Hello MindySue
I hope that your pre-op diet is going ok. For me it was the worst part of the whole process and even then it wasn't really that bad.
As everyone has said being nervous is totally normal.
Please keep being excited too :-) This is going to be such a huge change in your life - for the better!
You are taking control of your life and doing something that is going to benefit your health and, possibly, happiness.
I have never regretted my decision to be sleeved and only wish that I been able to afford to have it years ago.
You will be surprised just how different you will feel once you start losing weight. You joints will love you for it and you will have so much energy.
I am a very different person today than I was pre-sleeve. Happier, healthier, more energetic, confident....and I now love shopping for clothes :-)
I can run around after our grand kids and can get up off the floor after playing with them without having to haul myself up using furniture.
I also only told a select few of my very very good friends that I knew would support me. I didn't need any negative people around me at what I wanted to be a positive time. I have heard some "interesting" comments about bariatric surgery from people that I thought would know better.
My partner was extremely supportive. It was a total surprise to him when I broached the subject - and he loved me whatever shape I was in - but was 100% behind me because he knew that it was something that was really important to me.
You may, or may not, lose some hair. I lost some around the 3-6 month mark. It was not noticeable to anyone else and I only really knew because I could see it in the bathroom basin. It grew back and is quite normal now.
I don't drink alcohol - but I had stopped drinking any about a year before surgery. My partner is on medication that means that he is unable to have alcohol so I stopped in solidarity. I don't miss it. But that is just me.
Eating out with friends is not a problem. I probably avoided eating out for the first few months until I got my head around what I could and couldn't manage. The friends that know about my surgery always offer to go to somewhere that has shared plates or Tapa style food which is great. Otherwise I generally order an appetizer or entrée (I think our sizes are a little different in NZ) to be served when the others have their mains. If there is nothing suitable I will order a main and am happy to leave what I don't eat or, if appropriate, I will ask to take the remainder home. I would still rather pay for a full meal and eat only part of it and be much smaller than I was than worry about not getting value for money:-)
All the best for next week
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