Kathy - surgery is coming up and getting nervous

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Kathy,

I have four words for you that I think sum up what the rest of us are

thinking having read your post: BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. Yes, yes YES the

feelings you are having are completely NORMAL. We all worried about the

pain, and most importantly, WILL THIS SURGERY WORK? Well, I am here to tell

you (probably along with hundreds of others on this list!!) that this

surgery DOES work, and it WILL work for you, too!!! Believe me when I tell

you that you WILL NOT be able to eat even remotely like you did BEFORE

surgery, at least not for a long, long time.

Regarding the pain, you will be given plenty of meds to help control your

pain, so please don't lose sleep worrying about that. Personally, I had a

c-section with my first daughter, and I thought that that pain was WAY worse

than this was, although that is just MY PERSONAL experience.

I know that this is easy for me to say, but try to think about all the

AWESOME things that are coming your way AFTER you have this surgery!! This

is your new lease on life!!! You CAN do this, and we will all be right here

routing you on!!!

Hugs,

Pam in MD

BPD/DS - July 9, 2001

Dr. Vanguri