Hi All,

I had my band put in November, and am just about ready to go in for my 1st fill in January 17.

I went all the way to Hungary to have my surgery by Dr. Vereczkei, at 400 ágyas klinika/Four Hundred Bed Hospital

in Pécs.

Very Happy and Healthy New Year!

WOW!!!!!!!! all the way to Hungary! Did I read that right?

Thanks for posting.. and I LOVE the pic of your doc!

Yes!, Tracyin KS...

But I am bilingual, so it made it very easy for me to communicate in Hungarian.

My doctor and the hospital stuff were amazing people, as the picture shows :-)

A pic of Dr. Vereczkei tells a thousands words :-)

I am so excited to join everyone in bandland.........I'm crossing my fingers for a quick insurance process!

Good luck with that Tracy!

Hi Kat, welcome to the lapband forum. Congrats on your surgery. Best of luck.

Hi Kati, Good for you!:clap2: My grandparents were Hungarian,and came to Australia to live a long time ago. My Hungarian is very limited as we really don't speak it in the home since my grandparents have been gone. My Grandfather's name was Bela, and my grandmother was also Kati!:bananapartyhat:.

Good luck with your weight loss journey. Susannah

Hello Susannah,

Number of the Hungarians immigrated to the United States, Canada, Australia and many other countries, all over the globe.

Too bad ... the history is not very kind to that little country and its people.

I felt ... I was taking advantage of their health care system, it did not feel right to be honest with you, but I had no other choice as a self-paid.

Kati is very common name in Hungary, here in the United States they call me Katie. But I still spell my name K.a.t.i., but my full name is Katalin.

Béla is a nice name also.

Béla originated ... I think ... from Béla III of Hungary (1172-1196).

One of the most famous Béla is Bartok Béla.

Bela Fleck's parents liked Bartok Béla so they named their son after him to Bela :-)

I took some pictures of old Pest:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fundelupa/sets/72157594422934103/

At the time of its hayday ... a century ago..., must have been something really breathtakingly beautiful.

Juliegraci, and Susannah thanks for the good wishes.

Wish you the same.

Welcome katalin

Wow! you were committed going all the way to Hungary...Good on you! Are you an immigrated Hungarian yourself? Congrats and I look forward to hearing of your progress.

:bananapartyhat: becky