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Just had my psychologist appt

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AC3    51

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Today and it went pretty good. She told me that it wasn't graded yet but from what I told her and what she wrote down that I'd be okay to move on to the next steps!! Now only 2 more dietician appts. I get my review for the psychologist on October 3 and then right after that appt, I see the dietician. Now, I'm getting excited!!!

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AC3    51

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What does the psych exam entail?

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Mine was 3 1/2 hours. Two parts. First part I was on the computer answering "true or false" questions. It was about 350ish questions for the first questions. And then I want to say 100 for the next set. Then, after that I talked to the psychologist for about an hour. She asked questions (some of which were on the questionnaire) and then about my family history and stuff like that.

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3 1/2 hours?? You're a saint for sitting through that! My psych eval was this past Friday and was barely 30 minutes. I was happy I got it out of the way, but now feel like I got skimped on lol oh well. I passed the psych test and my final nutritionist appointment is October 3rd, then just have to wait for insurance to give me the ok to schedule!

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What does the psych exam entail?

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Mine was a very short form to fill out with medical history and a little bit about my weight problem and different ways I have tried to tackle it. Then I talked to the psychologist for probably 30 minutes. They just really want to make sure you understand what the surgery entails and that you have realistic expectations. They also like to know that you have a good support system. It was easy, I actually enjoyed talking to her.

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I took that gigantic test, too. It is called the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality 2 (MMPI-2). Before that, the psychologist and I talked for about an hour. I actually enjoyed it. She was cool and it was like talking to a completely objective acquaintance.

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AC3    51

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3 1/2 hours?? You're a saint for sitting through that! My psych eval was this past Friday and was barely 30 minutes. I was happy I got it out of the way, but now feel like I got skimped on lol oh well. I passed the psych test and my final nutritionist appointment is October 3rd, then just have to wait for insurance to give me the ok to schedule!

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Yes! I would have probably been done sooner but they had an emergency patient that was coming in. I was pissed I waited 2 hours to talk to someone tho lol

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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