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Has Anyone Been (Or Due To Be) Banded At Dolan Park, England?

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Sazparella    1

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Hi

I'd like to hear any views on people's experiences of Dolan Park, England.

I'm still undecided as to whether to stay in England for surgery or go abroad.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Sarah xx

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lifebegins2012    21

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Thats where I'm going. It's in Bromsgrove, near Birmingham:) x

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Sazparella    1

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:lol: Excellent! I was looking into Dolan this afternoon and now I've just seen an advert for them. Have you done much research on them?

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lifebegins2012    21

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yes,I've looked through loads of stuff. they advertise everywhere! I assumed they do this the gastric bands at everyone of there hospital but perhaps they do other surgery. Dolan is my nearest one anyway. I worked with one of the consultants who does the surgery ( and he was the best in the hospital we worked at) but he's not available when I want it. The same consultants also do the surgery at the Bupa hospitals but it costs £7,000 there! x

If you reseach the surgeon on the bupa site, you get more of an insight .. for example i know now my surgeon has 4 boys, supports Liverpool FC and likes yauchting!

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Sazparella    1

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They have a clinic in Liverpool where you go to get your pre-op and post-op adjustments, but from what I understand, Dolan Park is where most of the surgeries are performed... Could be wrong though. I've asked for a consultation :lol: Imagine if we ended up having surgery on the same day? :P

Woah!! If they work for BUPA too then that is saying something! I'm hoping for an evertonian surgeon B) I'll check the BUPA site out. Thank you as usual!!!

Sarah xx

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lifebegins2012    21

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oh, that could work well!! If you still didnt want to tell anyone,you could stay in my spare room and my parents could take us there and back. i think you'd have to stay here a second night before being allowed to drive. my surgery is booked for Thursday 29th March ( I was hoping to move it as early as the 22nd March but 2 of our Gp's are away that week and my boss said all the nurses will have full clinics so I can't be spared).

Night xx

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Sazparella    1

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That's a very kind offer, thank you Chris! :) I will definitely consider it.

I'll see what the co-ordinators say to me and we'll have a chat :)

Nah night

Sarah xx

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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