# Tell Me About Your Gastric Bypass Experience **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-gastric-bypass-experience/945639 "2021-07-04T00:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-gastric-bypass-experience/945639/61 "2021-09-08T01:26:52Z")
She popped up somewhere else on this board. She’s doing OK, but life got in the way and she’s spending it elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-gastric-bypass-experience/945639/62 "2021-09-26T16:43:19Z")
One more bump (possibly the last)… On Friday, the bariatric center called: insurance approved me, and my gastric bypass has been scheduled for November 1st! 🎉 The liquid diet starts on 10/18 – which feels like both a year from now and tomorrow. Heh. I’ll be on that for a total of five weeks, so I’m planning how best to use up what’s in my fridge/pantry/freezer over the next three weeks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-gastric-bypass-experience/945639/63 "2021-09-30T05:33:26Z")
This showed up (again) in my “Suggested Topics.” Congratulations, and keep us posted. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-gastric-bypass-experience/945639/64 "2021-09-30T16:44:47Z")
Good luck!! I’m curious about some of the psychological evaluation processes as part of the pre-planning. What sorts of things go on with that? It’s a big concern for me, should I ever seriously consider this surgery: as I told my doctor “you don’t get to this size unless you have a bad relationship with food” and I genuinely worry about that aspect of things: not being able to eat much (and some things, never again) and having that be permanent and irrevocable. Oh yeah: on the BMI: I crunched the numbers not that long ago and was surprised that my BMI is not super-high. I mean, it’s well into the “with comborbidities” range but it wouldn’t take all that much to get me below the 35 cutoff (as in 15 pounds would do it). ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-gastric-bypass-experience/945639/65 "2021-10-01T01:44:44Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Congratulations Thank you! 🙂 > [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > I’m curious about some of the psychological evaluation processes as part of the pre-planning. What sorts of things go on with that? I completely understand your apprehension about that part! I had no idea what to expect, but the psych eval wound up being all of one 45-minute video chat with their therapist (I’m sure it would have been in-person if there weren’t a pandemic). We did talk a little about how I eat and my triggers, but I think mostly she was checking for my attitude about the surgery — making sure I don’t believe it will be a quick/magic fix, etc. Near the end of my “session” I decided to take a chance and ask an honest question: I told her I was actually looking forward to the 5-week liquid diet because it would be a break from having to think/worry about food, and I asked if that was unhealthy. She said it made a lot of sense. _{phew!}_ When we were done she said that she was going to recommend me for surgery, which was nice; I thought I might have to wait for a report or something. She did suggest finding a cognitive behavior therapist, and I agree that therapy is probably a good idea. I actually found someone who seems like a possible fit and is nearby and in-network with my insurance company…I just have to pick up the phone one of these days. The other behavior-related stuff was all online modules; just videos I watched. The only time I ever had to talk to someone was the 45-minute video chat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-gastric-bypass-experience/945639.md?page=3)