1st visit with surgeon

[jillrn 0]

I had my first appt today, and it went well. Wow you can really tell this is a money maker for the surgeon as everyone is SO INCREDIBLEY NICE! LOL much nicer than usual! Well actually I know this surgeon and he is nice most of the time anyway. He is really going to try and help me get the surgery approved and said I should know in 2 weeks or so. This is going soooo fast! The nurse told me the psych eval was not covered by insurance and it is $495.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my goodness-- I need to get a degree in psych and charge $ 250.00 do a couple evals a couple days a week make some serious money!!! Anyway my surgeon said I didnt have to have one unless my insurance required it, so hopefully I wont have to but if they are going to pay for the rest then I guess I wont complain! I really think a psych eval is a big waste of time anyway-- even if one does have an issue one eval isnt going to take care of it. I really think instead a 12 step program or some kind of continous therapy is better. I got to ask all my questions and I showed him a few of the negative studies I have found and he was able to explain them to me.. I feel pretty good about it --now I just wait to hear from Anthem! Oh yea he said no fill for 8 weeks isnt that a little long??? He said one of his pt's is 6 mo out and no fill yet- I guess she is losing! He also said I would more than likely be a slow loser b/c I am very insulin resistant. He said this is where the ineffective gut of the gastric bypass helps-- but I still do not feel like I want to have GB! Jill

[fun4matt 0]

Hi,

Great to here you are on the way. I have a question, what were some of the negitive studies you found.