why am I getting this surgery? stress with having my date moved forward,

 so my surgery date was moved up due to over booking... was suppose to be on Nov 22nd but due to over scheduling it was moved up to the 15th or I could have waited till Dec. Sometime ugh not happening lol sooner than later is fine with me so after getting it approved through work now I'm scrambling to get the money together for my pre-op app and my Surgery around $1000 not alot but I was pretty adiment about paying for it my self but it looks like mom and dad are gonna have to help me, I alway knew they would be there for me... Also Work is super stressfull right now really just stressfull till tomorrow is over lol... but I feel like I need a good hastarical cry lol any else feel like that I'm a week and a half away from surgery I was thinking to myself yesterday why am I really getting this surgery is it all about looking better to impress people or shove it in people's face that I can finally be skinny... I would be lying if I said 100% NO, sure there is a little part of me that wants to be comfortable in my own skin for vein reason and there is alot of health problems that would be fixed when the weight comes off and I don't want a bypass when  45... anywho thanks for reading encouragement would be AWSOME feel free to leave me a post!!!

I think getting healthy is the ultimate thing to foccuss on but i think most of us enjoy seeing our new image unfold as we get closer and closer to goal,

Its amazing how good it feels to not only have the engery to go do things, but not have all the joint pain that i used to have..

I wish you all the best for your up coming surgery...

first, you are lucky to have a supportive family. that is key. they are going to be so proud to see you succeed.

it is normal to get nervous and jittery and wonder why you are doing this. alot of people have a mini melt down and come here for support. there are many of us here for you. as long as you feel you are making the right decision and only you can determine that.

it is not wrong or vain to say you want to have surgery for cosmetic reasons and also health reasons. who wants to be trapped in a fat body, to never be able to shop in regular stores, to sit on the side lines? some of the reason i did this was to look better but the real payoff is how i feel. i feel like a new woman and a full on participant in life!

i didnt have co-morbidities. i had back, knee, and foot pain. and a family history of diabetes, high bp, heart disease, cancer, stroke, and the list goes on. i decided i didnt want to die young, i wanted to make the most of this life. and VSG helped me get here. and it will help you too if you follow your plan and dont fight it and decide you are committed. if its right for you..

good luck

It is completely normal to have last minute doubts... we all do. (I'm having them now, with surgery tomorrow morning) but Just focus on your reasons why, what you want from this surgery, and think about what it will be like on the loser's bench.  All the little things you wish you could do now but cant do because of your weight. Anyway you get the point.
A good support system helps make this journey a little easier. Good luck to you...

I know how you feel.  One week before my surgery, AFTER I had my paperwork filled out for work with dates and work coverage arranged, AFTER my support person had taken time off work and it was too late to change his dates, AFTER I was all set and had everything arranged and my mind set on my date, I received a call telling me that my surgery was being moved up, and if I couldn't change, they would bump my date back by a month.

It felt like the end of the world at the time, and I was so pissed and frustrated, but ultimately, everything worked out and I had surgery.  Looking back now, it was a minor bump in the road and didn't matter much at all in the big scheme of things, but at the time it felt like a huge issue.

I am so happy that I had surgery.  I am only 7 weeks out, down 40 pounds since surgery, and my life has changed in ways I couldn't have imagined.

You will figure it out and it will be okay.  Cry and throw a fit if you need to, then take a hot bath, a deep breath and move on.  You can do it!