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hi i'm laila, i wish to get banded but i live in london do u know any good surgeon around here?

hiya laila most peep's i know go with dr chris debruyne,i paid 3500 for my package including hotel and taxi's so im pleased with that and wls group do a 4800 package with dr mark focquet including 3 year aftercare both are great surgeons:thumbup:

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Any one used Mr Ackroyd through WLS based in Sheffield? I'm researching surgeons but would prefer to stay in the Uk and am based in North Yorkshire.

soz havnt heard of him but wls is a top company so i assume all their surgeons are good:rolleyes2:

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Hi Laila I live in Scotland and went to Belgium for my surgery. I researched it for a year first and found that going abroad was not only the cheapest option but more importantly the safest. The hospitals have a 0% MRSA rate and they are very thorough. I know a few people that have posted on here haven't actually had the surgery yet but I was banded in May by Dr Chris De Bruyne in Brussels. The surgery itself went very well but I must admit I'm not too happy with the weight loss so far. However Im going for my 2nd fill this Friday so I'm hoping I will have some restriction then. Sorry i can't be more help regarding surgery in London but you could try weight loss surgery group, the Harley medical group or transform. Good luck

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hi can you please give me more information and if you have the clinic name phone number please and how much is it costing you the whole thing. thanks a lot

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hello thank you very much can you please give me a bit more information, a phone number for the clinic.

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hello thank you very much can you please give me a bit more information, a phone number for the clinic.

hi laila i went direct with surgeon chris debruyne his manager is frederik serneels email him on frederik.serneels@ecfs.be they are quite busy so usually get back to you in a couple of days the package is 4175 euros including hotel for 2 for 3 days surgery and taxi's,you stay in hotel campanille the night befor surgery and meet frederik and discuss everything,the following mor have surgery and stay one night in hos then back to hotel for one more night then you get discharged from hotel about 1 and return home, the surgeon visits uk once a month in different locations,you just pay 500 euro 2 weeks befor surgery then pay the rest to them the night before,i paid all mine upfront though,you can have surgery within 6 weeks of contact with them,if you search anyone heard of dr chris debruyne there is a thread 600 pages long of all the people who go to him and you will get all the advice you need,ive read them all thats y im going with him lol:rolleyes2:

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thank you very much weemombise and wannabe slinky.

my surgery is now booked for the 13th of august! i am very exicted but very scared of the surgery itself. i have a very low pain threshold i cannot bear any pain not even plucking my eyebrows.I am travellling back onthe 15th august by eurostar so i hope i want be in so much pain.

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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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      1. LeighaTR

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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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      1. summerseeker

        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.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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