Hi

I have decided to get the procedure done - just have to save up for it. I live in uk and want to go to Brussels as it seems cheapest and safest there. Anyone know of the above?

Thanks

Hello there everyone,

Haven't been on here in a while, but I'm back.

6 weeks post op today and 29lbs lost.

Feeling fantastic.

But boy i don't like that feeling of when the food hasn't been chewed propertly and gets stuck. OMG the pain!!!

I love my dinner hot and to be honest, tend to have mush for my dinner so I can eat it faster. If the dinner gets anyway cold, forget it, I just won't bother eating it.

Yesterday I was eating all round me, today I can eat barely anything.

Had my first fill 1st sept and had 3ml put in.

My next fill is 1st Oct, next week!!

All going well otherwise, so long as i chew.

Throwing out my size 20 jeans and trousers is a great feeling, knowing I will never need them again either :thumbdown:

Siobhain

Hi Siobhain well done on your weight loss so far over 2 stone thats fantastic you must be so pleased great you have restriction all ready,are you having fill with Frederick in Dublin,or are you going to Wendy in Swords,im trying to get Wendys number if you have it could please post it thanks xx :thumbup:

Hi Fatpants your very welcome i think you be fine as you say once you can drink and get soft food in you be fine i tried to eat proper food but it kept getting stuck so enjoyed myself ice cream & new York cheese cake yum,next day i came home i got back on track which i have never!!!!! been able to do usually it would take me about 3 months to start again its a learning curve i did feel a bit guilty about eating the bad stuff had to keep telling myself its OK to have the nice things now and again before with me it was nice things every day all day,still fighting off the choc demons :thumbup: dont think that will ever go so the safe way for me is not have any but having said that i am going to treat myself now again just dont trust myself yet, but for the mo im going to be good look forward to having a bit of choc at Xmas, i think we have to learn its ok to have something you like in moderation, i know i sound like a food junky but for me its an addiction, but before i could never have anything in moderation thats all changing for the better thanks to this little miracle band that has change my life so much for the better, fatpants have a great holiday sounds like you do have good restriction i think you be fine as long as your able to drink and eat soft food :thumbdown: xx

Hi Shoes,

Thanks for your supportive words.

Yes, I am really looking forward to our holiday!:thumbup:

Fatpants

I'm trying to get Wendys number if you have it could please post it thanks xx :thumbdown:

Hi there, bookings for Wendy Stubbs are made through Colleen Campbell. Their number is 0800 78 79 029 and the web site is Weight Loss Surgery Group - Home Although I've not met them yet, Wendy was very helpful over the 'phone when I had a panic in the first few days.

Hope this helps

Hi there, bookings for Wendy Stubbs are made through Colleen Campbell. Their number is 0800 78 79 029 and the web site is Weight Loss Surgery Group - Home Although I've not met them yet, Wendy was very helpful over the 'phone when I had a panic in the first few days.

Hope this helps

Hi Singingparrott thanks for that i will ring them :mad:

OMG wheres everybody gone so quite please come back

Hi Anitahug,

I read what you said in your chat, I have also read other banders remarks about going to their GP and nurse for getting stitches out etc... and they have had a similar reception that you got! I seem to be very lucky, my GP had been through a lot with me trying to loose weight and had referred me for a band on the NHS, I had a problem with the psychologist, she talked down to me and treated me like a dozzy cow, on that day it just felt like the final straw, I should have been on the Jeremy Kyle show because I just lost the plot, my hubby chin was on the carpet. It was then that we decided to go private! Since my op, I got my stitches out by the nurse, she was very kind and polite, maybe I was lucky!

ANYWAY..... the reason I am writing is because I wanted to tell you something, did you get your band with Chris? I am assuming yes and that's why you are on here! Chris told me that there had been a problem with slippage in the past so the modified the procedure slightly, now he actually stitches your stomach tissue round the band in 2 or 3 points. So next time you see that b**** you can enlighten her!

Fatpants

After having a fill a week past tuesday, my second, Ive felt like Ive got restriction. I was able to eat one 1/3 of a normal portion. However yesterday I could hardly get anything down not even mashed potato. The band has a b***dy mind of its own. When I think back I was on the phone to my friend while I was eating and may not have been concentrating and something got stuck so since then to sore to eat anything. Well it keeps us on our toes. Is everyone on holiday? jx

After having a fill a week past tuesday, my second, Ive felt like Ive got restriction. I was able to eat one 1/3 of a normal portion. However yesterday I could hardly get anything down not even mashed potato. The band has a b***dy mind of its own. When I think back I was on the phone to my friend while I was eating and may not have been concentrating and something got stuck so since then to sore to eat anything. Well it keeps us on our toes. Is everyone on holiday? jx

Not yet but going on the 7th to tunisia for 3 weeks....I'm soooo excited!

I know we are not supposed to drink whilst eating, but next time you get something stuck try gulping down some water, one gulp at a time just incase you can't swallow, it flushes the food through, it might be a little bit uncomfortable but it gets the horrible feeling of stuck food away and it's going to be painfully slow going through and painful, so you may as well get it out of the way fast. On the other hand on 2 occasions when I tried to do that it didn't work, and it all came back up! Not good when you are sitting in a restaurant, but it's better out tyhan in!

Fatpants:thumbup:

Not yet but going on the 7th to tunisia for 3 weeks....I'm soooo excited!

I know we are not supposed to drink whilst eating, but next time you get something stuck try gulping down some water, one gulp at a time just incase you can't swallow, it flushes the food through, it might be a little bit uncomfortable but it gets the horrible feeling of stuck food away and it's going to be painfully slow going through and painful, so you may as well get it out of the way fast. On the other hand on 2 occasions when I tried to do that it didn't work, and it all came back up! Not good when you are sitting in a restaurant, but it's better out tyhan in!

Fatpants:thumbup:

hi..im going on weds to tunisia for 2 weeks too!(skanes)..i cant wait either!..i am having a little bit took out of my band before i go i decided..i have good restriction since beginning of june, so will just have it put back in the same when i get back.. i only look on here every few days now, and not got as much time to reply at the mo..but i like to read how your all getting on...everybody seems to be doing ok...its very up and down this band..but so glad i got it!..best wishes to everybody, love gillian x

Hello all. I was lucky enough to meet Kaka this week as we were banded the same day along with two other lovely women. I hope to see them on the board as well. Again, I can't express my gratitude for having this thread and the information it has provided. Thank you all.

hi..im going on weds to tunisia for 2 weeks too!(skanes)..i cant wait either!..i am having a little bit took out of my band before i go i decided..i have good restriction since beginning of june, so will just have it put back in the same when i get back.. i only look on here every few days now, and not got as much time to reply at the mo..but i like to read how your all getting on...everybody seems to be doing ok...its very up and down this band..but so glad i got it!..best wishes to everybody, love gillian x

We're going to Hamamet, I am really looking forward to it. I made the decision not to have an unfill, as I am afraid I'll gorge myself! Today I have managed to really stuff myself so if I had an unfill I feel it would be a disaster, I also begrudge paying £180 to take something out then put it back in 4 weeks later! Have a fab time on your hols!

Fatpants :scared2:

hi..im going on weds to tunisia for 2 weeks too!(skanes)..i cant wait either!..i am having a little bit took out of my band before i go i decided..i have good restriction since beginning of june, so will just have it put back in the same when i get back.. i only look on here every few days now, and not got as much time to reply at the mo..but i like to read how your all getting on...everybody seems to be doing ok...its very up and down this band..but so glad i got it!..best wishes to everybody, love gillian x

Ah Gillian its so nice to hear from you. I miss you and bigsis's comments on here. You always gave me good advice. Right now I think I am at my sweet spot even though Ive only had 2 fills. I can eat 3 crackers with a topping for breakfast, cup a soup for lunch and a tiny meal for tea ie 1/3 of a side plate full. Freckles reckons Im at my sweet spot. The confusing thing is I feel full in my chest area and not my tummy so I have to trick my brain into thinking Ive had more to eat than Ive had. If I dont do that I go for that last bite and boy do I pay for it. Still I know this is a learning curve and Im getting better at it. Soooo nice to hear from you again, please check in more reguarly. Jx:mad2:

We're going to Hamamet, I am really looking forward to it. I made the decision not to have an unfill, as I am afraid I'll gorge myself! Today I have managed to really stuff myself so if I had an unfill I feel it would be a disaster, I also begrudge paying £180 to take something out then put it back in 4 weeks later! Have a fab time on your hols!

Fatpants

Hi fatpants when I went on holiday to Florida the band did tighten for the first 4 days and then slackened off so I agree with you about not having a defil. Be prepared for the first few days and you should be fine. Have a great time. How much have you lost now? Jx:tongue2:

Hi Sue, Sheila here. Just new to this site, and struggling to navigate through it. How are you?

G'day everyone!

Well im home after having the op on tuesday and although feeling a bit sore and achy and lots of wind, im doing ok.

It was fab to meet Sue (Singing Parrot) and the other two ladies Wendy and Sheila who i hope pop along and join the site too. I also met Starsky (Susan) last night and she's lovely - loads of luck to her today xxx

Ive not felt hungry at all since the op and have had to force some cup-a-soups down me to make sure that ive got some energy. Drinking plenty of water too and about to start using the juicer now im home.

Sue - I hope you're feeling a bit brighter chuck and the hiccups have gone.

Just a query though - did any of you fellow banders have a hernia? Dr Chris told us that all 4 of us English patients he operated on that day had them to a greater or lesser degree - i wondered if anyone had one too and if there were any after-effects of it being repaired?

Im off for a relaxing break away now until sunday evening at a spa, so although i wont be able to do the spa thing i really am looking forward to laying about doing nothing except a soothing facial!

Happy burping new banders )

Bev xxxxx

Hi Bev Sheila Here, how are you.

I have a bit of a problem last week I sneezed realy hard , and since then I have had some pain where the port is. There is also a bit of swelling but hoping that is just the result of having a foreign body in me. Could you or anyone else let me know if they have had pain after nearly three weeks of surgery. Other than that I am fine and looking forward to my first fill, Take care Bev and good luck. Luv Sheila