I started the process of meeting with all the doctors ie: psych, dietary, sleep, primary care, exercize therapy, and GI today. Today I met with the psych doctor and I am scared to death that he won't sign off on the form for the surgeon. I have Tricare so I am stuck with military psych doctors. The one that I was assigned to said that he had never done an interview for one of these referrals before so he wasn't real sure what he needed to do. He wanted to get into my personal life, my marriage and everything. He wouldn't sign the form until he talks to the surgeon. What happens if one of the docs won't sign off? Am I just out of luck or can I demand a second opinion? Has anyone else ran into this situation? I am not going to be a happy camper if a psych doctor is the reason that I can't get this procedure done!!!

The psych eval is so they can tell you have reasonable weightloss expectation..your ability to comply with dietary restrictions post op, know you can emotionally handle this ..I would say if your psych should write a letter clearing you if he thinks you understand this.

I have my psych eval with my own psychiatrist on thurs..and im nervous if she knows what to do also..but im going to bring her a description of what I need

_{HE APPROVED ME!!! I am officially over this hurdle. The only thing that he requested was that I continue going to therapy to help me thru the process, Of course I agreed with that!! So EXCITED!!!}

I had mine already and she cleared me..she just as you are doing is recommending after surgery I still attend therapy which was my outreach to her in the first place.

Congrats!

Continuing to attend therapy is such a good idea. It's a major time of transition and it's really nice to have a unbiased individual to help you work through. Kudos for you!