That Fat Chick

I had my psychological evaluation done on Monday evening at 7pm. The appointment lasted an hour, and everything went perfectly. The psychologist I met with handles all of the evals for bariatric surgery patients, so she knew the basics, and had many weight related questions for me: highest weight, lowest weight, tried weight loss methods, activity level, if I’m monitoring my food, how long I have been overweight for, does it run in the family, etc.

She also wanted to know why I want to have the lap band surgery: what is the single most important reason for having it. I answered honestly: my health. Ranking in second place is wanting to look good and feel good, but first and foremost is my health. Obesity runs in my family, and it complicated my grandmother’s health and contributed to her death when she was only 67 years old. At this point I broke down and cried. She had tissues handy.

Anyway, my paperwork documenting my psych eval and the fact that I’m not some crazy bitch will be ready for me to pick up in about two weeks. That’s perfect, since my blood work is this Thursday (and the results won’t be ready until next week), my exercise evaluation is on the 31st, and my second appointment with the nutritionist and dietician isn’t until the 27th of August.

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