Question:
Will I be denied surgery because I have Bipolar Disorder? Why?

   — Barbara J. (posted on May 16, 2002)

May 16, 2002
HI SWEETIE, I ALSO SUFFER FROM BI-POLAR, I HAVE HAD THIS FOR 12 YEARS NOW. NO IT WILL NOT STOP YOU FROM HAVING SURGERY. ALOT OF US HAVE THIS CONDITION BECAUSE OF OUR BEING OVER WEIGHT, AND I M PRAYING THAT LOSING THIS WEIGHT WILL HELP WITH THE DEPRESSION. A DOCTOR CAN NOT DENIE YOU JUST BECAUSE YOUR DEPRESSED. IF YOU WANT TO CHAT, PLEASE EMAIL ME.
   — Gale G.

May 16, 2002
Hi! I have a friend that is bi-polar & she had the surgery a year ago! She is down 170 pounds & is actually doing well! Good Luck!
   — Beth G.

May 16, 2002
The only thing that will hurt you is if you have a history of going off your meds. With the psych eval, they want to be sure you can follow a plan. If we all had to be free of mental disease, there wouldn't be too many folks that qualified for surgery, even the ones that think they have no problems. LOL
   — faybay