Hi Folks, new to the forum, but have been on the journey for many years. I live on the Gold Coast, Qld Australia J and am considering the Sleeve. I was one of the first is Aust to have a Band back in 2000 so over 20 years ago !! Was placed by Dr Les Nathenson out of the Wesley in Brisbane, whilst I had great success with the band (just over 50Kg) I had to have the band removed after 12-14 months as a result of a Staf Infection, from the day of surgery I struggled with wound issues not healing properly and pain as a result of the infection. Underwent an ‘explority’ look and see surgery to wake and find that Les had removed the band altogether as there was a serious infection. Hmmm I wasn’t happy but.. I was down to 90Kg so needed some time for body to recover from the infections etc and life went on.. 20 years later I am now 52 and back up to 155kg.. Really considering the sleeve as I don’t have any reflux or other issues at this stage, also lot less risky than a bypass. I am looking for recommendations and experiences people have had with any local Gold Coast surgeons, my research has led me to Dr Jacobus Jordaan and Victor Liew, both seem to be at the opposite of each other when it comes after surgery support, but both seem very experienced and a big price difference. I am not wedded to either surgeon so keen to hear about others experiences with these or any other Gold Coast based surgeons.As well as your own journeys J my email is mikeyba@hotmail.com?

Sorry can't help with recommendations for the Gold Coast, just wanted to say hello and welcome.

If you don't get a response here or many responses, there are a few active facebook groups for weight loss surgery in Australia and you may even find some that are focussed just on the Gold Coast. I have seen the name Victor Liew on a couple of the groups but not Jacobus Jordaan.

13 hours ago, Hop_Scotch said:

Sorry can't help with recommendations for the Gold Coast, just wanted to say hello and welcome.

If you don't get a response here or many responses, there are a few active Facebook groups for weight loss surgery in Australia and you may even find some that are focussed just on the Gold Coast. I have seen the name Victor Liew on a couple of the groups but not Jacobus Jordaan.

Thanks Hop_Scotch appreciate the response

cheers

Mikey

I’m from Australia but not from the Gold Coast. There’s a really good private FB group called ‘bariatric support Australia’ which has heaps of members from the Gold Coast. Would be worth checking it out.