Re: New Member in Raleigh NC

[Guest guest]

Iceis,

I was so afraid to go into surgery. I had letters written to my

husband, children, parents and a friend of mine. I was throwing up

and had the runs for the whole 2 weeks before surgery. I was a

mess!! Bottom line is I made it and I made a bigger deal of the

surgery than it really was. I had very little pain. The only thing I

did have a hard time with was I was very tired for about 8 weeks.

Drop dead tired were I could take 2 hour naps everyday and not have

it affect my sleep at night.

I was okay and you will be okay, the only thing I could suggest is if

you go to a support group meeting and maybe visit some of these

people in the hospital after their surgeries. It will give you an

idea on where you will be after surgery and it will be nice for them

to have a visitor.

Great question!! If you have more please post them!!

Hugs!!!!!

>

> Hello Everyone,

>

> Just a quick introduction of myself, I'm a 5'9 275lb 45 y/o female

> who is just

> starting to research WLS. I must say this group is really

answering a

> lot of my quesstions and beleive me I have loads of them. I am

still

> pretty active socially however the extra pounds is taking a toll on

me

> mentally, My self esteem is at an all time low. Anywho I figured

> it's time to get my life back.

> If anyone has some imput please respond: How deal you deal with

the

> fear of surgery?

>

> Thank you for this group.

> Iceis

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you .

That was a great suggestion to visit post op patients.

Thanks again

I

> >

> > Hello Everyone,

> >

> > Just a quick introduction of myself, I'm a 5'9 275lb 45 y/o

female

> > who is just

> > starting to research WLS. I must say this group is really

> answering a

> > lot of my quesstions and beleive me I have loads of them. I am

> still

> > pretty active socially however the extra pounds is taking a toll

on

> me

> > mentally, My self esteem is at an all time low. Anywho I

figured

> > it's time to get my life back.

> > If anyone has some imput please respond: How deal you deal with

> the

> > fear of surgery?

> >

> > Thank you for this group.

> > Iceis

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you .

That was a great suggestion to visit post op patients.

Thanks again

I

> >

> > Hello Everyone,

> >

> > Just a quick introduction of myself, I'm a 5'9 275lb 45 y/o

female

> > who is just

> > starting to research WLS. I must say this group is really

> answering a

> > lot of my quesstions and beleive me I have loads of them. I am

> still

> > pretty active socially however the extra pounds is taking a toll

on

> me

> > mentally, My self esteem is at an all time low. Anywho I

figured

> > it's time to get my life back.

> > If anyone has some imput please respond: How deal you deal with

> the

> > fear of surgery?

> >

> > Thank you for this group.

> > Iceis

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Not only are there Carolina girls on here, but I am a Carolina guy that

lives near Columbia, SC. I had my surgery in Lexington in July and it was

the best thing that I have ever done for myself and you will definitely

never regret doing it.

Lin

Lhsh@...

American by birth,

Saved by the grace of God.

Re: New Member in Raleigh NC

Yeah, North Carolina!

, which doctor are you going to? I live in Asheville but I'm going

to Dr. Bauman in Concord. I don't think Concord is too far from you, just

the other side of Charlotte from Gastonia. I'm in Asheville, but the

horrible

doctors here won't operate on anyone over 400 lbs. I just love Dr. B!

It's

quite a drive, but at this point I don't care. I also looked in to going

to

Hickory, which would have been a little closed to Asheville, but I liked

Dr.

B's practice better. Great to see some other Carolina Girls on here now!

I'm fairly new and have mainly just been lurking, but I've learned so much

from

reading all the posts.

Tonya

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