Karenmulp
Member
Hello everyone,
I started this process at my doctors 2 years ago. He referred me to SWMS. I then attended a seminar with the knowledge that I would need further appointments with different specialists and had to loose 10% of my weight. I jumped through all the necessary hoops for 9 months. Then one day I received a letter saying I had been removed from the service due to a number of missed appointments. I was devastated. When I rang and told the receptionist I had attended all appointments received, she informed me that there were 2 I had missed. I argues with her, telling her I had not received any but she would not budge and I was told to go back to my gp of I wanted to get back on the service. So I did exactly that but had to start from the very beginning. So in total it's been 1 year and 10 months since I started. I am now at the stage where I think I am nearing the finish line.
I am booked in for an endoscopy on March 3rd and a surgeon appointment on the 28th February. I have now been discharged from SWMS and complete care handed over to North tees hospital in stockton on tees. I have met Lorraine who told me I needed no further assessments so should be plain sailing from here.
I am doing this because I have had 3 spinal operations and I have been told that my weight could be contributing towards the pain. I am hoping to take away some of the pain in my back and knees so I can be more able and go back to work.
My questions to everyone are:
1. How many of you got sedated for the endoscopy? And what is the sedation like?
2. I'd like to know people's journeys and if you think I am any closer to getting my surgery now?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read such a long post. Just wanted to give people a good idea of where I am at this stage xxx
I started this process at my doctors 2 years ago. He referred me to SWMS. I then attended a seminar with the knowledge that I would need further appointments with different specialists and had to loose 10% of my weight. I jumped through all the necessary hoops for 9 months. Then one day I received a letter saying I had been removed from the service due to a number of missed appointments. I was devastated. When I rang and told the receptionist I had attended all appointments received, she informed me that there were 2 I had missed. I argues with her, telling her I had not received any but she would not budge and I was told to go back to my gp of I wanted to get back on the service. So I did exactly that but had to start from the very beginning. So in total it's been 1 year and 10 months since I started. I am now at the stage where I think I am nearing the finish line.
I am booked in for an endoscopy on March 3rd and a surgeon appointment on the 28th February. I have now been discharged from SWMS and complete care handed over to North tees hospital in stockton on tees. I have met Lorraine who told me I needed no further assessments so should be plain sailing from here.
I am doing this because I have had 3 spinal operations and I have been told that my weight could be contributing towards the pain. I am hoping to take away some of the pain in my back and knees so I can be more able and go back to work.
My questions to everyone are:
1. How many of you got sedated for the endoscopy? And what is the sedation like?
2. I'd like to know people's journeys and if you think I am any closer to getting my surgery now?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read such a long post. Just wanted to give people a good idea of where I am at this stage xxx