Question:
what are the type of questions they ask at the first appointment

i was just wondering if they ask everyone the same type questions to determine if you are a canidate for the proceedure. can you help me with this please?    — kathy45 (posted on April 28, 2009)

April 28, 2009
Hi,i'm sure what anybody else was asked,but i was asked question like what are your reason why you wish to have weight lose surgery and how do you feel that it would help benfit your life and what kind of health problems you have,that kind of stuff and they are wanting to be sure you can handle having the surgery mentally! Theresa
   — tmparker

April 28, 2009
hi i had my surgery on 2/19/09. my doc asked me things like: why do i want to loose weight? how long have i been overweight? what methods have i tried in the past to loose weight? do i have a weight related health problems? what are my realistic expectations and goals for this surgery? am i prepared to completely change my life and work very hard? what kind of support system so you have? ....there were many more but i can't remember. they'll probably ask you ins questions. I also had to get clearance from my MD. I needed an updated pap smear, physical, EKG, upper GI xray and blood tests. Hope this helps. Let me know if need to know anything else. good luck
   — alojah82

May 1, 2009
Bring another person with you to the visit to have another set of eyes and ears and to lend support. My doctor also asked what exercise I was doing and told me to step it up to get stronger for surgery. Do your homework before you go so you can ask questions and write them down because there is so many things to ask we frequently forget. Good luck.
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