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Everything was going so well for me

banded 7th july after 3 weeks 28lb lost and was due to have a fill 5th august

started at gym and all was fine, then bang its all gone tits up, i have a hernia right next to the large wound on my left side, its massive like a small football, i am gutted, canceled my fill and now await a hospital appointment,

i feel as though my world has fell apart, i am so fed up.

do you think i could still have a fill with a hernia?

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Everything was going so well for me

banded 7th july after 3 weeks 28lb lost and was due to have a fill 5th august

started at gym and all was fine, then bang its all gone tits up, i have a hernia right next to the large wound on my left side, its massive like a small football, i am gutted, canceled my fill and now await a hospital appointment,

i feel as though my world has fell apart, i am so fed up.

do you think i could still have a fill with a hernia?

That's certainly bad luck after such a good start. I could only say follow doctor's advice regarding the fill. Band or no band, you've got to get that hernia sorted out. Have you discussed this with your banding hospital?

Try not to get this setback out of scale. You will feel fed up, I certainly would. But try not to go back to bad eating habits. You've done great so far, and in a few weeks or months this setback will just be a memory.

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I dont know who to believe steve

after talking to Dr Chris in belgium he tells me this is a first for him,he says this is probably a haematoma he tells me to demand a second opinon and ask for a ct first before they do anything, so off i go to the specialist and he has a feel around and declares a hernia, i then tell him my Band doctor thinks it could be a haematoma, with this he then feels around again and says yes probably!! i then have to virtually tell him i want a ct to which he says yes thats probably the best thing, ha ha and thats me who didnt even get an o level biology, anyway i am feeling a lot better mentally now and have even booked in for my first fill and have today started to do some light training.

Thanks for taking the time out steve.

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Gives you great confidence in Dr Chris that he can diagnose something accurately that he has never seen phyically on you or another patient yet the nhs can't even get it right when you are standing in front of them :s

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