Sierra Indigo

Hi Susannah, Bronnie - anyone I missed Gerbera, I see you've got the link to Dr. Leong's surgery in your profile. Are you happy with his work? What was his surgery/staff like in terms of pre/after care? I was considering looking at the Adelaide Bariatric Centre down in Bedford Park, because when I was researching who to see (frankly) their website was the most professional and seemed to have the most information on it. But I don't know of anyone who's been there, and as much as I trust their testimonials, I would like some first-hand advice. Plus I see Dr. Leong has a practice in Salisbury, which for me in Parafield Gardens makes a lot more sense. Of course, any other SA banders who've been to ABC, I'd like to hear from you too if you're out there!

Gerbera: Thanks for the welcome :welldone: I know banding isn't the "easy" way, and it is just a tool to help control things like hunger so you can then work on the important stuff, but I guess there's just a lot going on in my head right now, and it's hard not to take things to heart like people on other forums that I go to who are really down on surgical weight-loss procedures. These are people who have been overweight, and lost the weight simply by adjusting their eating and exercising more, and it worked for them. Sometimes I feel that I should be trying harder, that by going for the surgery that I'm giving up, and I should have more willpower than that. I've tried the diets and I've tried exercising, and lost little bits of weight here and there. But ultimately I just like to eat too much :biggrin1: I'm pretty committed to going as far as I can with this. Certainly going through the consults and seeing if the Dr.s think this is really something that will benefit me.

Hi all. My name's Siobhan, I'm 22 and from Adelaide. I'm looking into banding at the moment, getting my insurance sorted and looking into getting into a prelim appointment with a surgeon to see if I'll be suitable and if so when it can be done and how much it'll be. I'm probably aiming for about March next year, to give my insurance enough time to pass the waiting period. I'm nervous, because I can't help thinking I'm taking the "easy" way out as it were, and I'm a little scared of surgery (even just a lap procedure). But I've tried Weight Watchers a few times, and I just know I can't go it alone. So here I am, trying to find as much info as I can to help me make up my mind if this is really for me. Cheers.