I was just wondering if you went to those appointments before or after your surgeon consultation. Both of mine are the day after. Thanks! :thumbup:

Edited March 29, 200818 yr by BabyNicole
put "you" instead of "your"

At our Bariatric office, you meet with the Nutritionist, then the surgeon, then the insurance verification rep. Once we got all set up, I have to make my appt for my psych eval. They have to have the results from the eval before they send my chart to insurance. We actually meet with the nutritionist at every follow up and fill appt.

I have my psych eval TOMORROW!

1. seminar
   
2. fill out packet for surgeon
   
3. Surgeon initial Eval
   
4. attended 6 meetings with dietitian to fulfull insurance requirement
   
5. Nutrition and phsyc eval
   
6. Waiting on Insurance approval then have preop appt with surgeon.
   

This.

Except during my six insruance-mandated meetings, I met with a whole diet/health team: nutritionist, nurse practitioner, and a behavioral psychologist.

I honestly think meeting with the behavioral psychologist has helped more than anything. We did some cognitive therapy to address some of my food/eating/emotional issues.

I meet with both before I had my surgeon consult actually even before I attended the seminar and decided on this surgeon. I had been to a few seminars before and knew that both were required by my insurance so while I was still picking a surgeon I got everything out of the way and it made everything go a lot faster once I finally had my consult with the surgeon.

1. Seminar

2. Evaluation with Nurse

3. Psych appts & dietician (3 month supervised diet)

4. I assume when I am done with this that I will meet the surgeon? not sure!