Sadie

My surgery is scheduled for 2nd Feb. I am funding this myself so I could have chosen an earlier date but I wanted to enjoy Christmas first. I did ask for a date in January, but my surgeons are not operating in January. This gives me 2 weeks after the New Year before I start the 2 week pre-op liquid diet. I'm at 274lbs now, I'll be happy at 140-150lbs. Good luck to everyone who starts their new life in February '08 :whoo:

Hi Lyn I've known both surgeons personally for a number of years now (I work in the same NHS Dept as them). I have also decided to have a lap band fitted. Due to funding problems at the moment with the NHS in Lothian, and although I work for them, I'm paying for mine at the Murrayfield Hospital. I've had my initial consultation, pre-op assessment and my psychological assessment which I passed :clap2: I have now been given my op date in 8 weeks time - my choice, I wanted to enjoy Xmas first! Would personally recommend them, maybe I'm biased as I have a good working/personal relationship with them, but I think this helped me make my mind up to have the surgery here in Edinburgh rather than Glasgow. If you want to know anything else, please ask. Sadie