Oh Boy

I had my meeting with the behavioral specialist today and did I blow it. I have had a really bad two weeks and am a little emotional (a lot emotional) right now and did a lot of crying. I think she wants me to go a psyciatrist or something, Sure I'm depressed, what fat person isn't? I'm depressed becaused I'm fat and fat because I'm depressed. Vicious cycle! I sure hope that I didn't mess things up. I have to see her again next month to see how I am doing. Anybody else mess their eval up? Did it postpone ur surgery?

Thanks for letting me vent!

Sorry it didn't go well for you. If your evaluarion was really bad, they might want to get your emotions stabilized before surgery, since some people are kind of on an emotional rollercoaster afterwards. Or maybe they'll just talk to you another day and see if you're less tearful.

My evaluation wasn't great. I went to a psychologist I hadn't been to before and wasn't the one that my surgeon's facility usually recommends because she could get me in on a date that worked best for me. She focused in completely on a period about 7 years ago that I had awful depression and even though I was not required to take an MMPI test by my insurance she told me she would not approve me without it because she didn't want to be liable if I became depressed post surgery. I took the test and was told it came back invalid (Despite my answering honestly) and she put me through a few days of worrying whether I would be approved. Finally she did approve me though with the recommendation that I have therapy post surgery. I went to my psychiatrist that I see regularly the next week and she told me she was behind the decision 100% and thought I would do great. So it really is a subjective thing.

When I was concerned about whether or not I would pass the eval I did contact my insurance company and they said I was definitely allowed to get a second opinion if I'd failed the psych eval, but the lady I talked to one the phone said she'd never seen anyone not pass, that usually the person evaluating will make recommendations for therapy before/after the procedure. I also asked my bariatric clinic what they would have accepted in the event that I'd failed the psych eval and they said they would have allowed me to reschedule with the psychologist that their clinic usually recommends and as long as she gave the green light they still would have accepted me in spite of the other evaluation.

Hang in there! You will get through it =)

I didn't have to have a psych evaluation..