Hi guys

I've been lurking about for a bit but thought I'd finally say Hi as I've finally got my date for surgery.

I am based in the UK and had a band op in Belgium (self funded) in 2005. I loved it and lost a lot of weight quickly. Met a guy and fell in love so didn't worry too much about losing anymore. I messed about big time with my fills. And was never really happy after the initial honeymoon period.

I suffered with reflux whenever I had any restriction therefore my band was quite loose a lot of the time so I started regaining. I fell pregnant unexpectedly in 2009 and me & my partner split - cue massive emotional eating (and eating 'for 2')

I had problems with getting a fill last year and under xray they discovered my band had slipped so now I have been offered a sleeve and am very lucky to be getting it on the NHS. I luckily have no co-morbidities but am suffering hip, knee and foot pain quite badly.

I made my decision that I need to give another op a try and am excited at having another bite at the cherry while also worrying that I'll sabotage this op as I did the band and ultimately that I'll die and leave my little girl all alone...

The fear of dying is paralysing me and combined with stress at work I've been signed off for a couple of weeks. So now I have the chance to come on and immerse myself in 'sleeve talk'.

Thankfully over the past few days I've decided to try cut out the junk food and help get healthy for the op. Not easy as when my 3yr old is acting up I am craving chocolate and crisps hehe.

Well thanks for letting me share, hope to be speaking to you all a bit more during my journey.....

gilx

hello and welcome im pre-op ive everything and anything wrong with me even the fact that I have very low cholesterol which I was told can be as dangerous as high, so sit back and enjoy your time out xx

anna

Thanks Annabelle - what a coincidence I met an Annabelle who was sleeved at the same time as me and we've been friends for years now She has done really well with the band.

Sorry to hear about your illnesses, will the sleeve help with low cholesterol?

gilx

Welcome, you will find support and alot of good answers here on this forum. Any questions you have please feel free to ask. As for if the surgery will lower cholesterol, yes it will. The sleeve is all about teaching you to put healthy foods in your body. Again welcome aboard

Thanks Leeann

Welcome.....I will admit that I have not been on here for too long. However, this web site really helped me through a few tuff spots.....glad you are here. will find plenty of support here....