Did your mind start telling you to NOT DO IT???

I've been through so much this past year, which is when my surgery was initially scheduled. Now that my surgery date is extremely close, I think I'm freaking out. I don't know if it's my nerves or what, but my question is did anyone of you just get the urge to not do it, did it anyway, and everything was fine? I think I'm just getting nervous....someone please help!

I think most people have a moment of, am I sure this is the right thing?  Or whatever.  Some people have it afterwards and think, what did I just do?  For me it was more of, wow, I can't believe I'm actually going to do this.  I haven't regretted any of it.  There was only a 6 week time frame from my first appointment to discuss my options to the surgery, so I didn't have that much time to allow doubt to creep in.  Once I made the decision, it was full steam ahead, no looking back.  Only two people knew about it until right before surgery.  My family still doesn't know because, well, they are judgmental and I don't need to hear their crap.  So I choose not to tell them. 

I don't know a soul that hasn't had second thoughts before VSG. My surgeon says he only worries about that the patients that don't question having the surgery!

You are about to have a big piece of your stomach removed - if you don't have second thoughts you are not normal!  LOL

Yes - I did question is what I'm doing the right thing, will I lose weight, can't i do it without surgery... but in the end I knew that I NEEDED this surgery to help me to SUCCEED.  I did it, it worked, I love my sleeve.

You will love yours if you go through with it.

Yes, I have and I am very surprised with myself.  I wanted this even before I was banded, even before my DD got her sleeve, and even before talking the Sister into her sleeve.  Now as soon as I got the date, I was like do I really want to do this and not just stay on the diet I have been doing well on all year.  Me who knows 100% that I can't keep it off on my own.

I'm 5 days out, And I completely freaked out. Scared of surgery etc etc. but what got me through it was this site and the before / after pictures.

Good luck

I was pretty freaked out in the week leading up to the surgery. Glad I did it though -- down 91 lbs., with about 75 of that since my surgery August. 7.

So normal! When I really started getting into everything (appointments and stuff) it felt more real and I started to freak out. I couldn't believe I was doing it. I gave myself the guilt trip that I didn't really try that "hard" to lose weight and I literally broke down thinking I would die having surgery. Full on panic mode. 

However, my motto is FEEL THE FEAR & DO IT ANYWAY!

I did all my appointments, was persistent and got approved in 3 days, did all my pre-op tests and had surgery on 12/7. It was the best decision and GIFT I have ever made and given to myself and I am only 4 weeks out. I just gave myself a tool to help me for the rest of my life, something to help me stay healthy for the rest of my life. Something that I admittingly could not do alone. I decided to do this, take this "drastic approach" because I need to be healthy for me, for my son, my husband and everyone else around me. I am too damn important to let obesity rule and ruin my life. 

You got this girl, Feel the fear and do it anyway. Keep moving through the motions!

 

Of course I felt the way you feel. However I truly believe that without the surgery I would never be able to be skinny again. Obesity is a complex issue that involves hunger hormones, a huge stretched out stomach, and other things. Now that my hunger is reduced and I can get full with much less food life is so much better. Without the surgery I know without a doubt I would still be obese and miserable and unhealthy and eventually get diabetes and die much earlier. And of course my quality of life would be so different in a negative way and I would miss out on so much because of my weight. Bariatric surgery has come to a point where it is now really safe. And even better VSG is such a better surgery than all other procedures because it has the least side effects or as I have experienced - no side effects besides skinniness! Its only a tool and if you follow the basic rules your doctor lays out for you than you will succeed. I have absolutely zero regrets and am so glad I didn't chicken out. Fear is normal. Take care and I wish you well on your journey. - Shayne

My surgery is just around the corner....2/7/13, so I am right there with you in the nerves department.  I am going from one emotion to another every minute it seems and feeling just a little crazy.  I know in my heart this is what I need to do and everything will be find but my head hasn't got 100% percent there yet, but almost.

This is a huge decision and life change, it is only normal to be nervous. Just hang in there......we can and will do this and reap all the benefits of this wise decision!