Hi all, I was here previously over 9 years ago, but was then refused surgery on mental health grounds.
After a lot of stress, and a lot of work, I am now working with my local Tier 3 service, have been with them 2 years now and have lost 63kgs so far. I've been referred to Swansea for surgery and have seen the surgeon back in July 2024. He was very nice and is happy to proceed with surgery and we discussed the options, either the sleeve or the bypass. I now have to see the dietician this Friday and I have to admit, I'm so nervous but also excited.
Last time they said I wasn't emotionally strong enough; my family situation was awful, my daughter walked out after a row and it destroyed me.
I have been doing a lot of work with the psychologist from the WMT and it has been so helpful. She has said she is happy for the surgical team to contact her if there are any concerns, but both her and the Consultant from the team have said they'd never have referred me if they had any concerns, so I'm really hoping it will go ahead this time.
Anyway, its nice to be back, this was a lovely forum before, very friendly and useful, so thought I would come and say hi!
HI Mel
wow you have done amazingly well already and I agree you probably wouldn’t have been put forward if they thought you weren’t ready. This forum was a godsend to me when i begun my journey in 2016 and had my Surgerys in 2018, I had so much support and advice but unfortunately it seems to have gone really quiet in the past few years however there are still lots of diary’s to read, I think mine is in the bronze section and you need to post 100 times before you can access that section but there are so many helpful journeys to read that are available.
my best advice is reseach, research and research some more!! It is the best thing i ever done but also the hardest thing but i wouldn’t change it
good luck
i do still pop on so would love an update
take care
J
Hi, thanks for replying. Yes I thought it seemed quiet. When I was going through the assessment process last time it was really busy and I found it really useful.
How have you been since your surgery? Did you achieve what you wanted to?
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