Marianne H.

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I had my psych eval. Crazy , horrible day because a few hours after my appt my father  had a massive heart attack. He seemed to recover well, but to my utter despair he died just 1 week later within 20 minutes of his discharge from the hospital. I just can't believe he's gone. He was only 54 yrs old and not a bit overweight. I am scared to death that I may be next. It has been a terrible couple of weeks. I am still waiting for my PCP to fax my letter to Barix. Then I should be ready for the approval process. I just wish this wasn't such a big game and that people like us that need this surgery could get help without all of the flaming hoops to jump through. But I will jump if it means that I can have the help.

I got my psych appt. The doc I am seeing is Dr. John Grebe. Nice guy. I met him when I worked as a pain managment nurse. I guess the appt takes 3 hours.

I had my initial consult with Dr. Poplawski. I liked him right away. He made no bones about the fact that this surgery is only a tool and that if I don't address the psych component of this I will gain the weight back after I lose it. I am sure he's right. I have to meet the BCBS requirement of a psych eval. Maybe 2 or 3 visits would be good for me? I will make my appt tomorrow because it is after 5 now and the Dr.'s office is closed.