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Hi I am new as well, I am concidering haveing my op in May, through Tullia Law, I have still to pay etc. How did you find the doc etc, are you excited etc x mandy

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Thanks for you PM, would be gratefull if you or any of ur mates know how to book with Dr Chris. I have been thinking of haveing the band for about 2 or 3 years and now i know the time is rite. x Mandy

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Thanks for you PM, would be gratefull if you or any of ur mates know how to book with Dr Chris. I have been thinking of haveing the band for about 2 or 3 years and now i know the time is rite. x Mandy

Welcome to the forum mandy, hope the pm helped you a bit, im sure one of the other bandsters will be able to give you the email add so you can book direct x

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Hi I am new as well, I am concidering haveing my op in May, through Tullia Law, I have still to pay etc. How did you find the doc etc, are you excited etc x mandy

Hi Mandy and welcome to this mad mad thread, we have great fun on here as well as for support and information, feel free to ask anything at all.

I initially contacted Tullia Law as well as some other intermediary agencies, found out who the surgeon was and came on here to research him. Through this thread I found out I could book direct through the surgeon and his management team and they will also arrange all taxi's and the price includes the hotel, but not meals, I wanted the taxi's sorted caus I did'nt want to sort them out at Belgium myself, plus the cost was cheaper, probably because there is no agency fee added to the price.

The care and cleanliness is second to none, I dont know of anyone who has regretted going to Dr Chris for the OP. Some have used Tullia, and no doubt you can get further info from them and whether it was the best way to book or not. I was extremely impressed with the direct service as you are consultated by the management team in person much more and hand led through every eventuality. Good luck in which ever way you book, ultimatly thr same surgeon will do your op and he is very good at his job.

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Hi Mandy, the e.mail address for the intial enquiry is frederick.serneels@ecfs.be I would put a heading of NEW ENQUIRY to attract his attention caus he's sometimes a bit slow answering his e.mails, but dont book with anyone else until you have the full details. Good luck.

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Thanx Fatpants i have replied.

I know what you mean Flirty, there's nothing better than a good laff...its good for the soul.

Keep up the good work all of you xxx:thumbup:

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Hi, soz to bother you, I am new on here, I am looking to book direct with Dr Chris, But I cant seam to find him to email or ring him, I have beeb speaking to Hullia Law and would like to get more info, re payment, how long you stay in hossi, etc, would love to book as soon as poss Mandy x

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thanks to all of you for your info, and welcomes, you have all made me feel so welcome I will def email the doc. You have all done great with the weight loss, i just hope i do as well as all you guys Thanks again x mandy

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Hi mandy you'll get the hang of it soon, I've sent you a private messsage, with the details on plus I've put the e.mail details a little further up this page. good luck

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Hi Mandy

I know its going to be a pain but I got most infomation from sitting down with a pen and paper and reading this whole thread from the very start and jotting things down as I went along there are lists of things to take, best things to wear, and a host of info here, its take a bit of time but will be well worth it, there's a lot of nonsence on here to caus we have a laugh, it'll give you an insight to the personatilies on here,hope you got a sence of humour caus most of all we have fun,

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Thanks to each and every one of you for your friendliness, help etc, Hopefully I will get the nack of all this. I am hopeing to book my operation as soon as possible, you lot have help to add all the extra pieces together for me. I would love to know more about you all, when you all had ur ops, how you all prepared for the op, how you are all doing with your weigh loss etc, soz guys, 2 many questions all at once,I will soon stop asking the all the boreing questions and be shareing my weight loss with you all x:thumbup:

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Hi mandy, dont worry about asking questions.. we have all been there and asked for as much info as possible so none of us will mind, its a big step but one you wont regret. I got banded jan 16th 09 and so far i have lost 2 stone.. i will be having my 2nd fill 2moro so fingers crossed it will start moving again. If you do book to go with dr chris and his team you will probably find someone on here who will be going at the same time as you, that way a bit of extra support as well as what everyone on here will give you x

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