Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I thought I would share my experience in case you are waiting for your psych appt and getting scared like I was. I am just starting out in the process. I thought I was in and everything fine but then Kaiser switched me from SSF to richmond and they wanted me to do a psych evaluation. I was a little freaked out it after everything I had read but it went really well. Dr in Richmond is very nice. We connected right away because she asked why I wanted the surgery and I said one of the main reasons was that I wanted to be able to run so that I could do agility with my dogs and she had done agility with her dog too. I guess that made me relax a little and the rest was fine. She had me go though a typical day eating asked about what diets I had been on, and if I had lost weight in the past. She really liked that I had gone to support group meetings so if you are waiting for your psych appt and have been to a meeting that's probably worth mentioning. And you learn a lot going to the support groups. She also liked that I was on this list. I got a bonus too. I had rented a room in Pinole so I wouldn't have to leave at 6am from Sacramento to my 9 am appt. The day before I drove from there to the hospital to make sure I would know how to go and on the way back to the motel I stopped in the casino in San Pablo and walked away with $200. Sheltie Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I thought I would share my experience in case you are waiting for your psych appt and getting scared like I was. I am just starting out in the process. I thought I was in and everything fine but then Kaiser switched me from SSF to richmond and they wanted me to do a psych evaluation. I was a little freaked out it after everything I had read but it went really well. Dr in Richmond is very nice. We connected right away because she asked why I wanted the surgery and I said one of the main reasons was that I wanted to be able to run so that I could do agility with my dogs and she had done agility with her dog too. I guess that made me relax a little and the rest was fine. She had me go though a typical day eating asked about what diets I had been on, and if I had lost weight in the past. She really liked that I had gone to support group meetings so if you are waiting for your psych appt and have been to a meeting that's probably worth mentioning. And you learn a lot going to the support groups. She also liked that I was on this list. I got a bonus too. I had rented a room in Pinole so I wouldn't have to leave at 6am from Sacramento to my 9 am appt. The day before I drove from there to the hospital to make sure I would know how to go and on the way back to the motel I stopped in the casino in San Pablo and walked away with $200. Sheltie Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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