Turned down for private sleeve op!

[Gladys Friday]

Have been emailing a clinic in Czech to carry out gastric sleeve surgery and they have declined due to my medication and high bmi. Very disappointed to say the least.

 

[Bear]

Oh no Gladys. Keep trying other companies. Was it definitely abroad you were looking at?

 

[Gladys Friday]

Yes due to the price mainly. I was going to look into having surgery in Belgium because they do aftercare in UK. I am now worried that I won't be able to have it done and I guess I was taking it for granted that I would be OK if funding it myself.

 

[Stacey83]

Have you tried going via the NHS? It takes a while but they really look after you.

 

[Donna66]

I would suggest trying other companies in Czech or even Belgium. You never know, you might get lucky x

 

[A.Positive]

I am so sorry Gladys, I really do hope you are able to find someone with the experience to handle your case. May I ask what you BMI is and what medication you take.

I was speaking with my surgeon today, he said he carried out surgery on a patient just yesterday with a BMI of over 80. Perhaps he can assist you? He does private work and NHS.

 

[Gladys Friday]

Thanks a positive. My bmi is around 57 and I am on gabapentol, naproxen and tramadol all due to extreme pain in my lower back and leg. I am on amitriptyline as muscle relaxants, duloxetine as anti depressants. I also use a puffer in the morning and before bed as I apparently have asthma too. I was looking forward to being able to come off most of my medication once I had lost the weight.

Debbie

 

[Banana19]

Hi Debbie,

Please don't let this small hurdle get you down. Maybe NHS will be able to help? Keep all options open Sending cyber hugs your way as I type xxx

 

[Gladys Friday]

Thanks Banana. I will keep on researching. It may be that I will have to have it done here despite the cost. I won't give up yet it was just a bit disappointing to be told that and made me think that all surgeons would refuse me now.

Thanks for your kind words everyone. I will get there

Debbie

 

[Butterfly_lady]

I don't think its your BMI and I'm clueless on the meds you take, I'm sure if you keep looking/researching you will find something, don't forget to look at UK too I haggled and got almost £2k off my op

 

[Gladys Friday]

I didn't know you could do that Butterfly. I think I may look into UK surgeons as well now.

Debbie

 

[Butterfly_lady]

I didn't know you could do that Butterfly. I think I may look into UK surgeons as well now.

Debbie

I went for a consultation, then left it for a few weeks they rung me up, I (fibbed) that I was looking to go abroad and I was thinking of dieting to get my bmi to under 50 so its would be cheaper again, they then phoned back and said if I had the op in 13 days they could do it for £10k not £11k, I said I would of loved to but I only had £9k (fibbed again) hence me looking abroad and they took the £9k

 

[Gladys Friday]

My husband normally does that with everything but I didn't even think about doing it with surgeons. Good thinking though!!

Debbie