starshaped
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Hi, I am 31,32 in Jan. My journey with food and now the journey with waiting for answers and funding has been really very complex.
In the first place, right from an early age maybe since i was about 3 or 4 I have been increasingly overweight, very over weight, obese and mow morbidly obese. In my teens I developed an eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, which hounded me for about 15 years until I addressed it, seeking help from the eating disorder team in South Birmingham where I live.
My weight was at an all time high at this point. My obsession with food the binging had led to a steady increase on my weight until I was barely mobile. I asked my gp to refer me to the weight management team so i could ask for gastric surgery. I Didn't realise that at the time of my referraL, the eating disorder consultant psychiatrist wrote a letter to the WLS consultant telling them that i was emotionally unstable and would use the operation to harm myself.
The WLS consultant told me about this letter- which it turned out was written by someone I had never met not even for a single second! the Wls consultant told me that they would be unable to proceed down the consultant wls route but that I could attend the weight management group for six months then in a yearbook so aftr that reassess me to see if i was ready for surgery.
So I went away feeling disheartened but went to the groups anyway, also I had a sleep study where I discovered that I had severe sleep apnoea, nd also found out that I have type 2 diabetes. I sought treatment for these problems but have yet to achieve stability with the diabetes side of things.
Almost 2 years after my initial referral, I was called back to the clone, by which tome I was thoroughly miserable and downhearted about everything... I just wanted the surgery and had done everything they asked. Finally I was told by the consultant that if I could just get a letter from my mental health psychiatrist... Contradicting the other letter from the eating disorder specialist then we could proceed.
I got the letter from the psychiatrist as requested only to discover another stumbling block on that I am on a lifelong course of warferin because I have a clothing disorder in my blood... This would add another layer of complication to the surgery if it were to go ahead as the warferin I take would cause me to bleed out much more severely than if I was't on it.
I have FINALLY been givn the thumbs up by my shrink and by the people at the MDT meeting and am awaiting the green light from the surgical team so that I can go for funding.
Although I dofeel disheartened, I am trying to remain positive as I think the surgery would be life changing for me. One lost about 20 kilos since my journey started but progress is slow- which is why I need the gastric bypass.
I have made significant progress with my eating disorder, i no longer have huge fingers or make myself sick... I am slightly more active than i was before...
I have attended a Wls group at heartlands hosp in Birmingham as my dietician suggested and found it really interesting and informative.
I just want to get this done now... I feel like I have been proving myself the the team for two whole years now.
I was wondering, has anyone else g
Had the surgery (gastric bypass) whilst on warferin? I would love to know how that was managed.
Keeping everything crossed that it all goes to plan!! Sorry this is so long...
In the first place, right from an early age maybe since i was about 3 or 4 I have been increasingly overweight, very over weight, obese and mow morbidly obese. In my teens I developed an eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, which hounded me for about 15 years until I addressed it, seeking help from the eating disorder team in South Birmingham where I live.
My weight was at an all time high at this point. My obsession with food the binging had led to a steady increase on my weight until I was barely mobile. I asked my gp to refer me to the weight management team so i could ask for gastric surgery. I Didn't realise that at the time of my referraL, the eating disorder consultant psychiatrist wrote a letter to the WLS consultant telling them that i was emotionally unstable and would use the operation to harm myself.
The WLS consultant told me about this letter- which it turned out was written by someone I had never met not even for a single second! the Wls consultant told me that they would be unable to proceed down the consultant wls route but that I could attend the weight management group for six months then in a yearbook so aftr that reassess me to see if i was ready for surgery.
So I went away feeling disheartened but went to the groups anyway, also I had a sleep study where I discovered that I had severe sleep apnoea, nd also found out that I have type 2 diabetes. I sought treatment for these problems but have yet to achieve stability with the diabetes side of things.
Almost 2 years after my initial referral, I was called back to the clone, by which tome I was thoroughly miserable and downhearted about everything... I just wanted the surgery and had done everything they asked. Finally I was told by the consultant that if I could just get a letter from my mental health psychiatrist... Contradicting the other letter from the eating disorder specialist then we could proceed.
I got the letter from the psychiatrist as requested only to discover another stumbling block on that I am on a lifelong course of warferin because I have a clothing disorder in my blood... This would add another layer of complication to the surgery if it were to go ahead as the warferin I take would cause me to bleed out much more severely than if I was't on it.
I have FINALLY been givn the thumbs up by my shrink and by the people at the MDT meeting and am awaiting the green light from the surgical team so that I can go for funding.
Although I dofeel disheartened, I am trying to remain positive as I think the surgery would be life changing for me. One lost about 20 kilos since my journey started but progress is slow- which is why I need the gastric bypass.
I have made significant progress with my eating disorder, i no longer have huge fingers or make myself sick... I am slightly more active than i was before...
I have attended a Wls group at heartlands hosp in Birmingham as my dietician suggested and found it really interesting and informative.
I just want to get this done now... I feel like I have been proving myself the the team for two whole years now.
I was wondering, has anyone else g
Had the surgery (gastric bypass) whilst on warferin? I would love to know how that was managed.
Keeping everything crossed that it all goes to plan!! Sorry this is so long...
