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Hi I had a band fitted 3 years ago and have not had a great deal of success with the company that I am with. I am thinking of moving over to an after care package by healthier weight. Has anyone any experience of their after care package?

Hi all Just a quick update....................................................... I have found on the net a company called "Healthier Weight" who take on patients who are unhappy with their previous company and assist them on their weight loss journey. I am thinnking of going with them to make use of the very expensive piece of elastic I have around my tummy!!!!! Has anyone heard anything about this company? I would hate to go out of the frying pan into the fire? Many thanks

Hi All Just a quick update I have not been on the site for so long as I had a baby 6 months ago and have been fortunate to have slipped off the weight loss treadmill for the past year! I have now got to get back on the fight with the HG to see if I can at least get some results from the band that I had fitted! Has anyone else any futher updates on any cases that they have taken legal?

Hi I have exactly the same problem as you. I have really good restriction and can not get anything down some days but I have not lost a pound since last Nov. It is so frustating eating tiny amounts and not loosing anything at all. I know that I eat all the things that I should not to make me feel better after I have left the table. Begining to think that my restriction may be too tight and not allowing anything to go down and then it is making me feel deprived and then I am comforting myself with easy to eat foods which is keeping my weight stable! Lightbulb moment!

Hi All Just a quick update to say that the Hospital Group have managed to defend my claim against them as they have offered me support from a dietician for a further 6 months. Woop EE DOO!!! I think unless a group of peopl unhappy with their service band together and take it legal. Is anyone else interested in taking them it further? Why should they be able to make so much money when they do not offer the service they promote so readily!

I agree she is a completely wonderful role model and I agree it is not the easy option but it does give you hope like you say for some people it is a slow process. (Me included) I have not lost an ounce since Novemeber! But on the other hand I have not put an ounce on!

She finally announced in the papers yesterday that she has lost her weight with the aid of a band! I knew she was having a little help. She looks fantastic. I wonder which company she went with?

You could have been writing this thread for me. ...... ...... I have discovered the foods that do not go down and I have discovered the foods that slip down easily. I have actually not lost any weight since November and yet I have not actually put anything on. I no longer even attempt to eat normal food and just eat foods that slip down foods that are usually are not the healthiest. I just do not not know what to do. I am really frustrated and feel completely at a loss of what to do. Any ideas?

Just a quick update to say that my credit card company is claiming the full amount that we paid them back from the Hospital Group. It appears that the Hospital Group have a lot of legal action being taken against them and they are just a sister and brother that have set a company up!!!! There is no big company behind the brand! They are not able to retain staff and seem to think they are above the law. I just wish I had done more research before the surgery. I have still not managed to find anywhere local for a support group and a fill. Any ideas anyone? I am in the north of England near Preston.

I am still looking for anyone who knows of anyone who can do fills? Does anyone at the support group know of anywhere in the north west you can go?

Hi have you the details of this company and do they take patients justs for fills? Do they offer any support eg with a dietician?

Hi All Does anyone know a nurse or a doctor that does fills in Lancashire? I am willing to travel up to two hours In fact I will travel any distance to get restriction again x

Hi I live in th enorth West of England and was wondering where you live and has anyone else managed to have their bands filled on the national health? I am struggling to find anyone to do fills in my area? Any suggestions:confused2:

The Hospital Group have set up the 'Why Go Abroad' company as they are able to do the surgery but they just do not have the capacity to complete the aftercare. At present the north of England have no support from a dietician and no access to a nurse to do fills or unfills!!!! They have never had a support group and they have never had the fitness advisor that was promised.....What a shambles. I phoned them the other day and was told that I had to find another provider as they could not complete an unfil as they had no nurse to complete the procedure!!!! Also because I was over my year contract they have passed me onto another company who could not complete an unfil til the 20th March!! They told me to present myself to casualty!!! After spending nearly £8,000 you would expect the company to be able to provide the basic support of a nurse to be able to complete an emergency unfil when the band is obviously too tight. What a company

This is a description of how I am feeling. I have not eaten anything thicker than a runny yoghurt. since my fill a week last Wed. I have also completely lost my appetite ansd I am so tight you can hear Water gurgle as it goes down and i have even pb's jello! Do you think the best plan of action is to have a complete unfil to give everything a rest, then have it filled under x-ray? Or should I ask fo rthe x-ray first?