Huge Doubts

I was going through the same thing (still a little on edge).  I posted yesterday hoping to get encouragement just like you.  I was thinking about rescheduling my surgery or changing to lap band .  My surgery is a day after yours.  It was through the positive words from people here that gave me hope.  I feel you!!!!!!   Right now I do have courage.  I feel like God has put this surgery in place in order for me to achieve the highest goals he has in store for me.  Everything has come together to smooth for anything to go wrong.  This surgery is meant to be for me.  It is also meant to be for you to.   you have to believe!!!!!

You Go Girl, Thank You!!! I am glad to know I am not the only one.

AWESOME POST!!
U know GOD is No Joke, I just came in here to Post a question asking How did people wrap there heads around preparing for surgery and here was your post, GOD is good!!!

lemme be real for a sec and tell you that i also had doubts.

i doubted if i'd wake up from the surgery. i doubted if i'd be able to follow the new lifestyle that came with the surgery.  i doubted if i'd be able to live without cognac and chicken wings.

but i did some soul searchin.  i literally talked to myself....for a long time. and i made a pros/cons list. the thing with the list is that it aint about how many items you have on each side. its all about the weight on the items.  for example, you can have 12 pros and 15 cons....but if one of those pros is possibly living an extra 20 years, that one pro outweights a whole lotta cons.

hell, even post op i have doubts.  i doubt i'll be able to keep eatin these soft foods without losin my mind. i doubt i'll be able to go to another fight party and watch my peoples eatin crabs & chicken wings and drinkin all kinds of liquor while i eat chili and drink crystal light....only after waitin 45 minutes.

but even with the doubts, i keep on keepin on. its hard but i do it. i don't know how, but i do it. 

So glad I saw this post!!! I didn't readit yesterday and that might have been a reason! I think ANYTHING major you do in life will cause you to second guess yourself.

I'm glad to know these are normal - I don't even have a date, and well,y'all know how I do (in the short time I've been here).  

My surgeon (haven't had consult -tomorrow!!!, but he rapped to me for 15 minutes after seminar) even said everything I eat now, I can still eat - just in moderation and increase exercise, but to realize it'll take some time.


Hell, as far as fast foods - when I was on WW, I was NOT mad @ the happy meal - still ain't (though I will have a dbl cheeseburger no cheese only ketchup combo from McDonalds every now and again....and I gave up Coke... Lawd, that's another story).  It fills the craving... If I'm still hungry, I ate some fruit and kept it moving.

So, when you get through, you can laugh @ me when my time comes and tell me how glad you were you did it. 

BTW, explained some to my momma - I think she's worried due to pickiness, but she knows I get stubborn - and when I say I'm doing the damn thing, Brandy will do the damn thing.