I'm cross posting this in pre-op and post-op How many of you think it would have been helpful to have a social worker (therapist) who has been through this procedure on staff and your surgeons office? You could talk to them about fears, concerns, etc. both pre-op and post-op. This would be short term therapy or just when the client needed it. Thanks for your response.

Me me me!!!! Having a skinny damn surgeon and a skinny damn nurse and a freaking scrawny nutritionist.....yeah, I think it'd be great to have someone on staff that somehow relates to the mental aspects of what is going on. I even told my surgeon he needs to hire me for his seminars

I actually have a md who had the surgery and is in the office of the surgeon who performed it so she does my follow up appts...she can relate which is nice

My Doctor had bariatric surgery and so did his nurse. They also had a nurse who had bariatric surgery whose job was solely to visit us in the hospital and make sure our questions were answered before we went home. She gave me her email address if I have questions or need advice.

My psychologist is very slim. She used to be anorexic so she really understands eating disorders, which we all had to some extent or another. I felt like she genuinely understood what I was going through when I started my journey.