Well what can I say this is my first blog and its all about the life changing experience of having a gastirc band.

I live in the UK and was refused the band on the NHS.... maybe cos I am not fat enough! :thumbup:

I have battled with my weight all my life and thought I had beat it a couple of years ago when I dropped 6 stone and was happy, but the weight crept back on when I stopped going to Slimming world.... or rehab for fat people as I call it. I stopped going purely because I saw the club for what it was a money making scheme to cash in on fat people!! I was happy at the weight I had got too but the advisor sand therefore wanted to put me into competitions to make her look good...... and she rang me demanding to know why I hadnt gone for a while!! ... needless to say I stopped for good after that.

Then once I fell off the wagon, the weight came back with a vengeance... even though I was getting fatter I still couldnt see what it was doing to me and the family!!

So thats me two days away from a gastirc band and hopefully a new life a lot lighter that I am now!

I would love to meet new people on this website as we have one thing in comon and would love to get loads of advice on post op things.

xx