Guest guest Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 I ordered my Zip and Squeeze bags and head wrap yesterday for my surgery on June 14th. I am counting down the days to this surgery...and i am very happy to be under the 6 weeks away mark! Although I am starting to get a little nervous. I have never had any type of surgery before under general anisthesia. What is waking up in recovery like? Do you even know how bad you feel or are you too drugged? How many of you had a cathater and did they put it in after you were out? Is there any way to prevent throwing up after surgery...cause i have a major fear of it (like i start shaking and crying whenever i do...which i havent thrown up since my wisdom teeth 2 years ago..which is also what scares me!) And last...do people still recognize you after surgery..but just wonder why you look a little different? or do you have to say who you are to people? Also, I am a dance teacher so I spend every night looking in the mirror lol..and I have always been self conscious of how i look. And now that my surgery is coming closer, I am getting extremely self conscious of the whole thing and I feel like I am starting to get depressed a little. I dont even wanna go to dance cause I always feel horrible about how I look after. And not to mention we have recitals (I'll be on video) and pictures and all this month. I dont wanna take the pictures till after my surgery but my mom is making me now. Does anyone have any advice to get through these next 6 weeks without getting totally depressed about how I look pre- op??? Thanks....just not feeling good tonight cause Im sick and I had to vent! ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Hey June surgery partner! It is good to finally know that we're getting closer to the surgery date, isn't it? Tomorrow I will be exactly 4 weeks away from the day. I also go in to get my pre-op work up. I'll let you know how it goes. As far as concerns the depression and being worried about the way you look. It's funny. I felt exactly the same way for the past two months. Every day I would look at myself in the mirror and grimace. I found that every time someone was making me laugh I would instantly cover my mouth. Generally self-confidence was at an all time low. Thing is, something happened this week. I woke up one day and looked at myself and said, hey I'm not that bad, I need to be less hard on myself. And, in the grand scheme of things I really don't have that much to complain about. I think the depression is part of the getting ready for the surgery and being anxious about it. And, I think we're our own harshest judges. I'm sure that everyone looks at you and sees a beautiful and talented dancer. Try to liberate yourself and every time the camera flashes give it a big smile! Look at it this way, many years from now you'll pull out a bunch of pictures to show them to your children or friends and you'll come across the ones with you with braces on and I'm willing to bet you'll have a good chuckle over them. The important thing to keep in mind is that the amount of time you have braces on right now and don't feel comfortable with your bite is really a small amount of time if you think that after your surgery you'll have a beautiful smile for the rest of your life. Look at this time as paying a down payment on getting the car of your dreams. Time will fly by and it will be June 14th and soon after you'll be able to drive that car around town in any gear that you like! For now, don't hide yourself away. Embrace the " you " with braces and smile away! Sara > I ordered my Zip and Squeeze bags and head wrap yesterday for my > surgery on June 14th. I am counting down the days to this > surgery...and i am very happy to be under the 6 weeks away mark! > Although I am starting to get a little nervous. I have never had > any type of surgery before under general anisthesia. What is waking > up in recovery like? Do you even know how bad you feel or are you > too drugged? How many of you had a cathater and did they put it in > after you were out? Is there any way to prevent throwing up after > surgery...cause i have a major fear of it (like i start shaking and > crying whenever i do...which i havent thrown up since my wisdom > teeth 2 years ago..which is also what scares me!) And last...do > people still recognize you after surgery..but just wonder why you > look a little different? or do you have to say who you are to > people? > > Also, I am a dance teacher so I spend every night looking in the > mirror lol..and I have always been self conscious of how i look. And > now that my surgery is coming closer, I am getting extremely self > conscious of the whole thing and I feel like I am starting to get > depressed a little. I dont even wanna go to dance cause I always > feel horrible about how I look after. And not to mention we have > recitals (I'll be on video) and pictures and all this month. I dont > wanna take the pictures till after my surgery but my mom is making > me now. Does anyone have any advice to get through these next > 6 weeks without getting totally depressed about how I look pre- > op??? Thanks....just not feeling good tonight cause Im sick and I > had to vent! > ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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