Re: Thanks for all the advice but.....

[Guest guest]

Argh! I definately was not insinuating that you were using it as an

easy way out! I was saying that is what they look for in a Psyche

eval and that some people do believe that about this surgery or do

not realize the amount of work we have to put into it so they have

to be really careful about weeding people out and sometimes will

assume a bit too much.

I was more or less giving general info to anyone new who might be

reading my post about what the psyche eval is for and then also

addressing you in there as well about your depression issues.

I am sorry if you took it another way and definately do support you

in this but if they feel like you may not be a good candidate you

probably need to address those issues before the surgery is all I

was saying.

Maybe you could arrange to have 3 months of counseling sessions

surrounding weight and depression issues or something? Would they

agree to that you think?

There is generally a waiting period right now with the good surgeons

anyway so the 3 months would probably not be so bad?

Hope everything works out for you.

Colleen

Lap-RNY 11/03/03

315/195/???

> I am not having this surgery thinking that it is an easy way out

of

> many of my problem, but I do feel it will help in covering one

major

> problem. thank you all for your help and advice, but I know the

> surgery will not fix all my problems but it will fix one major

one,

> One of my main reason for the surgery is to get a job, I feel if I

> do get it and lose the weight I am going to be able to get a good

> desent job and not have no one look at me at every interview I go

> into and say well we are not hiring yet just putting a face with

the

> application. I am not taking the surgery because I feel it is an

> easy way to weight lost, because I know many of the risk and

> complication with this surgery. I am 37 and weigh over 380 pounds

> and I have tried everything since 1995 to lose the weigh but never

> can. I also have a tendency to over eat when I am depress or

upset,

> but with this surgery I know that if I do that I will definitely

> suffer and I am the one that will have to go through recovering. I

> think I am ready and I will have a lot of support with you guys in

> this group and my family, my family is and will be my biggest

> support. And I am just gonna also rely on God and prayer first and

> fore most.

> Again thank all of you for your responses.