Hi I was just wondering how many of us there were on this site. Also what part of the uk are you from.

I will start by saying I am from Somerset. (formally Wales been here 6years)

Mrs D

hi im jan and i live in east london have done all my life , im waiting to see if the pct will fund my operation, good luck to you all:clap2:

Hello I come from Leicestershire

Hi I am from Kent, morbidly obese and still trying to get an appointment with a specialist, not much luck so far as the funding is a problem here. I don't have a problem with food, I eat when I am hungry but I have a health problem and can't burn the food I do intake I have maintained this weight for a long time but I just can't lose it. I am hoping that with the band I can just reduce my portions to the minimum and get this rotten weight off me. I feel like a skinny person trapped in a wrong body - anyone else feel like that?

Daisey22:think

Hello Daisy22

Welcome to the site. It is a shame that there is little money in Kent for Weight Loss Surgery. From what I can gather from other sites you have to really pester your PCT and a letter to your MP is a must. I don't suppose you would consider self pay? A lot of people have to. I have also got private health insurance and they will not pay for it either. Anyway good luck with your weight loss journey.

Thanks for your reply, I would love to go private if I had the funds. I am now registered disabled (I can walk though) and my husband has MS and is in a wheelchair. So money is kinda tight. For years I felt it must be me but the GP has finally seen that I desperately need help. I will write a letter too, it may well help.

Cheers Jane

hi daisy22

have you asked your doctor to refer you for surgery if so get him/her to do so and just keep on pestering the pct , i am waiting to hear if they are going to fund my surgery and i asked to have it done at a private hospital, the lady from the hospital is chasing up the pct on my behalf,good luck and keep pestering

Hiya Daisy, another site I am on there is people on there that have funding and they live in Kent, maybe not the same part as you but you have to fight for this Hun.

Hi everyoneI was banded on the 15th of November 2006 I come from a small village called Kingussie which is in the Scottish Highlands but I now live in Bristol.

Hey im lucie, i live in bristol, waiting to have a band put in, just trying to find the right hospital to do it

Im 18st 11lb and 5ft 9 and 18 years old

Hi,

I'm from a village just outside Mansfield Nottinghamshire. Just been banded on 14th November 2007 on the NHS.

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Hi, i live in Nottingham and had my band in October 07 .

hi all

I am a lincolnshire yellow belly and proud of it:whoo:

just been for my first apt at derby hospitial yesterday. 26 nov 07. fingers X they say I can be bannded. then maybe will get my PCOS sorted once and for all.:rolleyes

take care all

Ann :kiss

Oooo good luck Ann hpe it all goes well for you

Got my consoltation with Healtier Weight Next tuesday- week today I cant wait to find out:whoo:

xXx

Hi to all

I live in Hampshire and i got my band fitted on saturday 24th, good luck to all those who have had one fitted and especially to those waiting for funding, will keep my fingers crossed for you

Best wishes

Lisa