Hi All! I passed my psych eval! It was a lot more in depth than I expected. I'm glad it's over!

What was it like? I have mine on the 13th.

8 hours ago, AngelaM258 said:

What was it like? I have mine on the 13th.

He askied about:

Drinking. They want to make sure that you don't over indulge regularly because you shouldn't drink for 6-12 months after surgery.

Why did I decide I wanted the surgery. Have I tried to lose weight other ways first.

Support system: Who did I tell? What was their reaction? Do I have anybody in my life who I think will be jealous after surgery.

My history of being overweight. Was an overweight child/young adult? Family history of obesity?

My childhood- what was it like? My relationship with my mother/father/siblings. My relationship in my currently family- husband kids.

If I had a history of depression or eating disorders. (lots of questions about that)

My relationship w food. Do I bing eat? Emotional eating.

What exercise I get now, and what my plans are after surgery.

There were also questions about how I sleep.

I hope this helps.

13 hours ago, Jingle123423 said:

He askied about:

Drinking. They want to make sure that you don't over indulge regularly because you shouldn't drink for 6-12 months after surgery.

Why did I decide I wanted the surgery. Have I tried to lose weight other ways first.

Support system: Who did I tell? What was their reaction? Do I have anybody in my life who I think will be jealous after surgery.

My history of being overweight. Was an overweight child/young adult? Family history of obesity?

My childhood- what was it like? My relationship with my mother/father/siblings. My relationship in my currently family- husband kids.

If I had a history of depression or eating disorders. (lots of questions about that)

My relationship w food. Do I bing eat? Emotional eating.

What exercise I get now, and what my plans are after surgery.

There were also questions about how I sleep.

I hope this helps.

Great! Thanks for the update!! My evaluator is herself a bariatric surgery recipient so that puts me at ease. It’s so weird to me that so far the judgment that I perceived would happen hasn’t happened.

That being said - I’m super private person. I haven’t even told my husband yet. If I didn’t have to tell anyone I wouldn’t. Ugh!

How long was yours? She said it is 2 hours.

58 minutes ago, AngelaM258 said:

Great! Thanks for the update!! My evaluator is herself a bariatric surgery recipient so that puts me at ease. It’s so weird to me that so far the judgment that I perceived would happen hasn’t happened.

That being said - I’m super private person. I haven’t even told my husband yet. If I didn’t have to tell anyone I wouldn’t. Ugh!

How long was yours? She said it is 2 hours.

Mine was an hour.

When do you plan to tell your hubs? When I told mine, I introduced it by saying "Hey, can we talk? I've been thinking about WLS for a long time and I think I would like to do it. How would you feel about that?"

He was amazing.

Why haven't you brought it up? Are you scared of what he would say?

1 hour ago, Jingle123423 said:

Mine was an hour.

When do you plan to tell your hubs? When I told mine, I introduced it by saying "Hey, can we talk? I've been thinking about WLS for a long time and I think I would like to do it. How would you feel about that?"

He was amazing.

Why haven't you brought it up? Are you scared of what he would say?

Oh I think he’ll be supportive. It’s my own mental hang-ups. He’s always been normal weight so he doesn’t “get” the struggle. Plus it feels like failure to me. That I couldn’t do it myself and had to resort to surgical help. I just don’t like talking about it. I’m going to have to bring it up soon. I have a pre-op EGD that I’ll need a ride home from. Lol!!!

17 hours ago, Jingle123423 said:

He askied about:

Drinking. They want to make sure that you don't over indulge regularly because you shouldn't drink for 6-12 months after surgery.

Why did I decide I wanted the surgery. Have I tried to lose weight other ways first.

Support system: Who did I tell? What was their reaction? Do I have anybody in my life who I think will be jealous after surgery.

My history of being overweight. Was an overweight child/young adult? Family history of obesity?

My childhood- what was it like? My relationship with my mother/father/siblings. My relationship in my currently family- husband kids.

If I had a history of depression or eating disorders. (lots of questions about that)

My relationship w food. Do I bing eat? Emotional eating.

What exercise I get now, and what my plans are after surgery.

There were also questions about how I sleep.

I hope this helps.

Thanks for taking the time out to share! That's extremely helpful. I had been wondering about the eval; mine is Tuesday. I am excited to have it done and move on. Thanks again.