the cold feet.... - ThinnerTimes

Oodler · 06-30-2008, 06:14 PM

is it normal.... to feel scared one minute.... then super excited and can't wait till the day for surgery has arrived. I'm still in the diet process and haven't even been given a final approval from insurance but I'm already getting super nervous and excited at the same time! ahhh

is that normal? did a lot of you get "cold feet" when you knew it was almost time? or am I just a big ol' worry wart!?

Godsblessedme · 06-30-2008, 06:21 PM

i think most of us got cold feet. I was SOOOOO excited and then the day of surgery i was an "what if " nervous wreck! Get ready for the excitment and journey of a lifetime...

Oodler · 06-30-2008, 06:24 PM

I think that's what I'm doing... the "what if's"
but all in all, I am really excited. Everyone seems to have such a different outlook on life. I keep a happy attitude now (even with the lil health probs I have now) I can only imagine how much happier I will be when most of them will be eliminated after

yaay!

Claire-in-Texas · 06-30-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Oodler

I think that's what I'm doing... the "what if's"
but all in all, I am really excited. Everyone seems to have such a different outlook on life. I keep a happy attitude now (even with the lil health probs I have now) I can only imagine how much happier I will be when most of them will be eliminated after

yaay!

Your experience is one that many feel, and I did, too, to a degree. For me it was a little different -- at my age I wanted to have far more quality of life than I had, so i really wasn't frightened - I just wanted to live without excruciating pain.

It is all a journey, not a destination. I am on that journey, and my life has totally changed because of it.

I wish you well, "fellow" Texan!

Oodler · 06-30-2008, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Claire-in-Texas

It is all a journey, not a destination. I am on that journey, and my life has totally changed because of it.

I LOVE how you wrote that. awesome. I feel so much more at ease now.. thanks so much!

tx mom · 07-01-2008, 11:33 AM

i hope it is normal because you are experiencing exactly what i am and i don't want to be any more crazy than i am

Flip 44 · 07-01-2008, 01:10 PM

I'm not even as far along as you in the process and go through similar thoughts and feelings. I went through the entire WLS approval process in 2004 only to find out my employer has an exclusion written into their policy. It was very disappointing, especially when I and my surgeon's office coordinator missed it up front and it caught us off guard after a couple of months of going through hoops to get approved.

My wife started a new job this spring and the surgery is covered in her plan so in June I decided to give it another try. I'm a little gun shy now and will not beleive it until we get the letter of approval but I feel it will be worth the effort.

LyndasRoom · 07-01-2008, 01:12 PM

Honey, it's all part of the roller coaster ride!

Vicci · 07-01-2008, 02:44 PM

Hi, Im doing the same thing!!! One minute im thinking OMG what am i doing and the next i think hurry up i cant wait. I think its definitely natural especially if you've never had surgery before.

Good luck.

Vicci xxx

Oodler · 07-02-2008, 08:08 PM

well then good thing for this forum or else it would be a really crazy roller coaster ride!!

thank you too all of you who responded, I really appreciate it!