manager yesterday asking me if I had a advance directive. That scared the crap out of me. All I can think about is my new life after the surgery. I think about it 20 times a day how it must feel being smaller. "I bet my knees wouldn't hurt all the time, or I could walk up the stairs with my co-workers". Even though there are many more postive things about my surgery, it scares me of having  surgery.
Its not the type of surgery that I have chosen that scares me but it is the fact that they will put me in a type of a coma and remove part of my stomach.

If anyone have any suggestions on how to relax my nerves...............I AM OPEN TO IT!!!!!!

my sleeve vsg surgery is scheduled for 5/28 i am grateful that it was only two weeks from approval,not much time to think about it --- i think just do like the doctor's say,   get used to eating smaller amounts,  eat slower,  start walking now if you are not already ==and think about how great you are going to be feeling and looking

 what your feeling is normal before any surgery and prob worse because this is an elective one, and we all know surgery comes with risk.. but that said look at the postive in just a few weeks your on your way to a new you...

all the things you can be doing

is getting anything you want done in the house while you still can so you can enjoy the time you neeed to rest and heal.

prepare meals for anyone else in your family for the time that you will not be cooking, so you dont have to worry about meals for anyone.

go through your wardrobe and sort out the sizes in the next couple down because once you start dropping it goes pretty fast and youll be wanting to try on clothes every week or other wise you might just lose right on past them.

take some pictures these come in so handy when your not losing weight but maybe losing inches and often when we know we have lost pounds but we can not see it its nice to have pictures to compare to.
while your taking pics dont forget to take measurements these again are a great tool when the scale is not being kind and is not moving often during these times our inches are.

if you keep busy the time will pass so fast and you wont have alot of time to focuss on being scared as much and as more time passes you might find that you change from being scared to being relaxed.

and the other thing to think about is, the part they are removing did you no favours up til now and your really not going to miss it once the pounds start dropping

i might have missed food at times but i certainly would not trade it for my old stomach back...

and hang in there we are all here for you if you need it


 

I felt that way a few days before surgery, I had a lot of people praying for me, and even tho I was crying the day before from fear I walked in the day of with comfort and courage knowing god was there with me, I even went to the chapel and prayed right before with my husband and the sign read "Be not afraid I am with you". Just keep praying, god is good.

pre-op anxiety.... everyone gets it. I talked to my Dr. and he gave me a script for xanax. nice and relaxed. Talk to your doc.