Guest guest Posted March 5, 2000 Report Share Posted March 5, 2000 I love your response to the pysch - what a great comeback!!! I was lucky with my pysch eval. My surgeon's program works with a couple of specific pysch's and the consult is included in the " package " deal. I was a little nervous initially. She did a background on me (alcoholic father & sister etc), but agreed that I was emotionally healthy and had appropriate expectations for my surgery. She discussed the possibility of post surgical depression and medications available. I also find Oprah's attitude about the surgery frustrating because so many people think she is ALWAYS right. It would be nice if she researched it on both sides of the issue before deciding it was " not addressing the reason you are overweight " . I think most of us know why we are overweight - and there are as many reasons as there are people. I happen to believe that I am overweight because my PCP put me on amphetamines at age 15 when I was less than 10# overweight and continued to supply me for 7 yrs even through a 5 ½ mo pregnancy. My metabolism was destroyed and my body now is an incredibly efficient fat storing machine. When I have kept a food dairy in the past, my doctors etc first thought I was lying about the food I ate. I overeat sometimes, but when I have decided on a program, I follow it to a tee. My food intake has no relation to my weight anymore. I have done them all including fasting for 6 months on Optifast. I also did a program through church and found it hard to believe the amount of food I eat constituted the sin of gluttony. WLS is my last resort - I believe it is the answer to my prayers. Even people who have fought the weight battle still don't understand Morbid Obesity. I wish Oprah would do a show with some real professionals like Dr. R who could impart information with knowledge and compassion. Sorry - here I go babbling again - - I think I'm nervous because tomorrow is my pre-op day with a gallery of tests and surgeon visits all day long. YAY!!! Shari/San Francisco Area PRE-Op LAP RNY 3/14/00 San Ramon Calif. Eating Disorder From: Boingy300@... , I was told by many, because I was overweight I had an eating disorder. I even went through " Acoria " , an eating disorder program. I never really qualified for the infamous " Binge eating disorder " . I ate mostly in the morning. I never hid food from people. Eating did not " shame me " . I just truly liked food and if anything, I was addicted to carbs! I could never truly coorelate eating w/ emotions. (But I could assoc. eating w/ energy expenditure). When I had my psych eval. she felt I must want to have this weight, since I had done Jazzercise for a year w/o losing weight!(Even though I told her I had not tried to diet while doing Jazzercise! I did Jazz. to feel healthier.) I finally said " Fine, if there is some demon lurking, then I'm ready to face it. I'm strong enough! I refuse to sit on your couch and invent problems, so that you feel you're doing a good job " . She reluctantly cleared me for the surgery, saying she was against it. I assertively suggested she not have it. Well it's been 2 weeks(tomorrow)...do I miss food? NO! It's weird, really weird! I mean, my favorite pasttime was sitting in front of the computer(pre-op) and eat a donut! The thought of a donut doesn't even appeal to me! Dr. R said because we bypass those receptors in our stomach , that it's like rubbing chocolate/donuts on your arm. No positive feedback! He's right! If you had told me 6 mos. ago I'd be caffeine free and not want donuts...I would've laughed at you! I don't miss food, I deal w/ people like I always do. I'm still waiting for the " demon " that I never believed in to appear. Oprah says she's opposed to this surgery, because you don't deal w/ why you're overeating.....Sister,maybe you're just overeating????????? Dealing with it!! Osler in Cincinnati MGB 2/21/00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Servings of fruit a day: 0 1 2+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass Mailing List at Onelist.com Please visit our web site at http://clos.net Get the Patient Manual at http://clos.net/get_patient_manual.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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