Support Group

May 15, 2010

So Thursday I attended my first support group meeting, which is part of the required process by my surgeon before getting a surgery date scheduled.  I was somewhat disappointed in the program.  Basically the whole meeting was a guest speaker on colon cancer.  I asked my mother to go with me.  She was very reluctant to go, but came anyway.  She had a very hard time hearing the speaker and seemed to be very irritated with the whole situation.  Last night at dinner she said the reason she forced herself to go with me to the support group was because the only two people that she has known to have gastric bypass have failed at it.  She is so worried that I am going to fail, and she won't be able to fix me.  I am not her project to fix though.  I need to be a big girl and handle this on my own.  I go to see the surgeon on Tuesday for the first time.  My main concern is to ask him is how the surgery will affect my ADD/depression medication and birth control.  I have managed to find the correct combination of medication to help me maintain a great emotional balance.  It took several years to do this, and sometimes require adjustment.  I want to know for sure that once the post-op hormone imbalance has balanced itself out I will be able to continue to find success with my emotional stability.  Anyway, I am super excited for Tuesday! 

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