Hi All,

First off, I love this site and am so glad I found it. All of you here offer such wonderful advice and provide great inspiration to those of us just starting this process.

I am going to be self-pay, so I don't have to jump through all the insurance hoops, thank goodness. Tomorrow I go for my psych. eval. and on Wednesday I meet with the nutritionist. After that, I will be meeting with the doctor. I am just wondering what kind of things they are going to be asking, looking at, etc.? My BMI is 45, I have back problems, bone spurs, borderline diabetes all related to my weight, so I am confident I am a good candidate.

Thanks.

I had my psych. eval. today. It lasted for about 1 1/2 hours. I didn't have to take any type of quiz. We basically just sat down and talked. She wanted to about my history of my weight, how I handle stress, my ability to cope with change, etc.

I had a similar experience. The thing I like about my program is they approach it as if the decision has already been made - you ARE going to banded and you ARE going to lose weight. As a result, the meetings with the nutritionist and the social worker focused more on preparing you for all of the changes and getting you started making small changes right away. They were conversations more than evals.