Hi,
Well, today has been a major milestone. I rang the hospital in Oxford and spoke to the correct person and kick started my journey. I am off for my first seminar next Friday and the assessment 6 weeks later.
To date, I am the heaviest I have ever been. 364lbs. This is after a life long battle with obesity starting at a very young age. In 2002 I decided to borrow some money and run away to Paris to have a Swedish Lap band fitted. The aftercare was atrocious and I was shouted at by my surgeon. Not the most sympathetic of surgeons. Despite losing 50-60lbs, I was a failure. But a team at Addenbrookes took me on and I have been guided by them ever since. It was clear that further surgery was needed and they felt that I should consider a Rouen Y.
The one thing the band did for me was to install some confidence and I embarked on internet dating and 3 years later met the love of my life subsequently had the most amazing wedding in 2008. Despite being warned that conception was a very slim chance, we did it twice with ease and both births were straightforward. My husband is still thrilled with the two fingers I put up to science and our miracles that are now 4 and 2.
What now? I am exhausted.. Carrying the weight of three smallish people and looking after two munchkins. My band was removed at the same time as my Gall bladder in July 2013. The band had slipped and had more than out stayed its welcome. My health is good and my only criteria for surgery was my wapping great BMI. The funding arrived and the search for some where to have it done began. It is mad that my team at Addenbrookes don't have the commissioning to carry out Bariatric surgery. So off to Oxford I go, owing to a personal recommendation.
I am thrilled to have found this forum. Something I didn't do when I had my band, as my job wasn't conducive to ad hoc blogging. Today, I have been terrified by dumping, but reassured that it is a deterrent.
Any tips and advice will be gratefully received.
Well, today has been a major milestone. I rang the hospital in Oxford and spoke to the correct person and kick started my journey. I am off for my first seminar next Friday and the assessment 6 weeks later.
To date, I am the heaviest I have ever been. 364lbs. This is after a life long battle with obesity starting at a very young age. In 2002 I decided to borrow some money and run away to Paris to have a Swedish Lap band fitted. The aftercare was atrocious and I was shouted at by my surgeon. Not the most sympathetic of surgeons. Despite losing 50-60lbs, I was a failure. But a team at Addenbrookes took me on and I have been guided by them ever since. It was clear that further surgery was needed and they felt that I should consider a Rouen Y.
The one thing the band did for me was to install some confidence and I embarked on internet dating and 3 years later met the love of my life subsequently had the most amazing wedding in 2008. Despite being warned that conception was a very slim chance, we did it twice with ease and both births were straightforward. My husband is still thrilled with the two fingers I put up to science and our miracles that are now 4 and 2.
What now? I am exhausted.. Carrying the weight of three smallish people and looking after two munchkins. My band was removed at the same time as my Gall bladder in July 2013. The band had slipped and had more than out stayed its welcome. My health is good and my only criteria for surgery was my wapping great BMI. The funding arrived and the search for some where to have it done began. It is mad that my team at Addenbrookes don't have the commissioning to carry out Bariatric surgery. So off to Oxford I go, owing to a personal recommendation.
I am thrilled to have found this forum. Something I didn't do when I had my band, as my job wasn't conducive to ad hoc blogging. Today, I have been terrified by dumping, but reassured that it is a deterrent.
Any tips and advice will be gratefully received.
