lifebegins2012

oh, that could work well!! If you still didnt want to tell anyone,you could stay in my spare room and my parents could take us there and back. i think you'd have to stay here a second night before being allowed to drive. my surgery is booked for Thursday 29th March ( I was hoping to move it as early as the 22nd March but 2 of our Gp's are away that week and my boss said all the nurses will have full clinics so I can't be spared).

Night xx

yes,I've looked through loads of stuff. they advertise everywhere! I assumed they do this the gastric bands at everyone of there hospital but perhaps they do other surgery. Dolan is my nearest one anyway. I worked with one of the consultants who does the surgery ( and he was the best in the hospital we worked at) but he's not available when I want it. The same consultants also do the surgery at the Bupa hospitals but it costs £7,000 there! x

If you reseach the surgeon on the bupa site, you get more of an insight .. for example i know now my surgeon has 4 boys, supports Liverpool FC and likes yauchting!

Thats where I'm going. It's in Bromsgrove, near Birmingham:) x

I'm one month away from my self funded surgery in the UK. I have told some family and limited friends. I too have previously thought of myself as a failure for considering surgery and worried that others might think that too. Recently I've taken a good hard look at myself and realised I do everything to hide my weight. I want a fulfilling life and it's only myself stopping that. A TV celebrity said after her lap band surgery that the band is there to moderate her food because she can't do it herself.

I feel I need this as my starting tool. With weight loss comes confidence and energy. I'm quite prepared not to be able to afford to socialise for quite a while but when I do, I'll be holding my head up high instead of hiding away at the back of a room!!