Bariatric Surgery Survey, Part 1

Help write the book of weight loss surgery. These responses will be compiled into the Book of Weight Loss, an informal manual for distribution to people in various stages of bariatric surgery exploration and completion. You can answer anonymously to any questions you desire. You will be given credit (your name, city, email address published) for any non-anonymous answers.

You can come back in as many sessions as you like to complete whichever of these questions you have answers for. Please take as much space as you wish.

1. Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.

Confidential?
No
Yes
2. What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?

Confidential?
No
Yes
3. How did you first find out about bariatric surgery and what were your initial impressions of it?

Confidential?
No
Yes
4. Describe your experience with getting insurance approval for surgery. What advice, if any, do you have for other people in this stage?

Confidential?
No
Yes
5. What was your first visit with your surgeon like? How can people get the most out of this meeting?

Confidential?
No
Yes
6. What made you finally decide to have the surgery?

Confidential?
No
Yes
7. How did you decide which proceedure to have?

Confidential?
No
Yes
8. What fears did you have about having complications or even dying from from the surgery, and what would you tell other people having the same fears now?

Confidential?
No
Yes
9. How did your family and friends react to your decision? Would you have communicated anything differently if you could now? How supportive were they after your surgery?

Confidential?
No
Yes
10. How did your employer/supervisor react to your decision? What did you tell him/her? How long were you out of work?

Confidential?
No
Yes
11. What was it like attending your first information seminar on weight loss surgery? Were you glad you attended? if so, why?

Confidential?
No
Yes

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