Well my psych evaluation in this Wednesday, I’ve heard a lot about it from others. Is it as bad as I’ve been told lol
It wasn't bad for me at all. She just asked me why I wanted to have the surgery, what I thought it was going to accomplish and what I've done to lose weight leading up to my decision to have surgery.
HW: 315 lbs (2008) Maintained at 296 until 2015.
SW: 255 lbs (10/11/18)
1 mth post op: 229 -26lbs
8 weeks post op 213 -42lbs
3 months post op 197 -58lbs (at home)
3 month post op appt 196 -59 lbs (1/28/19)
6 months post op 171 -84 lbs (4/11/19) (at home)
9 months post op 150 -105 lbs (7/11/19) (at home) *GOAL*
1 year post op - maintained at 150
I could write a book about my experience... You’d have to know me to really appreciate my experience. I’ve had to go to the Employee Assistance Program due to incidents from work. I had to go to return “Fit for Duty”. But this evaluation I paid for. Was ordered and conducted, me thinking it would be like past experiences. BOY WAS I WRONG !!
The lady met with me and my wife first. Had a basic general conversation ( I could tell the wife was enjoying the questions, which were mainly directed at me). We talked about 15 minutes and she told my wife she could leave go shopping for an hour or so. I thought “WHAT THE HELL”. My wife leaves and I’m sitting on a couch just like in the movies. This woman pulls up this little chair sits in front of me and starts. She ask me questions ID NEVER ANSWER !!... it was crazy we talked about (Law Enforcement, Death, Sex, Marriage, Food, Beer, Sports, Hunting/Fishing)... then she got crazy.. She ask me about sex with multiple partners, same sexual encounters. If u can think of it she asked it.
I finally said lady “What the hell does this have to do with me having a Gastric Sleeve”. She said “Oh you okay, for surgery,”.. I’m just trying to see how Imbedded your PTSD is. I said “WHAT?”... She said I have certain questions I ask looking for a reaction as much as a response and you just sit there. I need you to talk ... Tell me your thoughts .. I said “Lady you don’t wanna know my thoughts.”..
It wasn’t a bad experience... BUT AN EXPERIENCE!!... I felt like a kid being dropped off at daycare, when my wife came back I was that kid that ran to her and hugged her saying “Let’s Go!!”... The doctor walked up to my wife hugged her and whispered something in her ear. I then thought I been set up. My wife had her ask me them Cfazy-Ass questions.... we left and I said “Honey, what’d she whisper to you ??”.. You replied “What did you say, in there??”.. “What happened” ... I said “ you wouldn’t believe me if I told ya.”... I asked again “What did she whisper to you when you two hugged.”... My wife busted out laughing... “She said she was PRAYING FOR ME.”... I couldn’t believe it but like I said you’d have to know me.
I got my report a week or so later and my kids couldn’t believe somebody could talk to me an hour and a half and “peg me”.. but the woman was pretty accurate with it except I still do buy into the PTSD... I’m just naturally “Traumatic”
Have a GREAT week!!!! It will be okay if they didn’t keep me or stop me from surgery.. U will be fine.
Lol. Poor Russ. You were played by them. Lol
HW: 315 lbs (2008) Maintained at 296 until 2015.
SW: 255 lbs (10/11/18)
1 mth post op: 229 -26lbs
8 weeks post op 213 -42lbs
3 months post op 197 -58lbs (at home)
3 month post op appt 196 -59 lbs (1/28/19)
6 months post op 171 -84 lbs (4/11/19) (at home)
9 months post op 150 -105 lbs (7/11/19) (at home) *GOAL*
1 year post op - maintained at 150
I personally think that was very rude and she was totally out of her league.
But that is just me...
And the remark to your wife was very unprofessional and insulting to you.
Mine was nothing. Most people have no issues. No worries!
I was offered a choice to go through my insurance or to go online for the psyche evaluation from my Surgeon. I chose the online evaluation and it was super easy. I had it scheduled pretty quickly, and I did FaceTime with my iPad. Ask your physician if that’s an option, for anyone not wanting to drag yourself in to the office. All questions were routing until she asked me if I ever made myself vomit after I ate...ummmm... if I was bulemic, I wouldn’t be in this situation...
Wow so people really do get an evaluation?
Mine was literally an iPad with 20 questions with a sliding bar from one extreme to the other "No I completely disagree" to "Yes I completely agree".
Basically the lady said keep it in the middle and make sure you do not have any extreme responses and you will be fine--she gave me a cheat sheet basically. I was literally done in 3 minutes.
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