What I found out
I work for a surgeon and posed this question to him. Although he does not do WLS, as a surgeon he said he may have a problem doing this surgery on someone who may not follow up with care and meds. You know everyone has to get a psych eval prior to this surgery, and to the best of my knowledge I think they do it to see if you have unrealistic expectations or are delusional... if your friend can pass the psych eval, I would have to say that would be the grren light to go..... my psych eval wasnt that intense.. I dont know how the rest of the gangs eval were. My therapist asked me questions about my family, family history, my job, why I wanted the surgery, if there was a history of abuse..... pretty basic stuff. Like I said, if a therapist gives her the green light.. the thumbs up... everything should be fine! I hope this info helps. There are a couple of other folks who work for surgeon's also.. hopefully they can provide some input as well.
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J.Bridget Fisher aka koi-pea
2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/170-trying to lose another 10
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