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Thank you so much for responding and for your encouragement. I appreciate hearing from you and thank you for sharing that you had a similar fear of surgery but were able to overcome it.
The first time I had surgery I was really scared. I told my neighbor who was about 20 years older than me and she said she had had so many surgeries that she had lost count. Still I was scared. That surgery was a hysterectomy. After about two weeks, I was pretty well healed and felt great.
That was 30 years ago and now I have had so many surgeries that I have lost count. After RNY surgery, I expected to feel so different. I felt exactly the same and if there were not a couple of band-aids on my stomach would have accused the surgeon of not really operating.
Surgery is a scary thought, but the hospital staff takes good care of patients and get them back to normal very quickly. Someday you may be over your fear and then you will be ready for weight loss surgery.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Thank you Partlypollyanna. I have searched and did find some older posts about cancelling surgery or postponing. I was very happy with my doctor and his practice. The support there is very good. I guess I am just not ready yet. They do have a medically supervised program too but things like that have never worked for me longterm.
Hi Lucile. It sounds like you had a bad experience. If you don't mind sharing did you have complications?
I am not sure yet if I will try to move forward with the surgery. I guess I need more time to consider...
I think there are a few people on here who have mentioned that they canceled/rescheduled at least once; not sure if any are still active but you might find information in a search.
My opinion only is the surgery is the easy part; if you're not mentally ready for the changes you need to have for the rest of your life -- from taking supplements to being aware of what you eat/drink to all the effort that goes in after the malabsorption starts, then you're not ready for the surgery. Fear of the surgery itself wasn't a thing for me but I definitely did all the reasonable precautions/requirements before hand.
I hope you have a good support system in the practice that your working with to help you determine what the best next option for you is, whether that's surgery or something else.
Good luck!
HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150
Jen
Good for you. I wish I had.
RNY Oct. 27/17. HW 289; SW 285; GW 144; LW: 161 CW: 196 FML: Fighting regain :(
I'm really sorry you did that.
It's so hard to fulfill all the requirements and get a surgery date ...
You're one of the very lucky ones ... maybe you can try to reschedule?
Hello. It has been some time since I posted. I am filled with mixed emotions and like a failure because I cancelled my surgery. I started the program and had a surgery date, went through most of the steps and then got scared! I have never had surgery and not even stitches and I panicked. I can't believe myself at this point. Has anyone else cancelled their surgery for any reason? Did you eventually go back and have the surgery?
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