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I agree lol its the truth, just not the "whole" truth lol

I agree! BIG SHOUT OUT to you for starting such a great forum!:biggrin: xxx

Hi All! My name is Harriet (feels like im about to say one of those lines...."and im a alcoholic" lol ) Just turned 26 my b'day on 7/7 Im from London, UK I have my surgery date for sept 1 and cant wait to banded!! I thank God for coming across this website because i have gotten so much support and made great friends!

All this food talk is making me hungry.....when i come to the usa i will have to try the southern food...ummm yumm!!! lol Any offers to make me some...?? lol

Hey Anne. Like a few have said you have taken the step for weight loss surgery which in my eyes is a positive, because you are actually addressing the issue and wanting to deal with it. I was also pushed for bypass...and i think the reason like you said was lack of understanding from the doctors. I think the UK needs to catch up with teh USA in terms of weight loss surgery (in my opinion). The doctor saw my bmi in the 50's (56.5) and immeadiatly said, banding would be a waste of money and his time, and that i would fail. He said bypass was the only route for me....which i totally disagree. So im now going private to get banded, which suits me fine. To cut a long story short, only you can make the decision to get banded, but personally for me it one of the best choices i have ever made, i wish i would of know about it earlier, prob would of saved me getting to nearly 400lbs. Good luck, let us know how you get on xx

i think the doctors on the nhs (national health service) in the uk, are very ignorant! As soon as they see a BMI in the 50's its Gastric bypass...absolutely ridiculous. Just because they fund it..(if you are lucky) they think they can tell you what to do. Its my body and if i don't feel comfortable im not doing something i don't want. Good luck with your journey xx

Hi all! I am telling as few people as possible, i agree with msnika, people seem to think that banding and bypass are the same, and when you try tell them otherwise, they still dont wanna hear it. I have told my sis who is very supportive and i did tell my mother....but so wish i didnt, she is so against the idea like you wouldnt belive, it really made me so upset, Its like the once person who i really did want behind me was her. But i am over doing thing to please other people, and nobody apart from myself know what it actually like to carry around 250lbs of excess weight, so im going ahead with the op regardless. I have also decided that will not tell my mother once i had it done. Im telling people on a need to know basis.

Hi April! Could you send me an invite pls... Thanks hun xx

i agree with nat, its your day, you enjoy because YOU ARE WORTH IT!! Its my birthday 2morro, i wish that someone was spending that much on me lol ENjOY IT!!! XXX

Good luck hun! wish you all the best, let us know how you get on! x

Hey nana....you are right thats the doc's choice not mine, and i wont be bullied into taking surgery. Just so it makes lifes easier on them. At the end of the day i will have to live with, vitamin and only God knows what other things that may come my way as an effect of it. But im feeling much better today, im happy about my decision to stick with banding. Its not about the cost its about my health. Hi poohprecious...you know what you are so right!! I know that J has got my back and i have been praying about this whole banding thing, and really do feel that this is what i need to do. Thanks for your comments!!

Ok i have just gotten back from the hospital and although i knew which way it was gonna go (pushing me down gastric bypass route) i still held out some hope that i may be able to get banded. The surgeon was an absolute dickhead!!! Didnt listen to anything i had to say...was going on about the advantages of gastric bypass...(yeah right being on supplements for the rest of my life) i was sitting there thinking you fool!! I told him the whole story...blah blah, but he didnt really seem to want to listen. To top it all off, my appointment was for 16.15. But the hospital had a fire alarm...by the time i got back in he waiting room it was already 16:15 and there were three people before me, i didnt end up going to see him untill 5:30pm. The other ladies were in there between 30-50 mins. I was in and out of their in 10 minutes!! Throughout me sitting in the waiting room and through teh consultation the fire alarm was STILL going on. I swear i can still hear it ringing in my ears!! He then told me that i cant book and full assessment, until i go home and "think about it". Like i haven't been for the last four years!!!! What an EEEEDDDIOTTT!!!:thumbup::cursing: Bascially unless my bmi is the fourtys they are not going to do it, so the NHS can go F**K themselves (and to think, money is taken out of my pay packet every month and i cant even get a service what i have literally paid for) !!! As i have said before whether it be paid for by the NHS or by me i will get banded. I will self pay, i tell you there is no money to much i wont pay to get my health back into check. Ok so im a lil pissed off when i come out of the hospital, i really shouldn't of been as deep down i knew what they would say. I picked my mum up from the airport today and she has no idea about my surgery plans. When i get to my mums house, she asks where did i go. I was in two minds about telling her the truth, but i said to myself if she asks i will tell her. In my head im thinking here it goes....!! "where did you go" me: "i went to see an nhs consultant about weight loss surgery" Mum: "What? weight loss surgery" me: "yes" Mum: "NO, NO, NO,!!!! So they can cut your stomach?? Dont even think about it" Me: "No actually, they don't do it as open surgery!! Do you even know what kind of weight loss surgery i want? It called a gastric band, do you know what that is??" Mum: No! Me: " Well you shouldn't start shouting if you don't know what it is that im talking about!" At this point i just want to burst into tears, but i hold them back walk away and take some deep breathes. I just find it really sad that the one person that i would really like supporting me is totally against the idea. The only person who i know i have 100% from is my sister, she has really been my rock throughout this, and really don't know what i would do without her. I was able to vent to her and she made me feel so much better. I know it may sound wrong but that was another reason i wanted to tell as few people about the procedure as possible. I will be self paying and going to Belgium for the procedure and i will not be telling my mother that im going or having the procedure done. I really dont think that she understands the extent of how this excess weight is making me so unhappy. I'm normally and bright and happy person but i have felt so down today, i feel everyone is against me except my sister. I really do thank god for forums like this because is it of such support to me. Anwyays to cut a long story short i will be self paying and having surgery on sept 1st. I have always done everything for everybody else, its time i started thinking about myself for once. If people cant accept my decision then that is their problem NOT MINE!! Im doing this for ME and nobody else, for once in my life im doing something for ME. and as the loreal adverts say......"BECAUSE IM WORTH IT"!! Lapband here i come!!!

Ok i have just gotten back from the hospital and although i knew which way it was gonna go (pushing me down gastric bypass route) i still held out some hope that i may be able to get banded. The surgeon was an absolute dickhead!!! Didnt listen to anything i had to say...was going on about the advantages of gastric bypass...(yeah right being on supplements for the rest of my life) i was sitting there thinking you fool!! I told him the whole story...blah blah, but he didnt really seem to want to listen. To top it all off, my appointment was for 16.15. But the hospital had a fire alarm...by the time i got back in he waiting room it was already 16:15 and there were three people before me, i didnt end up going to see him untill 5:30pm. The other ladies were in there between 30-50 mins. I was in and out of their in 10 minutes!! Throughout me sitting in the waiting room and through teh consultation the fire alarm was STILL going on. I swear i can still hear it ringing in my ears!! He then told me that i cant book and full assessment, until i go home and "think about it". Like i haven't been for the last four years!!!! What an EEEEDDDIOTTT!!!:cursing::wink: Bascially unless my bmi is the fourtys they are not going to do it, so the NHS can go F**K themselves (and to think, money is taken out of my pay packet every month and i cant even get a service what i have literally paid for) !!! As i have said before whether it be paid for by the NHS or by me i will get banded. I will self pay, i tell you there is no money to much i wont pay to get my health back into check. Ok so im a lil pissed off when i come out of the hospital, i really shouldn't of been as deep down i knew what they would say. I picked my mum up from the airport today and she has no idea about my surgery plans. When i get to my mums house, she asks where did i go. I was in two minds about telling her the truth, but i said to myself if she asks i will tell her. In my head im thinking here it goes....!! "where did you go" me: "i went to see an nhs consultant about weight loss surgery" Mum: "What? weight loss surgery" me: "yes" Mum: "NO, NO, NO,!!!! So they can cut your stomach?? Dont even think about it" Me: "No actually, they don't do it as open surgery!! Do you even know what kind of weight loss surgery i want? It called a gastric band, do you know what that is??" Mum: No! Me: " Well you shouldn't start shouting if you don't know what it is that im talking about!" At this point i just want to burst into tears, but i hold them back walk away and take some deep breathes. I just find it really sad that the one person that i would really like supporting me is totally against the idea. The only person who i know i have 100% from is my sister, she has really been my rock throughout this, and really don't know what i would do without her. I was able to vent to her and she made me feel so much better. I know it may sound wrong but that was another reason i wanted to tell as few people about the procedure as possible. I will be self paying and going to Belgium for the procedure and i will not be telling my mother that im going or having the procedure done. I really dont think that she understands the extent of how this excess weight is making me so unhappy. I'm normally and bright and happy person but i have felt so down today, i feel everyone is against me except my sister. I really do thank god for forums like this because is it of such support to me. Anwyays to cut a long story short i will be self paying and having surgery on sept 1st. I have always done everything for everybody else, its time i started thinking about myself for once. If people cant accept my decision then that is their problem NOT MINE!! Im doing this for ME and nobody else, for once in my life im doing something for ME. and as the loreal adverts say......"BECAUSE IM WORTH IT"!! Lapband here i come!!!

Hey Kiz!!! Wooo another September bandster joins the club!! September will be here before we know it!!

hun you have done great with your weight loss, although i haven't been banded yet when i had lost weight previously i also took around a pic of when i was at my largest and compared to myself then, to remind me of how well i had done. they do say your head takes a lil while to catch up with your new body.

girl you are not sick, i have thought about the same many time. I have never know what it is like to be thin my adult life, and occasionally i think, how would i look if i was thing, had a tummy tuck, had my boobs done etc etc..... its like im in my own lil fantasy world!! But my first goal is to shift the weight and see how i feel about my body afterwards. I suggest just take it one step at a time, once you have your new and improved body, see how you feel about PS afterwards xx

luluc...i cant even imagine the pain you are in, i havent even had any teeth out!! Ive been naughty and taken 1 or 2 pills more than i should, but i need that throbbing pain to ease up. i cant even close my mouth so my teeth meet its so swollen. I managed to book an appointment at my dentist for 2morro afternoon.

Hey! Ive just gotten home from work and raided the medicine cabinet...thank God for pain releif!! lol ive popped me a few pills, hopefully they should kick in sooner rather than later!!

You go there ladies!!!! You have worked hard at your new bodies, and its good to see some appreciation of it! Singing ((((Touch my body)))) lol lol

Hi all..... GG's feeling a lil sorry for her self....:drool: I have had tooth ache since the weekend, i thought it would get better but its just been getting worse.:thumbup: The worst pain is from my gum, is really swollen and inflamed, it even hurts to swollow my saliva (sorry Too Much Info). I cant eat, and i can hardly drink..i have my consultation tomorrow with the National Health Service. the big decider to see if hey will fund my surgery...i cant even talk right!!!, i have constant headache and my mouth is throbbing....!! why did stupid tooth ache have to come now...as for my shitty dentist there telling me they have no emergency appoints and my GP is closed today!!! Ahhhhhh!!:thumbup: OK rant is over...thanks for listening if you read to the end!!

hi tony! welcome to the forum, im also from the uk (london). good luck with your consultation, check out the uk member forum also. good luck

Hey! Welcome to the forum im also a fellow Londoner!!! woo woo!! hehe!! Who did you get banded with? what part of london?

Congrats your officially a bandster, wishing youa speedy recovery x

Hey Mellofella! Thanks for the comment!

Ok Ok i have another consultation on Thursday 3rd July! Im very excited about it but very anxious...this consultation is with the National Health Service and if they approve me then i will not have to go private and self pay for my surgery. My only problem is that from talking to other people who have had it done, because of my high BMI they will try and push me down the gastric bypass route, which i dont want to go down. I really dont want any part of my body, especially if there is nothing wrong with it to me chopped up and re arranged. I really know that i can make this lapband work. And dont care if it takes me 3yrs years to get the weight off. I am prepared and so ready to give it my all!! Anyways im gonna try not to get ideas in my head of what they are going to say, but will pray about it and wait and see what happens. But God willing of course i would love to get it done on the NHS that would save me nearly £4000. But at the end of teh date there is no cost to high to get my health back into check! I will do what i need to do, if push comes to shove! Roll on Thursday 3rd July!!!! Wooooo