A step closer
I am trying to figure out what all I am feeling this afternoon. I am happy, nervous, excited, impatient, you name it.
I went and found out I more or less passed the psych test and would be approved by her. That makes me happy, nervous about surgery actually coming up and excited for the same reason. The part about being impatient comes from the fact that I won't have her totally sign off on me until I have gotten into my new counselor and she has seen me at least twice to get to know me and then told the psych people that I am ok for doing this with them as part of my support. Why can't it be enough that I am going to be going to them and will have this all in place beforehand instead of it putting off the surgery even longer? This means there is no way I can do it early in December :-(
Someone needs to send me some major patience because I seem to have lost mine somewhere, must have used it all up with my 13 year old when he was younger and very very much a child I had to have patience with! So what do I do to pass another month now?
Saprina
I went and found out I more or less passed the psych test and would be approved by her. That makes me happy, nervous about surgery actually coming up and excited for the same reason. The part about being impatient comes from the fact that I won't have her totally sign off on me until I have gotten into my new counselor and she has seen me at least twice to get to know me and then told the psych people that I am ok for doing this with them as part of my support. Why can't it be enough that I am going to be going to them and will have this all in place beforehand instead of it putting off the surgery even longer? This means there is no way I can do it early in December :-(
Someone needs to send me some major patience because I seem to have lost mine somewhere, must have used it all up with my 13 year old when he was younger and very very much a child I had to have patience with! So what do I do to pass another month now?
Saprina
Saprina, I know all the emotions you are speaking of...well! lol I think most any WLS patient does.
Congratulations on passing the psych test. It does make things seem more real, the more hurdles you cross, doesn't it?
I was really, really hoping to have my surgery before Halloween. I really felt that I would so that's the timetable I sort of set in stone in my head. Well, that sure didn't happen and at first it took a bit of getting used to (I was told perhaps mid-end December at that point...eegads!), but I adjusted my thinking and I've made it through. I actually look back now and wonder how did it all go so quickly, which is what I hear most say that are right at surgery or post-op, but I know it sure doesn't feel that way at the moment.
Hang in there...keep posting, reading, attending the local support groups...and it will be here before you know it! Promise!
Congratulations on passing the psych test. It does make things seem more real, the more hurdles you cross, doesn't it?
I was really, really hoping to have my surgery before Halloween. I really felt that I would so that's the timetable I sort of set in stone in my head. Well, that sure didn't happen and at first it took a bit of getting used to (I was told perhaps mid-end December at that point...eegads!), but I adjusted my thinking and I've made it through. I actually look back now and wonder how did it all go so quickly, which is what I hear most say that are right at surgery or post-op, but I know it sure doesn't feel that way at the moment.
Hang in there...keep posting, reading, attending the local support groups...and it will be here before you know it! Promise!
Thanks Shauna, what's funny is that I began this thinking January. Things were going so well that we thought about Dec. and how it could work out at certain times, but now it is all changed again and we aren't sure if it can be done when DH has some time off or not. This whole process has seemed to go by pretty quickly to me because of how busy I have stayed doing appt's but this coming month I don't really have appt's to occupy my time LOL.
Saprina,
I know this is devastating news when you have it in your head that you want to have the surgery in December. That was originally where I had my head set. I am just having to take things one day at a time and hope that God knows whats best.
I have everything completed. I am just waiting on appointment with surgeon. Everyone talks about passing their psych test. I was never told I had passed or flunked. All I was told was that she had to give me a diagnosis and she stated the diagnosis is_______________________. I said okay and by.
I don't understand why you have to see a counselor before she will give you the okay. We are lucky at Hickory Surgery Clinic we have a psychologist on the team. I think that there are a lot of issues that can come up after the surgery and maybe she is concerned about you adjusting. I may be needing a counselor before this is all over.
Just remember that this is just a stopping point and that the train will keep on chugging once you have everything set up.
You could always call her and ask her why the counselor. Sometimes if someone gives me a logical answer that seeks into my brain then I can understand better than just telling me to do something.
Tamara
I know this is devastating news when you have it in your head that you want to have the surgery in December. That was originally where I had my head set. I am just having to take things one day at a time and hope that God knows whats best.
I have everything completed. I am just waiting on appointment with surgeon. Everyone talks about passing their psych test. I was never told I had passed or flunked. All I was told was that she had to give me a diagnosis and she stated the diagnosis is_______________________. I said okay and by.
I don't understand why you have to see a counselor before she will give you the okay. We are lucky at Hickory Surgery Clinic we have a psychologist on the team. I think that there are a lot of issues that can come up after the surgery and maybe she is concerned about you adjusting. I may be needing a counselor before this is all over.
Just remember that this is just a stopping point and that the train will keep on chugging once you have everything set up.
You could always call her and ask her why the counselor. Sometimes if someone gives me a logical answer that seeks into my brain then I can understand better than just telling me to do something.
Tamara
Ah, not devastating, just makes for some more days to count down.
Every Dr. or insurance or the such has their own way of doing things, but many seem to do this psych test stuff. We do have a psych on the team, she is the one I saw today, but she only handles stuff that has to do with the surgery. I had been seeing someone in Germany for my depression and to deal with being brought up in an abusive family and was working on getting in with somebody here to continue it and so I would have things set up in case a lot of new stuff comes to the surface after the surgery. She just wants me to get started with them and make sure that what she thinks as far as me being in a good place to go forward with this is the same as what my new counselor will think. The big thing is that the docs don't want to do the surgery if we are not already stable enough to handle all the upheaval of emotions we have after it.
Congrats on being ready to meet with the surgeon and set up your date. I bet you are so excited at being this close!!
Every Dr. or insurance or the such has their own way of doing things, but many seem to do this psych test stuff. We do have a psych on the team, she is the one I saw today, but she only handles stuff that has to do with the surgery. I had been seeing someone in Germany for my depression and to deal with being brought up in an abusive family and was working on getting in with somebody here to continue it and so I would have things set up in case a lot of new stuff comes to the surface after the surgery. She just wants me to get started with them and make sure that what she thinks as far as me being in a good place to go forward with this is the same as what my new counselor will think. The big thing is that the docs don't want to do the surgery if we are not already stable enough to handle all the upheaval of emotions we have after it.
Congrats on being ready to meet with the surgeon and set up your date. I bet you are so excited at being this close!!
Hi Saprina!
I know it doesn't seem like it, but that month is gonna FLY by! I promise, before you know it, you'll be posting here the night before your surgery, saying "I can't believe it's already here"! We all have been there, done that, but the waiting is the hardest part. Read everything you can get your hands on about WLS, shop around for protein that you can tolerate, get your vitamins ready (thanks, Andrea!) and hang out here with us.
We'll be waiting it out with you!
Good luck!
I know it doesn't seem like it, but that month is gonna FLY by! I promise, before you know it, you'll be posting here the night before your surgery, saying "I can't believe it's already here"! We all have been there, done that, but the waiting is the hardest part. Read everything you can get your hands on about WLS, shop around for protein that you can tolerate, get your vitamins ready (thanks, Andrea!) and hang out here with us.
We'll be waiting it out with you!
Good luck!
Lisa-
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