How did you all feel the days leading up to surgery?

[AngelEyezHoney]

Ok, so it's now only 2 days before 'judgement day', so to speak, and I'm not quite sure how I feel!

I know i've been panicking a bit but tbh it still doesnt feel real! I don't think it will until I wake up in recovery!

So, how did you all feel?

 

[lamornamiss]

I wrote every thing I was feeling in a book and cried for hours the night before my op.
I still haven't been able to read it back yet 13 months out

 

[AngelEyezHoney]

I cried a few nights back and, as dramatic as it may sound, wrote my mum and lil sis a letter each just incase anything goes wrong!

 

[Malinda]

Hi

I was so worried I was not going to make it. I kept thinking what if this is the last time I see my kids, my hubby, my mom and dad. I think it is only natural to feel this way. It does pass and then you wonder why you wasted all this time worrying ;-)

 

[Ankaas]

Ive still got 6 weeks or something to go before my op so its constantly on my mind - some days Im sooooo excited I could burst, other days I think Im stupid for wanting it and wheres my will power, all that money, is it cheating, what will I tell people, will I come through it, will it work etc. Then I read all these success stories of weight loss and peoples journeys and I know that its the right thing to do and I will have the support of all these people who dont even know me - my own family and friends tend not to be so supportive. So have your doubts and fears and then put them all into a huge balloon, wave them goodbye and let them float off into the sky and say a big hello to a bright new future.

 

[phatmomma]

In all honesty i was more concerned about the fact i was blooming hungry....

As for the surgery, man oh man i was so chillaxed i had a nap in the waiting room whilst waiting to be called for my op lol xx

 

[Deets]

i was pretty ok until the day before i flew out - one of the girls id flown with was super organised and got her will sorted Which made me think about it for the first time! So i wrote a letter to the family with instructions and feelings etc on my pc. Then i gave the password to that document to my providers just in case

Everything was pretty good until they started wheeling me down the corridors and i could just see light after light after light...and then i was petrified!

But it was the thought of everyone here having gone through the same thing that gave me confidence and calm beforehand

Itll be ok for you too x

 

[yorkiegal]

I started to feel nervous a couple of days before and wrote down all the instructions in the event of my death. The actual day of the surgery I was sat there thinking ''omg what are you doing?'' but when I got into the operating theatre, where it took about 30mins to knock me out btw, I was pretty excited about it and just felt that if it all went wrong then so what. But that was probably down to the little bits of anaesthetic they were pumping into me.

 

[yvonnedeans]

the night before my op i spoke with my husband and told him if i died he was to mourn me for the rest of his life, if he had another girlfriend i would come back and haunt him.
I told my son (him and his girlfriend are planning their wedding) that if i died during the op i was still to be at my place at the top table in a purple box. My hubbie and son bickered about who would get the most of the insurance money.
On the day of the op i was stressed at the thought of how i was going to get the pressure socks on.....i couldnt get normal socks on never mind super elasticated ones, and were my boobs going to be on show in the theater.
Just before the op my consent form had been misplaced, and my anxiety went through the roof, a nurse held my hand and i burst into tears, that was my last thing.
12 hrs later i felt a fool for getting upset 24hrs later i wished id had the op years ago.
It truly is nowere near as bad as what i thought it was gonna be,

 

[Deets]

the night before my op i spoke with my husband and told him if i died he was to mourn me for the rest of his life, if he had another girlfriend i would come back and haunt him.
I told my son (him and his girlfriend are planning their wedding) that if i died during the op i was still to be at my place at the top table in a purple box.

love it! :8855::8855:x

 

[Fizzy donna]

As u know from posts on here I was utterly terrified ! I was told at 6.30 am I was to be first to go down at 8 am so all of a sudden it was socks on gown on and signing form ! My partner had popped down to have a mcdonalds brekkie thinking he had ages so I had to call him to hurry back ! When he came running in I said lets go home and burst into tears :cry: a nurse came in said it was time to go and that was that .... I didnt leave letters etc I didn't want to be tempting my fate so to speak ! Nerves nearly got the better of me . It's so natural to have every emotion possible , but u will be fine and u will get through it x x x

 

[Fizzy donna]

Posted twice !!

 

[831phil]

Hi, I wasnt really nervous - it almost felt as if it wasnt happening because my journey has been that quick. I did write a letter to Phil, but it was very matter of fact, about what to do with the house etc.. and how I wanted the kids to be brought up - and about my funeral not being morbid - deep inside I knew I would be fine, but felt I should as others had! Even on the way to the hospital it didnt feel like it was happening and my only real wobble was when the nurse walked me down to the theatre and Phil had to say goodbye at the lift! Absolutely no regrets and like many others wonder why I waited so long xx You will be absolutely fine, and like me, posting advice to other pre-oppers when you are just one week post-op, feeling absolutely great xx

 

[Karen19745]

I couldn't believe how nervous I was for the last 2 weeks, I was so excited up to that point. But everything went really well I will be 1 week post op tomorrow, I'm feeling great and I'm having my first weigh in tomorrow.

Don't worry it is all worth it, I went out today and people were telling me that I looked like I'd lost weight and it hasn't been a week yet, Karen xxx

 

[MrsSAFC]

im 10 days away - im actually mega excited!!!!! started milk diet today. A few days ago I had a tin panic about weight scales etc but im over that now.... so bring it on I say! ive waitied long enough!!! xx

 

[831phil]

Karen, you need to change your pre-opper to post-opper lovely xx

 

[AngelEyezHoney]

Pretty much everything thst i've felt then from eading all of this lol
Less than 24hrs to go now! Am cool as anything now, knew I would be!

Have had my hair done yday and nails today (gotta look gd incase there any nice doctors lmao)

Work for a few hrs then relax for the evening as my bag all ready!!!

 

[bobsbigboy]

Dis - appointment

Sadly I have been on an emotional rollercoaster, I got to the hospital on the day of my op (last friday) having been through all the build up and emotions, fears, tears and milk diet. Only to find they had me booked for a band and not a bypass as I had requested. I am still a bit numb, I know who to blame but cannot say here. I am just thankful I have my faith to bring me through this, although the spirit of forgiveness is yet to kick in. I have been rescheduled for June 7th now, hopefully this time with no hitches.

My feelings leading up were mixed, fear of croaking it on the slab, will I see my family again, will I get any leaks or infections, but the positve too of a new start to a new life that I have not been able to have before. Now we gotta do it all over again!! :wave_cry:

Take Care

Bob

xxx

 

[Ankaas]

Awh bob that's an awful thing to have to go through. I feel so gutted for you but at least it's still gonna happen but there's a reason for everything and maybe you've been this extra time to do something ?? Only 7 days to go whooo hoo lucky you. Xx

 

[bobsbigboy]

Getting ever closer

Thanks for your nice post Ankaas, well things are slowly getting better now I am the road to the op. I have been on a real food diet, but as of tonight after my 1 sausage and chicken wing salad I will begin the dreaded milk diet again. That is my sure sign that it wont be long now. As you say there is time for everything and now I have another honeymoon period I am ready to take my place on the bench.

Take care

Bob