ladymare

I'm having the operation through the Bariatric program at Balboa. Tricare prime is covering me. I went and had my psych eval done and at the end the doc said all was good. Later I got an email from him saying, "who do you want to continue therapy with?" Long story short, he felt my stress was really high, (sorry I was honestly about things that bother me), and he wouldn't refer me without me seeing another therapist. So now I'm pissed. So I asked a friend who her therapist was and saw her lady a few times. Now Tricare is saying they won't cover that therapist anymore. So now I have a referral to a new therapist. I'm so frustrated with this whole thing. I'm pretty much just waiting at this point for a therapist to clear me. I really feel I'm under no higher stress than any other military wife out there. Both psychs have told me they are concerned that I only have 4-5 close friends and I only vent to about 3 people my stresses. That's just who I am! (Minus this instance because I'm fed up and I don't know who else can relate.) I told the psych eval therapist from the get go that his profession made me totally uncomfortable. :/ Did anyone else have issues with therapists?

swimbikerun, AMEN! I feel like they heard me talking about oh yea, I'm stressed a little because my husband will deploy again in Dec. (surgery should be around July) and they instantly saw dollar signs. I feel like I'm being milked for money to fill their pockets rather than trying to actually help me. But my program manager is adamant about "if the psych eval report says it, you must fulfill it." I'm super crossing my fingers that I can go to this new guy and say, "hey, I'm a private person, I have stress. I'm working on dealing with it. I'm actually not so much an emotional eater as I am a boredom eater, and I've found ways to deal with that... etc..." This whole thing with the psych doctors has been pretty bogus from the start.

Schoe I'm going to use one my PCM assigned me to rather than trying to get my own or who the bariatric program recommended. Those two didn't work out. We'll see on Thursday how well my PCM picks.

That's pretty much where I'm at... I'm going to do it - because I have to, up until the surgery and bail on that part after. It's just stupid that I am so stressed out about a doctor who is suppose to help me relieve my stress. I hadn't had any real issues with it until all of this. Because one man thought I didn't have enough avenues to release stress... It's just frustrating.

Hi everyone! i'm new here. I started my sleeve journey in January though Balboa San Diego. June I will have finished my 6 month diet plan and I've already finished all of the required "phase 1" things. I'm so excited! I should meet with my surgeon the first part of May and get scheduled from there. I do have a silly question, do they put in a catheter before you are sedated? I just know that was a HORRIBLE experience for me when I was having my C-section. That an anesthesia make me a bit nervous. But mostly I'm super excited.