Hi Everyone:) !

I am new to this board and this is my first post. I thought I had a surgery date(actually I did) and the center where I am having surgery has you talk to their psychologist prior to approval. Any way to make a long story short He called me by phone to do an interview(over the phone) and I was way PMS-ing and he said I need to see a counselor a couple times before he'll sign off on my surgery:phanvan . I swear I'm not loco :heh: but this soo sucks!! I feel like once again someone else("the man") is in control of my life. Has anyone else had to go to counseling prior to surgery?

I am really mad because my surgery date was scheduled for May 22, 3 weeks prior to my kids getting out of school and perfect timing for me to finish my pre-op stuff(I am self pay). I guess I just need to vent!

The psych said he'll have to talk to my counselor after I see him a couple times and this guy(the center's psych) is only in the office one day a week!

Thanks for any in put you have,

Dawn:cry

My surgeon makes everyone see the program's social worker as part of the eval. I went into it thinking it was a complete waste of my time. Turns out it was very very helpful. I'd heard stories about people having to see a shrink and fill out some stupid test or something. When I met with the social worker, yes we did talk enough for her to get a sense of my state of mind, but that took about five minutes. The rest of the time was spent discussing how I could start preparing myself mentally for the changes during and after. She was also very interested in having me identify any roadblocks I could foresee getting in my way. I realized that every time I've lost a lot of weight in the past, I gained it back because I couldn't handle the changes and I was scared. If I don't want that to happen again, I need to start working on it now. I left that place and found a therapist who is helping me become stronger mentally so I can face this change and push through it rather than running from it as I have in the past.