Hi wooosh and gg2007!
Banded life so far has been pretty good. i was super sore on Sunday but the tenderness gets less every day. Today I feel well enough to catch the bus back to the hositpal to pick up the meds they forgot to give me at discharge (
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I had my surgery done on the NHS. I was suprised at how simple the process was. From what i read my expeirence is not normal. I saw a thing about banding on the TV and went to my GP and asked for a referral. First time he said "No, i dont beleive in that kind of surgery. I beleive in behavior modification". So i left there in a right huff and made another appointment to see a different GP at the practice. He gave me the referral without a quibble and just kind of rolled his eyes when i told him what the other doc said.
I had an apointment with Mr Jenkinson within 2 months and then did 3 months of weight loss drugs (which had very little effect). We then applied and got funding in about 3 weeks and i was on the surgery list. I had my surgery about 2 months after getting funding.
it really does seem to be a postcode lottery as to who gets the surgery and how long it takes.
Thanks for the welcome!
Cheers
Carolyn
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