Psychological testing?

I think the psychologist I selected is WAY over doing it with her evaluation. She had me do the tests on Wednesday, and then interviewed me and DH for 1 ½ hours on Saturday. She said I did great and was very happy to see that I wasn't just jumping into this. I figured we were done, but then she asked us to come back this Saturday so she could review her evaluation with us. I guess I should be grateful that she's so thorough, but I just want to get this done and submitted to Aetna. One thing I am happy about, was that she was able to get Aetna to approve all the testing and interviews!

I have to go in twice to the psychologist. I keep joking that the first one is to see how crazy I am and the second is to fit me for my new white jacket.

I just had my eval yesterday... Where you ask? Well the loony bin, naturally. Yes, that's right. Cedars Sinai has their social worker housed in the nut house. Add to that the fact that they didn't tell me where the heck I was supposed to go once I got inside, I was bugging the people at the intake window about WLS. I know they are not supposed to, but they were looking at me like I was one of the crazies. I kept looking over my shoulder for the man with the white net. After a nice trip in the elevator with a man talking to himself and a woman staring unblinking at me for the duration of the ride, I finally found someone to point me in the right direction. A doctor (really cute btw) pretending to listen to a guy rambling on about how conservative he has decided to dress (mind you he was wearing red plaid pants and a pink shirt... conservative hmm...) shows me a door next to the out patient ward's sign in desk. I finally get in with the social worker and she seems nuttier then everyone I encountered in the halls. Kept telling me how important it was that I gave up all meat because it was immoral and wrong to eat our animal friends. Then she spots an ant walking across her desk and proceeds to talk to it and ask me if I thought it would be alright if she ran down and put it in the garden and that she'd be right back. At this point I'm saying anything that will get me approved and able to get the hell out of there. Once she gets back up, (a good 20 minutes later) she looks at me a little bit confused and says, "oh honey you didn't need to wait. " Grrr.. She says I'm a perfect candidate and sends me on my way. We didn't really talk about anything and I don't know how this is supposed to help with WLS. At this moment I'm not even sure that I actually met with the shrink or if I was having a conversation with one of the residents. We shall see. Point of the story? Two trips doesn't sound odd at all. Expect anything. Seems the psychologists are a bit loonier then we will ever be. :0) Good luck!

betty this was too funny to read. for all we know you were talking to one of the loonies while the dr was on lunch break,lololol. my experience was soooo quick and painful. i went in, said hi. no i don't have any emotional problems to any extream just wanna loose weight and be healthy blah blah, and i was on my way. it was a total joke if you ask me really. i never would think anyone would have such a hard time with this step. well best of luck. maria

opps, i meant quick and painless*

-----snip----- betty this was too funny to read. for all we know you were talking to one of the loonies while the dr was on lunch break,lololol. -----snip----- Yeppers, at this point I'm beginning to wonder. I haven't heard hide nor hair about my results. We shall see. Makes for a good story though. lol I need to call my Doc and see if they even HAVE a social worker named Iris. At any rate, makes for a good story. lol SOOO glad yours was pain free!