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Psych eval

MANDY2910

MANDY2910

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Psych eval was a joke. I don’t even know why I was worried. She just said to keep in contact with my psychiatrist and my therapist. She was not bothered about my doctor not having my back. She feels I will do fine but has to score my online tests before she can make her “official recommendation”. She made sure I verified all of my follow up visits though. Glad that monkey is off my back and I can move forward. She doesn’t need to see me to follow up on anything at this point.
 
MANDY2910 said:
Psych eval was a joke. I don’t even know why I was worried. She just said to keep in contact with my psychiatrist and my therapist. She was not bothered about my doctor not having my back. She feels I will do fine but has to score my online tests before she can make her “official recommendation”. She made sure I verified all of my follow up visits though. Glad that monkey is off my back and I can move forward. She doesn’t need to see me to follow up on anything at this point.
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Great job! I think it's one of those barriers they put up too so that people back out of getting the surgery....idk just a theory.
 
Roni said:
I felt that my psych evaluation was to check where my head was at. Finding out if I was being realistic. Knowing people who had the band and sleeve and regained all their weight again I was very Leary of WLS. But after learning more about bypass I felt more comfortable with the idea.
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Seems that she was most concerned about any eating disorders and if I understood what WLS was and that it wasn’t a magic bullet that was going to take all the work away and I was just going to get skinny and be that way forever. She had a list of online support groups and this one was number one. I thought that was pretty cool :)
 
My insurance required 6 visits. Got through required visits, then found a lump in breast, so I decided to stay in touch with her through that. With her for about 8 months then she left practice. Trying to get a new counselor now. I have bipolar, so I usually need support when I have major life changes.
 
Bridge1967 said:
My insurance required 6 visits. Got through required visits, then found a lump in breast, so I decided to stay in touch with her through that. With her for about 8 months then she left practice. Trying to get a new counselor now. I have bipolar, so I usually need support when I have major life changes.
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I have bipolar as well which is why I was no nervous about the evaluation. I had already had one hospital not even consider me. Wouldn’t even let me in for a consult. Anyway, I have a doctor I see regularly and a counselor as well so they said that would satisfy their requirements as long as I don’t miss any of my appointments between here and surgery time. My counselor has been a life saver for me. When you get a good one it makes all the difference. Praying you find another who can help you navigate this journey
 
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