Hi everyone! Just want to introduce myself. my name is Sheryl and im having my band fitted next week. Im very excited. I am travelling to Belgium and having my band done by Dr Christiaan De Bruyne at the AZ Jan Portaels in Vilvoorde. If there is any advice or recommendations that you can give me it will be much appreciated.

Hi everyone! Just want to introduce myself. my name is Sheryl and im having my band fitted next week. Im very excited. I am travelling to Belgium and having my band done by Dr Christiaan De Bruyne at the AZ Jan Portaels in Vilvoorde. If there is any advice or recommendations that you can give me it will be much appreciated.

Wow, why Belgium? Who will do your fills then? I hope you will spend a little time there looking around, it must be beautiful. It will be incredibly cold though. Don't fret if your band gets very tight on the way home on the plane, airplane travel makes everyone tighter and it will pass in a day or so. What an adventure. Be sure to post your story when you get back.

Good luck on your journey,

Hello soon-to-be-slim,

How did you get on with Dr Chris and your sugery?

I will be booking to have my surgery with him very soon.

Did you do an all inclusive deal or pay for everything separately?

Jo

Welcome, and good luck with your surgery. Where are you from that you need to go to get surgery in Belgium? My dr is just five miles away from my house, very handy as the first year after having mine put in, I saw him quite a bit!

Hi everyone! Just want to introduce myself. my name is Sheryl and im having my band fitted next week. Im very excited. I am travelling to Belgium and having my band done by Dr Christiaan De Bruyne at the AZ Jan Portaels in Vilvoorde. If there is any advice or recommendations that you can give me it will be much appreciated.

Wow! Good luck!

Hello

We are both from the UK. It is very, very expensive over here for weight loss surgery, around £8000+ which is roughly 9400 euro+

Thats if you can not get it from the NHS. You have to have a BMI over 60 in Hampshire, where i live, and mine is 53.

So we will be saving a lot of money even taking in to consideration flights and hotel costs.

I would never ever in a million years be able to afford this sugery which i so desperately need, in this country.