Emma Louise
New Member
Hello Everyone!
I havent posted on here properly for a looooong time and so much has happened to me since then it is a bt surreal to be honest.
This may be long so i want to say thank you to those who bother to read it
Well i was on here about this time last year when my weight loss surgery journey started. I had been to see my doctor and was referred to the obisity clinic where i was seeing the consultant and dietition who told me that before they would consider applying for funding i would have to lose 4 stone. Which, believe me, if i could do that i wouldnt be going down the surgery trail. So i struggled along, losing a stone and a half from August to November till i couldnt shift anymore. In January the Obisity Clinic told me they could put me on Reductil which would make me feel less hungry, but then they were discontinued.
I was then told that i was only entitled to 6 months with the dietition which i had already exhausted and that my next appointment with the Consultant would be sent to me in due course.
So i was basically left to deal with my situation on my own, weighing over 400lbs and feeling more and more like a failure.
My mum had a weight loss operation (which i told some of you about before) and it went so wrong that during the operation her stomach was punctured, she developed an absses and a hernia, when they took her back to theatre to help her they punctured her bowel which lead to a whole heap of other complications like her having to wear a colostomy bag for over 12 months. She still suffers complications now 14 years later, which i have tried to help her with.
So for me to have actually come around to the idea of having weight loss surgery is a big thing, having seen my mum go through what she has.
So from about February to now i've heard nothing from the consultant about an appointment (have rung a few times but never seem to get an answer).
I was feeling pretty low, i finished uni in May (i seemed to be able to distract myself while i had a dissertation to concentrate on!) and decided to take control of the situation as i still was losing much weight.
My mum told me that she wanted to help me as she could see that i was becoming more and more miserable. So we started researching different private clinics and finally came across one that seemed to have a good follow up package, good price, and the surgeon is REALLY qualified. Its a company called Cosmetic Bliss and they have a base not too far away from me and the surgery takes place in Czeck Republic.
Ideally i would love to have my surgery here in the uk. But i have no money. I cant get a loan in my name because noone will employ me being so big. I also struggle to walk so i cant really do anything manual. So my parents have stepped in, a fact that i hate, i am a proud person. So they have got a loan out from the bank and paid for it last week and on Friday i got my date!
I fly out from Stanstead on the 12th September, my sleeve operation is on the 14th September and then i'm back home on the 17th September.
I'm completely terrified.
But i turned 22 on the 10th August and i would rather have it now than in 10 years time when i am twice as big and near death.
I havent posted on here properly for a looooong time and so much has happened to me since then it is a bt surreal to be honest.
This may be long so i want to say thank you to those who bother to read it
Well i was on here about this time last year when my weight loss surgery journey started. I had been to see my doctor and was referred to the obisity clinic where i was seeing the consultant and dietition who told me that before they would consider applying for funding i would have to lose 4 stone. Which, believe me, if i could do that i wouldnt be going down the surgery trail. So i struggled along, losing a stone and a half from August to November till i couldnt shift anymore. In January the Obisity Clinic told me they could put me on Reductil which would make me feel less hungry, but then they were discontinued.
I was then told that i was only entitled to 6 months with the dietition which i had already exhausted and that my next appointment with the Consultant would be sent to me in due course.
So i was basically left to deal with my situation on my own, weighing over 400lbs and feeling more and more like a failure.
My mum had a weight loss operation (which i told some of you about before) and it went so wrong that during the operation her stomach was punctured, she developed an absses and a hernia, when they took her back to theatre to help her they punctured her bowel which lead to a whole heap of other complications like her having to wear a colostomy bag for over 12 months. She still suffers complications now 14 years later, which i have tried to help her with.
So for me to have actually come around to the idea of having weight loss surgery is a big thing, having seen my mum go through what she has.
So from about February to now i've heard nothing from the consultant about an appointment (have rung a few times but never seem to get an answer).
I was feeling pretty low, i finished uni in May (i seemed to be able to distract myself while i had a dissertation to concentrate on!) and decided to take control of the situation as i still was losing much weight.
My mum told me that she wanted to help me as she could see that i was becoming more and more miserable. So we started researching different private clinics and finally came across one that seemed to have a good follow up package, good price, and the surgeon is REALLY qualified. Its a company called Cosmetic Bliss and they have a base not too far away from me and the surgery takes place in Czeck Republic.
Ideally i would love to have my surgery here in the uk. But i have no money. I cant get a loan in my name because noone will employ me being so big. I also struggle to walk so i cant really do anything manual. So my parents have stepped in, a fact that i hate, i am a proud person. So they have got a loan out from the bank and paid for it last week and on Friday i got my date!
I fly out from Stanstead on the 12th September, my sleeve operation is on the 14th September and then i'm back home on the 17th September.
I'm completely terrified.
But i turned 22 on the 10th August and i would rather have it now than in 10 years time when i am twice as big and near death.
