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...at the end of the tunnel.

So yesterday I finally got fed up with this whole psychologist mess and sent an email to the patient navigator for some advice. Thank God she doesn't mind my ranting! So she wanted to speak with the psych doc and asked for his number.

An hour or so later she emails me back asking me to call her. And just like I said....she found him just as weird as I did! Lol!! She said the whole situation was very strange but she helped him understand what was needed from him. What she found more strange was that he wanted to talk to my nutritionist....okaaaayyy...

So prayerfully he will have his part in by Friday so they can submit me for approval.

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I sure hope this isn't a typical response from psych docs with this process!!!! Do you have to tell these docs what you are there for for them to give correct response? Good luck to you in getting your papers ????????

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See all that "playing hard to get" paid off!! Ha! Yay! I hope they get the move on!

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I sure hope this isn't a typical response from psych docs with this process!!!! Do you have to tell these docs what you are there for for them to give correct response? Good luck to you in getting your papers ????????

This is not at all typical. The patient navigator (love her to pieces!) Even said that it was a very odd situation. Yes, you have to tell them. I was given a letter that listed, in detail, what was needed. He still didn't get it.

My advice, if you haven't found a psych doc yet, is to make sure the one you chose has done evaluations for WLS. What I believe made this more painful than just the doctor's weirdness is the fact that he had never done this kind of eval.

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See all that "playing hard to get" paid off!! Ha! Yay! I hope they get the move on!

Lol!!! Me too!

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This is not at all typical. The patient navigator (love her to pieces!) Even said that it was a very odd situation. Yes, you have to tell them. U was given a letter that listed, in detail, what was needed. He still didn't get it.

My advice, if you haven't found a psych doc yet, is to make sure the one you chose has done evaluations for WLS. What I believe made this more painful than just the doctor's weirdness is the fact that he had never done this kind of eval.

I'm so sorry you had to deal with this, but so glad to know that I need to specify why I need them..

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Good Luck!!

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Yeah, he's wacky and needs an eval his damn self. If he wants to be a dietician or a nutritionist he needs to go back to school. His specialty is noodle brains, not noodles on a plate. Tell him to stay in his lane.

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Yeah, he's wacky and needs an eval his damn self. If he wants to be a dietician or a nutritionist he needs to go back to school. His specialty is noodle brains, not noodles on a plate. Tell him to stay in his lane.

I think that's what the lady wanted to say after she talked to him. Lol! He is nuts! I'm glad someone had the chance to see that too. I was starting to think it was me!

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My psych was part of the bariatric team. She understood that her concerns need only focus on my attitude about food and this surgery. I'm glad you stood your ground. Hopefully you'll be getting good news soon!

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My psych was part of the bariatric team. She understood that her concerns need only focus on my attitude about food and this surgery. I'm glad you stood your ground. Hopefully you'll be getting good news soon!

I wanted to use their psych too but I would have had to pay $400 up font and try to get reimbursed from insurance....I don't have it and if I did I can't see myself paying it with out knowing for sure I'm getting it back.

But thanks! I hope so too!

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So this psych knows nothing about WLS, has never done a pre-op screening testing/interview before, and he's weird to boot.

But you chose him to do your screening because he was cheaper than the psych associated with your bariatric clinic?

I think you got what you paid for.

And I'm glad you finally got this straightened out.

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So this psych knows nothing about WLS, has never done a pre-op screening testing/interview before, and he's weird to boot.

But you chose him to do your screening because he was cheaper than the psych associated with your bariatric clinic?

I think you got what you paid for.

And I'm glad you finally got this straightened out.

I chose him because he's covered by my insurance and since I'm unemployed I could not afford the other doc.

The issue is not that I chose the cheaper option but that, in my eagerness to get it done I didn't ask the right questions before I made a choice. Apparently I gave him too much credit when I thought he would understand what was needed when I handed hum the paper that gave him the script. Hell, I understood it and could have just given myself the evaluate! LOL

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So glad you got this straightened out. So, you're unemployed but have insurance that will pay for WLS? Good for you!

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