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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

Hey!! That is a great acheivement!! You keep up the hard work soon you will be posting that you are out running with the dogs!! Well Done!!

Hey! Im not being banded in august but on sept 1st,(only one day out hehe) im happy to be buddys, you can drop me a msg anytime . (i will be going to belgium, as i cant afford to get it done in teh uk as much as i would like to)

Hi Hun! I will be getting banded sept 1st. Im 5'10 and 392lbs, my goal weight is about 170...its seems far off now, but i know i WILL get there. Cant wait to start my weight loss journey! I think this is the only time im really truly happy about wanting to loose weight!! lol Keep us posted! Hello to the rest of the September bandsters....!!!

Hey! Congrats on getting a date, i will be getting banded on Sept 1st and have to do a month pre op diet. Not looking forward to it but in another sense i am. Because i know there will be only 4 weeks left till surgery, am also looking forward to the weight loss during that time. but not looking forward to that hunger feeling! I wish you well!

Hi! Welcome to the forum, and good luck for wednesday, let us know how you get on! :thumbup:

for me i use it daily, and i use it all over my body so i dont really forget. I have to cream myself daily otherwise my skin will go all dryyyy lol

Hi ! Notto worry its not you, im not sure why but post dont show up after you have posted them, but they have been posted. I dont know if its a technically prob with the forum, or the admin have changed setting. But it did post lol

lol i thought that was just me, i posted earlier and thought, where has my post gone, i was gonna post it twice, cos i didnt see it!! lol As for pretty im not to sure bout that one.....lol its all wobbly and jiggly lol

Hi Georgina!! Woooooo, glad your back safe and well!! From the sounds of it your doing very well! I would say with the Water lil and often. Im a terrible water drinker myself so i know how hard it can be! xx

gg just got brave:lol:, and thought i'd show you my big stomach...well a lil bit of it lol. Ive been using pure cocoa butter/shea butter and its really faded them out...here it goes...(dnt get scared now lol)

i feel for you, i also have to do 4 weeks pre op. but i am looking forward to the weight i will loose whilst on it lol. Its good to hear that you received excellent treatment from staff. the 4 weeks will be over before you know it, the count down begins !! xx

am just curious....but why is your weight on your licence in the first place? In the UK we are not asked for weight, not even height. If they pull you over are they gonna weight you or summin? lol lol

Well done hun!! Im sure the new pants that ur gonna buy will soon not fit aswell!!! wooooo

Hey! Thanks for the comment...i think deep down the reason why i dont want to tell people is because of the negativity. When i was thinking about surgery 4yrs ago, i told people and got such negativity from them, more so that it made me change my mind.(which i regret) I know my sister will not say anything, but i know if i tell my mum, she will tell my auntie who will then tell so and so and so! Ultimately if people did find out, technically there isnt anything they could do, but i soooooo dont have time to hear what they have to say!!!!! I kno it sounds terrible but i wasnt even sure at a point to tell my mum (i know it sounds bad) i was going to get it done and tell her after. But i was having one of my moments and its the least i owe her to tell her. Ive decided im going to tell work that im taking some annual leave...i really dont want it getting around. xxx

Hi Lisa! Welcome to the forum, im sure you will find very helpfull and supportive just like i have. Best of luck with your journey xxx

My goodness I am so impatient…..!!! If only I knew about this procedure before I blew all my money on nothing. I’m still waiting to have my appoint with the nhs consultant on 3rd July. But I got this funny feeling that they are going to try and push me into getting bypass because of my high BMI. Either way, I am not going to let them change my mind…and if I have to I’m going to get it done privately if they refuse to do the op. Im sooo sick and tired of being overweight…..:thumbdown:i can see it now 2009 is going to be my year!! :thumbup:I know that it is probably going to be the hardest few years of my life getting the weight off, but it is so going to be worth it! I don’t really know what im going to say to work why im going to be having two weeks off, I suppose I could pull a sickie but then they will ask for medical evidence. I am telling as few people as possible, that being my sister whom im very close to and my mother. (still haven’t done it yet). Mainly because she is off on holiday and second im not to sure how she is going to react. Either way I kno that the lapband is for me and im going ahead no matter if people approve or not. Afterall they don’t have to carry around all of this excess weight! Im always doing things for others, its time I did something for myself. Am not looking forward to the pre op diet seeing as I have to do it for a month….ive done the Cambridge diet before and ifi can do that im sure I can get through this. Enough of my rambling for today…..:cool::tt1:

My goodness I am so impatient…..!!! If only I knew about this procedure before I blew all my money on nothing. I’m still waiting to have my appoint with the nhs consultant on 3rd July. But I got this funny feeling that they are going to try and push me into getting bypass because of my high BMI. Either way, I am not going to let them change my mind…and if I have to I’m going to get it done privately if they refuse to do the op. Im sooo sick and tired of being overweight…..:thumbdown:i can see it now 2009 is going to be my year!! :thumbup::thumbup:I know that it is probably going to be the hardest few years of my life getting the weight off, but it is so going to be worth it! I don’t really know what im going to say to work why im going to be having two weeks off, I suppose I could pull a sickie but then they will ask for medical evidence. I am telling as few people as possible, that being my sister whom im very close to and my mother. (still haven’t done it yet). Mainly because she is off on holiday and second im not to sure how she is going to react. Either way I kno that the lapband is for me and im going ahead no matter if people approve or not. Afterall they don’t have to carry around all of this excess weight! Im always doing things for others, its time I did something for myself. Am not looking forward to the pre op diet seeing as I have to do it for a month….ive done the Cambridge diet before and ifi can do that im sure I can get through this. Enough of my rambling for today…..:thumbup::ohmy:

Hey The pre-op diet is important because it is designed to get your body ready for surgery and make recovery easier. You will need to lose fat around your stomach and liver, as well as shrink the liver itself. If the liver is too large, the surgery may have to be postponed. The diet helps reduce potential bleeding that can accompany surgery by reducing fatty triglycerides from around the liver and spleen. By following a strict diet, your body reduces its glycogen stores (glycogen is a form of sugar stored in the liver and muscles for energy). With each ounce of glycogen, the body stores 3–4 ounces of Water, so when you follow a very strict diet, especially one that is low in starch and sugar, your body loses its glycogen stores and some water. The liver shrinks as it has less glycogen and water in it. Hope that helps

Hey!! Good luck for the 16th, will have my fingers and everything crossed for ya!!! How long do you have to do the pre op diet for?

Hi Gracey! Thanks for the response, I have heard a lot about dr otiz. Although the price sounds really good, my worry would be about aftercare and if anything went wrong, it would be diffiucult to get back, especially it being so far from home. I have managed to find a surgeon who will do the op for me, the op would take place in europe (which would be appox 2 hrs travelling time from UK) and all my aftercare would be followed up in UK. The price is appox just over $6000, and have had lots of recc from people who have had it done by him. Thanks for the advice though, I really appreciate you taking the time out to respond. How far in your lapband journey are you? xx

Hi! If i were in your position i would go to your doctor, especially from the size you say your stomach is bloated to. Is it when you eat or drink specfic things?

Hi Tracie Im not to sure why your dietician is telling you that you don’t need a fill, because like you said your first fill should be 4-6 weeks after your surgery. Did you pay for an aftercare package with the clinic you went to? If you didn’t you can go to other doctors to get a fill done, if you are not happy with the service. Of course by eating the right things and doing exercise will help the weight come off, but you are meant to have a fill to get restriction and from what you say, you don’t have a lot of restriction. Again with the bread situation, everybody is different and some people can tolerate it and some cant, I think that is all part of the journey to try all foods, by doing that you will know what food does and don’t agree with you. Eg I have friends who have been banded, one can eat bread and the other cant but they are both having good losses.

I take good old paracetamol, if the pain is really bad i take it every 4 hours. I also make sure i drink plenty of Water. seems to do the job for me

Hi all Welcome to my first blog entry:thumbup::biggrin2:…over the next few months I will blogging my lap band journey. A bit of background first though: Im 25 and have been overweight since I can remember, I have done all of the fad diets, starving myself, drinking protein shakes only, diet pills, reducing my portion sizes, slimming clubs…you name it ive done it! My problem is I have no problem in loosing the weight its just keeping it off. This year I finally decided to do something once and for all about my weight and am going to be banded. I am trying to get banded on the nhs (national health service) but I will have a few hoops to jump through first. Even if I am excepted im not to sure how long the wait is going to be. So in the mean time I have found a private surgeon who will do the op and have provisionally booked it for sept. Hopefully by that time the nhs will have gotten back to me and I will know what is what! Im currently 392lbs (cant believe im telling you all) I normally the kind of person, if you ask me what I weigh I will start going into one and have a hissy fit, it none of your business blah blah!! Lol lol But im praying to God that it wont be seeing that number for much longer. Because I am so heavy I am embarking on a diet to try and loose as much as I can before the op. I will be doing a pre op diet from the 4th august to skrink that sexy liver of mine lol! So if you wanna here me cuss and complain stay tuned for that one lol. At the moment I am trying to make healthier food choices and step up my exercise. The exercise part I am struggling with, (any excuse lol) part of me thinks get your lazy ass up and do it and the other half thinks, ahhh …..the pain. I find it really hard to walk at the mo because of the pain in my joints but I have taken up swimming since last sept and do enjoy it. I only go to one class a week but that can defiantly be stepped up. Since I have decided to get banded I have been having some funny dreams…..in one im prancing about in a bikini, in another ive got ripped abs!! Ripped abs??? lol lol I could give you a six pack roll of fat right now…lol But in all seriousness , I know that this is the best decision I have made and whether it be down the private or nhs route, Stay tuned…… GG!!:cool: