I have my appt on Tuesday and just nervous. What this about? What is it for? How long does it take? What can I do to prepare for it? How long till they decide on a surgery date?

Nora

Hi Nora, do you mean psychological? If so, my understanding is that you have to do an extensive questionnaire then interview. But mine isnt until next week, so I dont know first-hand. Hopefully others will weigh in.

whoops, I see this is a double post -- my bad!

The Psychology Interview asks questions about your medical history, medications and mental wellness questions. Based on my experience, this was the easiest part of the process. The doctor wants to make sure that you are getting the surgery for the right reasons.

This is the easy part, just relax and let it flow! As long as you are doing this for the right reasons you will be fine. My appointment took about 45 minutes from the point that I walked in the door. I did not have to do any extensive paperwork whatsoever and the process was pretty easy and painless!

I just had my psych evaluation and I had to answer a 250 questionnaire and then I spoke with the doctor for 30 mins. I was super nervous but it was really easy.

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I had an 100 question questionnaire. and a sit down talk for about 1 hour.

I had the interview with the doctor. She was quite awkward and weird, but I made it through. I completed the online questionnaire, too, and the results showed that I have a tendency to put others first. I had to complete two visits with a therapist to make sure I would take care of myself after surgery. The therapist had full confidence in me after the first few minutes of talking with me. Yes, I'm a mom and my children are the most important thing in my life, so naturally it would appear as though I put them first. What loving parent wouldn't? I also know that I have to take care of myself before I can take care of them. I'm doing that already, but the questionnaire didn't agree. LOL

On 14/10/2017 at 4:00 AM, norahilda82 said:

What this about? What is it for?

It's just to check that you have:

(a) a balanced understanding of ramifications of WLS

(b) a strong propensity to commit fully

(c) the 'right' attitude or range of attitudes

(d) readiness in the full sense

(e) enough of a support network in your life

HI, 1st off, don't worry about this! In my area there was a "group" meeting of about 6 of us first. In this mtg a therapist talked about the importance of putting ourselves 1st and doing the surgery for the right reasons. Then he went over group therapy and why it was an important part of our success or failure and gave us dates to come. Also advised us that a spouse or family member could come, as it was important to have home support. Then a week later we had our 1 on 1 with a psychologist. This appointment lasted about 45 minutes. She basically wanted to know how long I was thinking or preparing for the surgery before I met with the Dr, why I was having the surgery and what I wanted to accomplish with the surgery. (more then just the weight loss basically) . 2 very easy appointments