STOP IT!!!
lol, seriously Rach, stop worrying hun. Ana told you that you meet the criteria and therefore once you have had your official appointment they will support your application for funding with the PCT.
Try not to stress chick!
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STOP IT!!!
lol, seriously Rach, stop worrying hun. Ana told you that you meet the criteria and therefore once you have had your official appointment they will support your application for funding with the PCT.
Try not to stress chick!
naughtypuppy
Is a LOSER!!!
I know, i know...i thought she was going to be supportive and well it doesnt look like it. But at least Adam is and his family.
Thank you again, i am feeling more positive to be honest after the meeting.
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Thank you again, i am feeling more positive to be honest after the meeting.
xx
naughtypuppy
Is a LOSER!!!
I haven't done that either, but I have done LighterLife which, of course, is documented on my medical record as one has to go every four weeks for BP checks.
Dunno if that counted.
Many thanks for the info Sam, you now have the job as WM Massiiiive's roving reporter... well, until the dream job comes along, that is
I'd like to go to the next one. I've spent most of this evening asleep! Bah!
Well all i can say is fingers crossed....and i will APPEAL is so be it lol
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I think that being obese is far more likely to take more than 10 years off hun. I can only think that losing weight is going to add years, not the other way around.
Rach, sorry. Just re read this and it sounds a bit harsh. I dont mean to be. I just want you to try and think positive. I havent done weight management either, and I think most of the peeps on here havent.
naughtypuppy
Is a LOSER!!!
Brunetteandred
Officially a loser
I read is a kind of motherly rebuke! 
naughtypuppy
Is a LOSER!!!
Sorry, Rach was right. Its 20th May not 21st.
naughtypuppy
Is a LOSER!!!
Unfortuantly i cant go to that one i shall be sunning it up lol
tesmaralda
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i haven't and although i was prescribed orlistat it was years ago and the reductil was for 2 weeks and they went in the bin cause thay crap.
naughtypuppy
Is a LOSER!!!
Thanks hun, i am trying to stay positive.
yeh thats true. Dr Hartland said that most patients having the band will lose around 25kg, and as most of the patients sent to him have much more than that to lose he would nearly always steer them towards a bypass as the weight loss averages at around 50kg for a bypass.
shelbell
Proudly maintaining
Hi all,
Looking at the weight management from a different perspective, just in case you do have to do it, I did it, and it was great. I did over a year in total of lifestyle and weight management, on a one to one basis. It helped re-educate me, helped me look at my eating habits and triggers and change the bad habits pre-op, and got my head in the right place for the op. I strongly believe I wouldn't have coped as well as I have without doing all of that. So it's not always a bad thing
Looking at the weight management from a different perspective, just in case you do have to do it, I did it, and it was great. I did over a year in total of lifestyle and weight management, on a one to one basis. It helped re-educate me, helped me look at my eating habits and triggers and change the bad habits pre-op, and got my head in the right place for the op. I strongly believe I wouldn't have coped as well as I have without doing all of that. So it's not always a bad thing
Craftygirl34
Post Op
Hello
I am realitively new in here and not posted before. I saw Gp back in August last year asked to be referred for WLS. Saw Mr Khan on 15th September, was undecided as to have band or bypass as Mr K said he was happy to do either so i had to go back 2 weeks later.
Saw Mr.K on 3rd October and was happy to go with his decision...bypass. Chased Walsall up to see if i was on the list had various toing and frowing (as we do lol), from one to another. Then had to have sleep study test, was put on the list 10th October.
Found out i didnt have sleep apnea (just snore a lot lol). Contacted Walsall again for pre-op dates, I got given them over the phone 18th December and 13th January.
The first pre-op was all the tests ecg, lung function, bloods, mrsa tests...seemed to go on for ever.
The second was to see the gas man lol he said he thought it would be March.
Phoned Tracey (Coordinator) on 14th Jan...to be given op date.
March 12th Op 13th with Miss Heitman...had confirmation letter 2 days later.
And now...I am waiting. LOL.
Pre-op diet here i come in 4 weeks lol.
Vicky x
I am realitively new in here and not posted before. I saw Gp back in August last year asked to be referred for WLS. Saw Mr Khan on 15th September, was undecided as to have band or bypass as Mr K said he was happy to do either so i had to go back 2 weeks later.
Saw Mr.K on 3rd October and was happy to go with his decision...bypass. Chased Walsall up to see if i was on the list had various toing and frowing (as we do lol), from one to another. Then had to have sleep study test, was put on the list 10th October.
Found out i didnt have sleep apnea (just snore a lot lol). Contacted Walsall again for pre-op dates, I got given them over the phone 18th December and 13th January.
The first pre-op was all the tests ecg, lung function, bloods, mrsa tests...seemed to go on for ever.
The second was to see the gas man lol he said he thought it would be March.
Phoned Tracey (Coordinator) on 14th Jan...to be given op date.
March 12th Op 13th with Miss Heitman...had confirmation letter 2 days later.
And now...I am waiting. LOL.
Pre-op diet here i come in 4 weeks lol.
Vicky x
chivasgirl
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Hi to all those I met tonight - Rach, Vicky, Sam! Was lovely to meet you all too. I also said hello to Garry41 who I don't think is on here but I have met him "elsewhere"!! He was the guy tonight who has lost about 10 stones since May. The other Garry's story was inspiring too, with his 16 stones loss! He doesn't look like he could spare any more weight to be lost!!! He had problems with his gallbladder at Xmas in that he had a stone stuck somewhere (bile duct presumably) and had to have an open op to sort it out just before New Year.
Dr Hartland said about gallbladder removal - if the gallbladder has stones in when they do the bypass, they will remove it; if not, they don't touch it.
re fatalities - not something nice to discuss, but we have to be realistic. I asked Mr Khan how many people had died and he said 2 - one was some time after surgery, possibly even a year or so, something unrelated to the surgery but they had alot of other health problems; the other was on the operating table and afterwards they obviously look at everything they did and whether they could have done anything differently, and there was nothing. Just "one of those things".
I asked Dr Hartland about the delays in my funding application being sent to my PCT (the other day I spoke to Tracy Lowe the funding coordinator who said that everyone else who had been at the same clinic in November had had their funding applications sent off, so she was going to investigate. I figured I wouldn't have a better opportunity to ask someone about it face to face, so I just said to him that I had phoned Tracy on Monday and she had advised that everyone else that day had been put forward for funding except me. He said he would chase it up for me and what was my name. I showed him as I still had my name badge on as I'd come direct from work, and he said "ah, I recognise your name as it's so unusual, I remember something, hmm what was it, let me think, ah yes, your form has been signed for forwarding for funding approval, I was hopping up and down because it should have gone ages ago". Or words to that effect!! I said would it delay my op, as I had asked Ana whether I would be safe to book tickets to the Belgian grand prix at the end of August. He said I'd be fine to still do that. As it is, not going to go now as we're getting a Jack Russell puppy instead!!!
Anyway, I'll phone Tracy again at the end of the week and see what's happening! It really was a worthwhile meeting, obviously because of the short chat with Dr Hartland, but not least of all because of meeting some of the girls!!!
Lorna
Dr Hartland said about gallbladder removal - if the gallbladder has stones in when they do the bypass, they will remove it; if not, they don't touch it.
re fatalities - not something nice to discuss, but we have to be realistic. I asked Mr Khan how many people had died and he said 2 - one was some time after surgery, possibly even a year or so, something unrelated to the surgery but they had alot of other health problems; the other was on the operating table and afterwards they obviously look at everything they did and whether they could have done anything differently, and there was nothing. Just "one of those things".
I asked Dr Hartland about the delays in my funding application being sent to my PCT (the other day I spoke to Tracy Lowe the funding coordinator who said that everyone else who had been at the same clinic in November had had their funding applications sent off, so she was going to investigate. I figured I wouldn't have a better opportunity to ask someone about it face to face, so I just said to him that I had phoned Tracy on Monday and she had advised that everyone else that day had been put forward for funding except me. He said he would chase it up for me and what was my name. I showed him as I still had my name badge on as I'd come direct from work, and he said "ah, I recognise your name as it's so unusual, I remember something, hmm what was it, let me think, ah yes, your form has been signed for forwarding for funding approval, I was hopping up and down because it should have gone ages ago". Or words to that effect!! I said would it delay my op, as I had asked Ana whether I would be safe to book tickets to the Belgian grand prix at the end of August. He said I'd be fine to still do that. As it is, not going to go now as we're getting a Jack Russell puppy instead!!!
Anyway, I'll phone Tracy again at the end of the week and see what's happening! It really was a worthwhile meeting, obviously because of the short chat with Dr Hartland, but not least of all because of meeting some of the girls!!!
Lorna
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