Dharma

hello i'm brand new to this forum which i found accidentally but looks like a fantastic community. i have been overweight all my life and after much consideration, research and doubt, I finally decided to have the gastric banding. Three years ago I was accepted for the lap band in Belgium - I was delighted because at the time my BMI was only 32 and this was deemed unacceptable for lap band surgery in the UK where I live. However, my then husband did not allow me to go thru with the surgery insisting that I should loose weight the 'natural' way (he sent me to a hypnotherapist); although he had already witnessed several attempts and failures with drastic diets, medication etc. I was really upset because I truly felt the band was my last option to get a normal life. Anyway, to cut a long story short, today my soon-to-be-ex-husband has no longer control over me and I would love to have the band fitted. The problem is that due to the heartache I did loose some weight and now my BMI fluctuates between 29.3 and 31.2. Sadly, the surgeon that accepted me 3 years ago received some bad press because he was performing surgery on patients with BMI less then 35 or borderline 30 and he no longer can elect me for surgery. I am devastated!! I desperately need the band and now cannot have it. Does anyone have experience of lap band fitted to people with BMI 30 or less? can you recommend a good surgeon that would be able to perform this? I am really desperate to change my life and get out of this lifelong awful succession of weight loss failures. Please help if you have any info. thank you !! Dharma