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

Hey guys, thanks for all that so far.

I am living in Ireland at the moment (potentially moving to the UK within the next year or so).

Just wondering does anyone have experience of Dr. De Bruyne's aftercare in Ireland or the UK, for fills and appointments etc?

Thanks!

Thanks Hazard.

I am currently in the very early stages of looking into this and am also keen to give diet and exercise one last try but they do say the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results! I think this is definitely a last resort for me, and also a preventative measure - to make sure I stop gaining.

I agree it does fundamentally come down to the need for a change in behaviour but I find it difficult to imagine I'll have the discipline to see it through when I haven't in the past.

If I do decide to get the surgery it'll be a long way off - also I think it would be tough for me to get support from friends and family as they may see the surgery as a very extreme measure.

Time will tell - thanks for the input!

Any other thoughts?

There are clinics apartly that do the fills

Hey guys, thanks for all that so far.

I am living in Ireland at the moment (potentially moving to the UK within the next year or so).

Just wondering does anyone have experience of Dr. De Bruyne's aftercare in Ireland or the UK, for fills and appointments etc?

Thanks!

From what i read from the UK people who went to Belgium the fills are done in varying centres around the uk, not expensive at all and there is a telephone help line based in London i think, i know its a long thread but if u go back to the older posts on this thread i remember many people having the same questions u have and people posting answers to them. I dont think anyone has had problems getting fills in the Uk, Ireland i am not so sure about, but the help line numbers would be able to give u that info.

Good luck with your surgery Dr. Chris really has nothing but great reviews on here, so it would be safe to assume he comes highly recommended

Hello everybody, just wanted to see how everybody getting on?

Really good thanks! I've lost 2 stone 11 lbs since my op on oct 9th 2012. Really happy with how my fills have gone. Very happy! How are you getting on?

I cant believe its been so long since I came here.

I have gained loads, due to having the defills and also because of these damn hormone pills I have to take for the next 4 years to keep the cancer at bay.

Its just a losing battle. I cant eat much, about half a mug full at one sitting, but still the weight drags on. I had a fill back up to 7mls 2 weeks ago and have lost 3 kilos. I lost that the first week, and it hasnt shifted since.

My port hurt so much having the fill, its still very tender now. Chris and Freddyboy both say its because it has twisted, Typical for me. But it has put me off getting any more ins or outs for some time.

Hope everyones good and losing weight, speak soon. xxxx

I forgot to mention, for people that dont know me, that my band surgery was not done by Chris in Belgium, it was done in Southampton at the Bupa.

hello everyone, hope everyone is well. its been a while since I have been on here.its been over a year since my last fill. have booked my wedding for March 2014 so the motivation is back for me to lose weight again!! love reading everyone stories of success! !

hello everyone, hope everyone is well. its been a while since I have been on here.its been over a year since my last fill. have booked my wedding for March 2014 so the motivation is back for me to lose weight again!! love reading everyone stories of success! !

Hi Mand,

I am interested to know why you are under pressure to lose weight again after being banded?

Has the banding failed to keep the weight off?

Are you able to get around it?

Haz

i had surgery with Dr Chris last year in march, he did a tummy tuck for me and did a really good job for me. said he had gone further round my side thatn he would have done normally although he knows how much i have pushed myself to loose the 14 stone i lost so he tried to match my effort he said.

He had some bad reviews regarding an incident where he had banded someone and he was critrsized for it cos their weight wasnt high enough to warrent it but he is very good at what he does.

Hello has anyone got any up to date info on this? I'm 19 years old and I'm booking in with dr de buryne next month. Xx

Hi everybody, it looks like nobody come on this blog anymore.

Hi. He's a brilliant surgeon.

Three of my friends got bands with that doctor they all lost some weight it was a successful op and no complications but they all have had to pay another five grand to get the bands removed they had many health complications and never got to goal it wasn't the doc but the band it doesn't work

I had my band with dr Chris 7 years ago I lost eight stone and maintained a 21 Bmi easily for years then a regained four after having a slip and then two children very close together. My lapband no longer works and my symptoms are very common in lapbands. Dr Chris is a great surgeon and in four weeks I will be going back to him to have a revision to sleeve.

In my experience of being involved in lots of forums I would say that lap bands now have a high risk of complications and if I was you I would consider gastric sleeve first off which is a better lifestyle choice as you can eat all foods but in tiny portions but doenst have malabsorption like the bypass. With lapbands many people have difficulty eating proteins I.e meat and fibrous veggies which is not great if you are trying to maintain a healthy balanced diet.

However I am not a doctor and having a lapband helped me lose half my body weight nearly, meet an amazing handsome husband and have two children after being told I would probably not conceive. I don't regret it but I am looking forward to having a better standard of living with the sleeve.

Feel free to ask me any questions x