Recovering binge eater... Can I get weight loss surgery?
There are ways to tell the truth and call attention to yourself and ways to tell the truth in a non-red-flag raising way.
The fact that the poster's done something to help herself before starting this process is a giant help.
I think sometimes ambivalent ( or scared) WLS candidates just " let it all hang out " at the psych eval ... without understanding first that the surgeon's ( and psych evaluator's ) job is to screen for risky patients. Many of the most self-aware and learned successful " vets" here on the site have researched and explored a variety of psychiatric treatments for their obesity pre op - that doesn't make them crazy , rather resourceful and smart.
The same process described different ways can be a positive on your chart or a huge negative- thats all I'm trying to say . I hate seeing when a worthy WLS candidate stops herself and later regrets it- only to have to battle that part of her medical record which is now " writ in stone"
