Hey guys, I'm newish to the forums and am near scheduling a surgery date. However, I am curious how everyone's Psychological evaluation went? My first appointment is today and am quite nervous but not overly panicked. Thanks!

DONT BE!! It's fine! Just be honest!

Thanks Holly! Hopefully I'll go through this with ease. I've never done any type of mental evaluation in my life.

It was the easiest of my requirements. I had no written or personality tests. It was a simple one on one conversation about my knowledge and expectations of the procedure, my family and support system, my diet and health history, and other topics along those lines.

Just take a deep breath, relax, and be yourself. You'll do fine!

Thank you! Unfortunately, I believe mine is going to be slightly more difficult as it is two scheduled appointments =(

Mine is also in two parts and includes s personality test. I have done the first part. This is my final step and the wait is killing me!

Edited November 10, 201510 yr by citygirl1962

Good luck @@citygirl1962 the first part wasn't bad at all. The only trouble I went through was the fact that I wasn't aware I had to get pre-authorized by my insurance. Noone ever told me. Regardless, the written test awaits!

Mine was torturous, but it was all because of the psych himself. He's just a total jerk period. He didn't listen to me, he interrupted me, he made me feel uneasy, and when all was said and done I still passed! Then he held my eval hostage til I paid a bill he never bothered to send. He hung up on me when I called and I called back and told his answering machine that I was calling to arrange the payment and he picked up that phone so quick I'm sure it nearly fell over! He was the only blight to the whole process and even given that he couldn't find anything wrong with me! Haha so best advice really is to stay calm and just be as honest as you can filing put the paper form. It'll be just fine!

Edited November 19, 201510 yr by Sajijoma