Hi everyone, it's really exciting to see people from the same area going through the same thing as me!
I have posted a thread this morning but thought i'm probably just as well asking you lovely lot what you think!
I was referred for a gastric band from my GP 8 weeks ago and have just received the consultation appointment this morning. It is the 11th of November at Sunderland.
hi vicky, the 1st apointment is a group seminar at the hospital where you go in as group with other new patients and the surgeon talks through all the different procedures and the pathway to getting surgery and explains how they do things, the dietician also chats to the group.
I am really excited but also really nervous. I have my heart set on this procedure now and am petrified they may refuse me.
Could anyone tell me what is discussed at the consulatation? Do they tell you on the day if you are suitable and if so what happens from there?
you wont be told at the group seminar if your suitable as a individual appointment will sent out after then.
Sorry to bombard you with questions you've probably answered a million times before!
To give you a bit background, i'm 26 years old, have a BMI of 41 and feel like my weight is the one thing that controls my life. I don't go out with my friends anymore, my husband and i are drifting apart due to my lack of confidence and i just feel like i am getting nowhere. I've tried weight watchers, slimming world, reductil, slimming tablets off a 'private doctor(!)' called phentermine (these actually worked for the first 3 months or so, cost a bomb too, but the effects soon wore off and it all came piling back on) and i am now at a loss as to what to do next.