Hi i am new on here, and so glad i found this site, its brillant for advice etc.

I had my band fitted 3 days ago with the Hospital group @ Bromsgrove Hospital Surgeon was Martin Richardson.

I am ok actually yesterday i had pain in my left shoulder, but today it has somewhat eased. I have read all the negative comments about the hospital group on here and they did actually make me think "WHAT HAVE I DONE" but i must say i found them not too bad. I do see what people say about personnel care because it is like a bit of a production line, and the only negative i do have to say is i dont like they way they prepare you for surgery. You have to actually walk into the theatre before they put you to sleep...! (That i think could really freak some people out) but the nurses etc afterwards was fantastic and there is a nurse in particular called Elaine Downey that really did know her stuff...

Having say that i have not got a clue about how i go about getting my first fill etc and hopefully speak to the Hospital Group on Monday for information. (Maybe i might think differently after that phone call). I did only go for the £4950 package as thought that for an extra 2 and half grand the support afterwards was just not worth it. I was quite happy to pay for fills etc afterwards.

Has anyone else got any experiences with the surgeon, or bromsgrove hospital or maybe you were in the same day as me and we just didnt manage to swap numbers....

Hope you here from all you fellow bandsters out there...XXXXX

Debbie

I had my op in Bromsgrove and found the whole experience great. They were efficient attentive and organised. The surgery went fine and I left the next day with no problems. I also had the £5,000 package but that included two years band fills.

Hoya ladies I had my lap band 1st Oct the Hosp group may have improved slightly, on information pack, all info was their, but I did feel once money in their bank, their was no contact, I did think nursing staff were dreadful (however Dawn was very kind to me) I walked out in pain and in nightie, I was in pain , but any way that did pass each day, so much better at home got appt via phone with dietician this fri, and first fill 8th Nov, not lost a huge amount(11lbs) I too have BMI of 32, my port still sore and have pain on left hand side, would like a food dairy but will keep you posted, how you guys doing now??

Hi I had my surgery done by Mr Halstead but had to go to Nuffield in Leeds due to my asthma but I thought he was really nice.

I had my gastric band put in at Bromsgrove by an Icelandic surgeon. I will say this: you may lose something in the first few days after being banded as you can't eat much while recovering, but the The Hospital Group had never intimated to me that the band would only start working months later after I had had enough fills.

The first few months are awful - you've paid the money, you've had an operation, and you have no restriction - so it is simply a case of having fill after fill until it works.

Hi I'm getting my first fill tomorrow so looking forward to it it's been 4 weeks since my op and I'm starting to feel really hungry

How many fills did you have before you felt any restriction?

I had to have many many fills before restriction. 4 or 5. Most people have restriction after 1 or 2 fills.

Hello I am having my band on the 24th of January in the hospital group. I don't know who is my surgeon yet but I will all let you know. Is anyone been banded at this time. Anyone has any updates??? Thank you

Hi good luck hope all goes well

I've not lost much weight over the past 2 weeks as I don't have much restriction yet I'm hoping when I get my next fill (which is next week) this will help with my portion size and I'm also starting back the gym this week.

Let us know how you get on

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I've not lost much weight over the past 2 weeks as I don't have much restriction yet I'm hoping when I get my next fill (which is next week) this will help with my portion size and I'm also starting back the gym this week.

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Yeah I will deffo let you know how I get on. How's the hospitals group being, the aftercare??

I found the hospital group to be ok once you haveyour operation it's as though they get you out the door as quick as possible but the hospital group phone you a few days later and then some one else will call for your first fill and that's when you get to speak to the nutritionist at the clinic but you can phone them and ask asana questions as you need (which I did several times).

I found the hospital group to be ok once you haveyour operation it's as though they get you out the door as quick as possible but the hospital group phone you a few days later and then some one else will call for your first fill and that's when you get to speak to the nutritionist at the clinic but you can phone them and ask asana questions as you need (which I did several times).

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Thank you so much for your info. I will be calling them as well if I need to know anything, making our money worth. Did you get interviewed by Julie? She is really good just wondered. And how's the surgery so far? How you getting on?

Hi there

I had my surgery on the 15 August at Dolan Park by Mr Sigurdsson.

I felt that I wasn't very well informed when in hospital waiting for my surgery. I was just left waiting with no idea of when I was due to go down.

Nurses were OK but not brilliant, I have had just as good service with the NHS.

The nurse and dietician who have called me since surgery have been lovely and really helpful.

I had my first fill this week with a lovely nurse and it was totally pain free, have felt fine since.

I am pleased that I have gone for the surgery and feel that the hospital group has been good value.

Good Luck everyone

Anyone from Manchester? How you all doing. I will have my band anniversary on the 27 of January! Everything is going great I was 14st4 and now weigh 8st13, I went from size 18 to size 8!!!!!!!!! Omg!!! Can you all believe it? It's been hard work but so rewarding!