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Hi Again, Thanks to everyone *****plied to my post.  Chris, I hope Dr. Sudan doesn't make me lose 70 lbs. before my surgery, or I'll never be able to have it done! lol  Seriously though, I really appreciated everyones input.  It's such a life changing experience and I just want to make sure I'm doing what's right for me.  My consultation is on June 4th, so hopefully I'll know more of what to expect then.  I have been reading any information I can get my hands on, and was up until 3:00 a.m. the other morning looking up more info. on the internet.  Sometimes I think the more I know the more afraid I become.  I know it's good to be informed, but I think I have become a little obsessive about the whole thing.  If there's anyone out there from Nebraska that's had the duodenal switch can you let me know your experiences with it?  Also, does anyone know what the pyshciatric evaluation is like?  I told my husband they will probably skip my weight loss surgery and put my in the psych ward after they're done with my evaluation. lol  It is kind of scary though.  Talk to you all later!   Hope C.

I thought the psyc eval was painless.  Each one is different but she did a basic indicative test for depression then we talked for about 45 minutes.  She asked general questions about depression, eating habits, etc.  She was very nice.  The best thing that she did for me was to tell me that 6 weeks post op, I may get depressed and need to go see a therapist.  Sure enough, 2 days before 6 weeks, it hit me  :)  I was glad I was prepared for it. No worries - I was obsessive about information too and probably a little crazed myself but I was still approved and not institutionalized  :)

Hi Stacy, Thanks for the post.  I don't know why the psych. evaluation makes me nervous.  I just don't want something like that to keep me from having surgery.  Aren't a lot of people that are morbidly obese depressed?  I mean I think that just goes along with it.  So, If you are depressed do you not get to have the surgery?  I'm not depressed anymore, but was,  a few years back and take an antidepressent.  I hope this will not keep me from being approved for surgery.  Thanks! Hope

There are quite a few individuals who have had the DS and are from NE. You may want to check out the DS Message board.