consult tommorow..very overwhelmed
Hi all,
I have been lurking on here for some time reading about all your
different experiences. Tommorow is my consultation and I am so
overwhelmed with emothion i feel like crying. I don;t know why. I am
also very nervouse and scared. I don;t know if it is I am finally
taking the first step to a better life or what. I just need a way to
calm down. It is so bad anything i eat goes thru me. anyone wlse fell
like this??
Thanks
April 28th, 2004 at 5:17 pm
Hi,
I also had a very emotional time deciding if WLS was right for me and at the
consult I cried on the surgeons shoulder, lol. Its ok though its all part of
the process and for a lot of people a very healing and healthy process.
What I discovered is that I had tried everything to be “ok” with my weight.
When I started thinking about WLS I really had to admit that I wasn’t “ok” with
it. That I wanted it gone and I felt like such a failure because I couldn’t do
it on my own.
I got to a place in this WLS process where I could tell people my weight (my
husband of 11 years had no idea)! I was able to talk to people about all the
awful things that go wrong when you’re obese and just how bad it feels. It was
very liberating!
Take a deep breath and take it one step at a time. I think there is a reason
this is usually such a long process, it gives us time to come to terms with some
of our own issues before surgery.
Good luck.
Rechelle
Lap RNY 5/13/02