I've just joined and don't, as yet, have a date for my sleeve but have realised with the NHS it may be some time away. I was just wondering if many people here have, or intend to, pay for their sleeve op. Look forward to replies!

Thanks for that suggestion . When I left the hospital they did give me some stuff for constipation if needed . So far I am on yogurt and soup no pain !

Great to hear you are doing so well Chris. Are you taking any vitamins? Long term I hope to be ok by eating a healthy, balanced diet as I know I would forget to take the vitamins. I'm hopeless with taking tablets for anything! I do recognise I should take them at the start, so can anyone recommend any good ones sold in the UK and would I be able to get them on prescription?

where Is the UK group?? x

Great to hear you are doing so well Chris. Are you taking any Vitamins? Long term I hope to be ok by eating a healthy, balanced diet as I know I would forget to take the vitamins. I'm hopeless with taking tablets for anything! I do recognise I should take them at the start, so can anyone recommend any good ones sold in the UK and would I be able to get them on prescription?

I got Centrum liquid off Amazon for the first 2 months and have started taking it now as tablets make me feel sick whilst on the pre op diet. My surgeon has suggested Centrum Advanced for later and as I have used Centrum before with no issues, I will stick with them.

The liquid vitamins taste nice, no aftertaste and go down well. Its about £20 for a months worth. I will be getting my B12 injections at the GP Surgery every 3 months.

Nice to see you are home and well @@chrisredjeep

I have got the liquid centrum . Today I'm on the yogurt and I will have soup later . Hoping to go for a ride in the car this afternoon . Not long now for you Kate you will walk it girl !

Self funded in UK for £10k. I'm taking forceval vitamin on prescription from GP which works out much cheaper as got a 3 month prescription. I'm

Also on 15mg lansoprozole.

Currently waiting for gastric bypass procedure , I have an appointment in September which will involve me having a comprehensive medical inc seeing the Anethetist , weigh myself meet the nurse , surgeon , blood tests and psychiatric evaluation . Does any one know roughly the time between going to this evaluation and the operation itself as still have not received a surgery date yet and thought there might be a time frame that can't be exceeded between the evaluation and actual surgery inc pre op diet . As circumstances and body may change ... A less complicated way of explaining what I mean is that all the results from the evaluation made on me could become invalid or wrong if operation is not preformed relatively soon after my medical ....?? Any one else know?

Also all the other hospital appointments I've had , have had a 6 months in between them hence why I'm thinking will I wait another gap between this appointment and surgery .

@Hi I am 66 years old and had no health problems so decided to self fund.It was the best money I ever spent and if you can afford it I would urge you to go ahead.I would really love to hear from other uk sleevers.I have had absolutely no problems and though I still have 3 stones to go I feel fit as a butchers dog and am wearing size 16 clothes.Pippinleicester.

Hi Pippi in Leicester, great to hear that you are doing so well. Im two weeks out and I feel really good. When did you have your op ?

Im in Pembrokeshire West Wales

@@chrisredjeep Hi I had my op on 17/11/14 and I am thrilled with the outcome.I now do nordic walking aquafit and cycling, before I had trouble even walking.I am going for a check up with the surgeon this evening.Great to hear from you Pippinleicester.

Hi Pippinleicester - It's nice to hear from someone further down the road. I'm having my op on 25 August, so it's great to hear from someone who is doing so well!

@@pippinleicester Nice to meet you too! We are such a welcoming bunch us UK ladies and gents . My surgeon said lots of people are having WLS in the UK and increasing a lot year by year. Its a great site here but nothing beats talking to people who know whats what in the UK. It's nice to meet someone who's a few months out!!

@@tia92 I think everywhere is different and it might be best to ask the team you are working with. They will know the time frame for their own surgeons either NHS or private, Waiting can be the annoying thing can't it however it will give you the time to really prepare yourself. I wish you all the best and a speedy surgery

Kate

@Kate_UK@Soodoo. I sometimes don`t like to mention this too much because I know some people have awful experiences but the whole thing has been a piece of cake (pardon the pun) for me. I had virtually no pain and was back at work in a week.I have had no problems post-op and am still losing steadily every month, perhaps not as fast as some but I had a band before this and people who switch tend to lose slower.I am still delighted with my 70lbs loss and best of all those scales are still going down and never up.I am in a real groove now with the new way of eating and feel like I could carry on for ever.Pippinleicester.

Oh please do @@pippinleicester, it’s good to get a balanced idea as to what might happen before, during and after WLS

I'm still shocked to hear some of the Americans have surgery, be out hours later, then fly or drive home, sometimes both, taking hours and hours to get home. I know for a fact, I couldn't have done that in the first day

I went out this morning, had my nails done, went for a walk and a bit of shopping and feel tip top. Still full of gas though but in the scheme of things, that's a walk in the park.

Kate