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I got my Doctor's letter and I am doing my pshy. test this saturday at St Vincents Carmel, I heard he ( the doctor) was kinda odd and trys to upset you? I am nervse on what my insurance will say. how long does it take to hear from your insurance once you send everything in?

Keep in mine that you dont have to go to their pshyc dr. i chose my own, i went to a local firm and had my eval done and it was very comfortable. St. V. bariatric center gave me the form for him to fill out. Good Luck, Carla

I went to the male psych at St V's. He was an odd little man. NO sense of humor at all!!! BUT, it was painless and there was nothing to it. He asked me several questions and made notes thru it all. I "passed" with flying colors. You will do fine.

Tracey, I didn't have any problems with mine...and as has been said, I found him odd too. There were a few things I didn't agree with that he put in his letter to the insurance so I covered those topics in a cover letter to the insurance that was the first page of the packet I had sent in. Before you consider going to someone else, be sure that it is ok with Dr. Cacucci/Jones/Gupta's office. All surgeons at St. V's do not have the same policies so I'd hate to see you go somewhere else to learn that they require you go to their in-house guy. Why go through that twice? Anyway, it is pretty harmless for most people I think. He didn't try to upset me, but did ask me some pretty blunt questions. Guess it depends on how at peace you are with your past on how upset his questions may make you. Some of that is to try to help pin point why you are obese. Is it emotional eating? Is it boredom? Is food used as a reward? Etc. If it's stress or lack of coping healthy with emotional issues, he may suggest some additional assistance to ensure that you have the best possible chance of success. Just remember, he's only doing his job. As for how long it takes...depends entirely upon your insurance. Most try to have a decision back within 2 weeks (like Anthem for me), but others may take 4-6 weeks(like MPlan for me). Hope this helps... Sherri

Yea, I thought him a little odd.. but seems once I told him I worked for the department of Revenue he lightened up Usually makes people more nervous!!! Maybe I threw him off!! Or scared HIM straight!! Linda

Hello Tracey, I have my psych test on Saturday as well at St. Vincent Carmel at 10:00am. I'm going to arrive at 9:00 to take the test. I have heard the guy who does it is a bit on the odd side.. But I'm just gonna go with the flow, and see how it all happens. I'm hoping it goes well. I'm still waiting for my letter from Dr. Gupta.. I thought I would had had it by now.. I'm hoping to get it soon. I got my letter from my PCP. and I want to put together a weight chart for Anthem, so I'm trying to pull together some data from doctor's offices. So I guess we'll see how that goes.. What time is your appt on Saturday,, it would be neat to meet someone from this site!!

My appointment is at noon, but they ask me to show up 1 hour early? I will see you there it would be nice to meet some one. I want to go to some of the support groups to, so I can see some of the people on the message board! see you then!

One more day!! See ya then Tracey.. It'll be nice to meet someone from the boards!!!.. Heather...

I know I can not wait. everyone know each other, and we don't so it will be nice to meet someone see ya tomorrow!!