NOT a happy camper....

Well I went for my psych-eval today...this was my second visit (MVP requires 2 before surgery)....after she DUG into my past...something I dont like telling ANYONE about....it ended with her telling me that she is going to tell the surgeon that I need a psychotherapist!! She told me that I was an emotional eater (I eat when Im happy) and I need to see someone about that......She also asked me questions about the surgery...it was almost like having an oral exam, something I was NEVER good at in school....she asked me what can I eat after surgery..I knew the basics but she wanted specifics....so of course I froze up and couldnt think in depth about it...so she told me that I needed to go to 3 gastric bypass support groups.....After she told me this I was SO pissed.. .I KNOW what I'll be eating...AND after surgery its not like all of my info will be taken away from me...I will have access right in front of me!! I swear it was like I was having an oral test! and I failed it!!! I had that problem in HS! If I knew she was going to ask me test questions I would have been better prepared...now I have to do ALL this other crap! I work in a doctors office and my office has sent MANY patients for this surgery..I WELL aware of what my life will be after surgery and the foods I can and cannot eat... Im sorry for venting but this just really put a wrench in the whole thing...now I have to do more things! AND on top of it all she charged $100 (ot including $50 dollars in copays) just for paper work!...so after spending $150..I now have to go through MORE stuff because she thinks oit is in my best interest. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Did anyone else have tp go thru this????? Tanya

Hi Tanya. Who'd you see? My shrink gave me the same runaround, but she did put in the report that I had a good understanding of the procedure & expectations, and that was good for my doc....... Hang in there! Claudia

The thing that gets me is that I DO understand everything and what I CAN & CANNOT do...I just really suck at being put on the spot...I really didnt know she was going to quiz me on the surgery...and even though she did..I answered the questions pretty good...the thing that stumped me was she asked me what I am allowed to eat at every stage....I knew the first couple weeks...but then she asked me if I knew what I could eat in 2 months and that stumped me.....because I always focused more on the beginning to I really couldnt think what I could eat there after......geeez you would think that the most important would be the first couple of weeks..... Is the surgeon who will decide what I have to do now....or do I HAVE to go to a psychotherapist?..god that ****** me off...I feel like shes saying im a headcase Tanya

Tanya...I had her too, and was NOT happy (check out what I wrote about the process in my profile!)......but have you gotten the copy of her report? She made it sound all gloom & doom for me, too, even as far as to say *she couldn't be my psychotherapist b/c of a conflict of interest (like I'd have *wanted her to be!)...once I got the report, it was surprisingly positive. Don't mention it to the docs...let them tell you something else has to be done. I have MVP too, and my approval was done in about 3 days! Claudia

wow!!! im sorry about that. well i know i am an emotional eater....myevaluation lasted 1/2 hour and then a 566 question test......hope it gets cleared up a.s.a.p.!!! julie k

Thanks..I hope it does too!..lol

Hi Tanya, I also had MVP and I went for my eval and the shrink got me denied. I appealed it and within 4 days had the denial overturned!! I had my surgery 2 months later. Appeal it, do not give up and demand another eval by a different Dr, if you need to!! Good Luck! Charl -117 pounds

How did you appeal it? Mine wasnt denied she just wants me to go thru more crap..ugh!..lol

You have the right to a second opinion. Call MVP and ask for one, they may pay for it, they may not, Im not sure, but I know when I was denied because of my eval, and talked to MVP they said that I was entitled to a second opinion. And thats what we requested in the appeal, but MVP apparently decided I was not as nuts as the shrink tried to make me out to be and overturned it without another opinion. So if I was you I would get ahold of MVP IMMEDIATELY. The shrink I had, told me that I had passed, then turned around and wrote this horriable eval to insurance. I called him and DEMANDED a copy, and when I recieved it, I cried for 2 days it was so terriable. Email me, and I will tell you more. Charl

I am sorry, Tanya. I didn't have to go through all that. My insurance company and the doctor (same office as yours) only required one visit and it could be with a social worker. All the clearance needed to say was that I understood what I was doing and the ramifications of it. So a friend of mine has a friend who is a social worker and she did the eval for me. I met with her, described the whole procedure to her, the risks, and then the basics of what happens after (at that point I really didnt know all the specifics either!) and she was satisfied. She wrote a letter basically regurtitating exactly what I told them and that was all they needed. I dont know if a social worker is acceptable for MVP or if you know one, but this may be another route to take. Again I am sorry you are going through this.