June 7, 2008

Today I had a psychological assessment, a requirement by my doctor for Lap Band. The doctor questioned me about some health history and my eating habits, The purpose of this assessment is to find out if the patient can handle the surgery and what comes with it It evaluates your personality to see if you're paranoid or have bad self-esteem..Following our little discussion, I was given a 400 question true or false assessment which I did by myself. It was a typical phys. assessment tool asking the same kinds of questions over and over in several different ways. It cued in on any paranoia problems with questions like: I feel someone is controlling my mind, or Someone follows me all the time or I see and hear things no one else does. It also asked me things like: I'd like to be a florist, or I'd like to be a cook, or an engineer, or a construction boss. Some weird questions like the first one which was: I like to read mechanic magazines. I thought that funny since my husband is a mechanic. I answered true cuz I do sometimes pick up Dave's magazines and read them. The whole appointment took about 2 1/2 hours.

I have my pre-op meeting w/ the nutritionist next Wednesday, June 12. At that time, I wil get information on a pre-op all liquid diet. That should be fun!

I'm really getting excited about this procedure. I don't even enjoy my eating much right now. It often leaves me feeling over filled and discomforting. Maybe the :Lord is readying my body for what's ahead.

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