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Jacqueline Marie

Gastric Sleeve Patients
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    Jacqueline Marie reacted to joatsaint for a blog entry, NSV - Peeing Like A Man   
    Well, this is embarrassing to admit, but for the past 2 years I've had to sit down to pee. At some point my gut and the fat pooch above my junk got too big and it was a real hassle (and messy) to use the urinals. So it was just easier and cleaner to sit on the toilet.
     
    So it was a happy surprise when I realized yesterday that I could use the urinals again. My job requires a dress shirt.
     
    I hated having to drop trou, tuck my shirt tale back in, and fight with my belt every time I went to the bathroom.
     
    Now I can go back to hosing down the back of the urinal and destroying the cigarette butts at the bottom. :-P
     
    P.S. They must think guys are pretty dumb around here. I saw a sign above the urinal that read, "Please don't eat the big white mint!"
     

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    Jacqueline Marie reacted to joatsaint for a blog entry, I Got My Head Shrunk   
    Visiting the psychiatrist was on of my pre-requs for getting Sleeve surgery. I was pretty nervous about the interview. Who wouldn't be? Knowing that the whole approval process could come to a screeching halt based on the opinion of one guy who only spends 15 - 20 minutes with me.
     
    From talking to a fellow sleever, I knew that there was going to be a 500 question multiple choice questionnaire. I could tell right off that it was a personality test. The questions covered the whole gambit - from how did you feel about childhood, how do you feel about being an adult, do you have depressed thoughts, have you ever stolen anything, how do you feel about being in crowded situations ... ect.
     
    The kicker is that each type of question is repeated 4 or more times throughout the questionnaire - only it's asked in a different way each time. I can only assume the point is to see if you answer the same way each time - to get your true feelings.
     
    It took over an hour to complete everything.
     
    The most annoying part was - THERE WERE NO TABLES!
     
    Maybe it is part of the test to see how you react, but have you ever tried to hold a clipboard and mark answers with one hand and hold a list of test questions in the other????????????
     
    Now this wasn't their first rodeo. They do these tests for $400 a pop. You'd think they would be a little more considerate.
     
    I felt like I was Will Smith in the 1st "Men in Black." The part where all the candidates were sitting in the egg chairs trying to take a test. And Will is the only one smart or brave enough to pull the table over to his chair.
     
    So I pulled the same thing. I spun one of the other chairs sideways and used the arm to hold the clip board. The other 2 poor schmucks in the room doggedly mustered on, trying to finish their questions the hard way.

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