Hello - New Here

Hello!  New to these boards and OH.  Looking to add some friends and get to know others and their experiences.  I'm 24 and looking at having RNY in Jan if things go as planned...

I've seen my PCP and the coordinator for the Bariatric center in Green Bay for Bellin and my next appointment is with the dietitian and then the psychologist.  The Psychologist is the one that worries me the most.  I'm a worrier by heart and I'm worried (see?) that he'll see it and say I'm not ready for the surgery... ugh... So how did everyones Psychiatric meet go?

Thanks!

FISRT OF ALL...WELCOME!!!!

UR GOING TO LOVE OH..GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE ON HERE..

AS FAR AS MY PHYSC EVAL ..IT WAS CAKE...LOL...REALLY THEY JUST ASK U A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WLS..AND IM ADDICTED TO THIS FORUM SO I AM AND WAS REALLY PREPARED..JUST READ..READ..READ..LEARN AS MUCH POSSIBLE AND EDUCATE YOURSELF AND YOU WILL DO GREAT!

BEST OF LUCK TO U AND UR JOURNEY..

BoRiCuA408

hola, wellcome to the board!!!!   ur gonna love it here everyone is  great here and everyone is very helpful. ur gonna love the girls here and the few guys.
i was self pay so i met with my psychiatric 2 days before of my surgery date. cuz i'm from mexico and i had surgery in houston so the process was a bit diferent fore me. but i'm sure is gonna be pretty similar. they just ask u cuestions about how u feel about wls. how are you planing to mantain your weightloss if you have tryed to lose the weight before if is something there that boters you that makes u eat, and stuff like that that have probably being asked to you before
so relax. and be honest that's it
good luck!!!!!

My therapist said I wasn't ready. Actually she didn't say anything to me except that she thought I might do ok. Only later after my insurance denial did I find out that she had recommended 6 months of additional counseling.

So I basically told her that she was completely mistaken, and that I, despite my age, was ready for this to happen. I went on to tell her that I would just go to another therapist if she was going to be the one standing in my way. Then she smiled and said "that's all I needed to hear."

So my advice is - don't be passive (I'm always that way, and she took it completely the wrong way). Make it known that this is GOING to happen and that you're completely ready for it. Worrying a little is normal, but at the same time they want you to be fairly confident in the whole thing