Fanny Adams

Thank you Striver!

Ahh cool - I was looking at St John of God's because I live near Murdoch and like the hospital. I shall check him out further. Thanks.

I don't know yet - just made the appointment with my GP to get the referral. I've been thinking about it for a long time and talked about it with him a few times and have tried many other options but reading this forum today gave me the courage to bite the bullet and go for it! I'm already excited! Any recommendations/warnings about surgeons in Perth?

No Rastis, I'm a Perth girl, born and bred! I worked in NT for 12 months on FIFO out of Perth, but now working in WA (Argyle Diamonds, up near Kununurra), also on FIFO, so home to Perth in between shifts. I loved the NT though - awesome place!!

FIFO from Perth to mines in Qld? Or FIFO from Brisbane to mines in WA? Either way, it would be a bit of a stretch I think - most companies would want to relocate you to at least the nearest capital city. I did FIFO from Perth to Nhulunbuy NT via Darwin for 12 months before starting with Argyle, and that's about the only place I know where they take FIFO from all over the country - coz there just aren't enough people in NT to fill all the roles.

Hmmm... $12000 eh? The only figure I had been able to get was a yahoo answers one that said around $6000, so that's double what I was figuring on. I guess it's a good thing that I work on the mines and am making some decent bucks right now! Oh well, if that's what it takes, that's what it takes... I am SO sick of being this size! If it works, it will be worth every penny.

What on earth?? I tried to edit my last post and got a box full of smilies between each letter of the post!! Is this a common error?

There seems to be a few Aussies here, so I'd like to ask a few questions about our situation: * Medicare doesn't cover this and neither does my hospital insurance (I got the basics to get out of the extra Medicare Surcharge), so what is the APPROXIMATE cost? That's the one thing I can't find on the net - they all say make an appointment (which I've done!!) and we'll tell you then, but I want to know NOW :car: (hehe - patience is NOT my strong point). * Many of the threads talk about a psych evaluation, saying that their insurance is dependent upon this. It seems as though this is only a requirement in the US - do we have a similar thing in Aus? * Several people have talked about having to do a pre-op diet for anywhere from a month to 3 months. If I could stick to a diet without help for a whole 3 months, I wouldn't need the band to help! What's the story behind this - I don't have liver or heart problems, so is it still likely to be necessary?

Yes, this does look like a great supportive group and I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone. Right now, I just want Thursday to come quickly because I am always impatient for these things! LOL - one of the reasons why I don't do well on diets, I think :car:

Hi All, After just having yet another unsuccessful attempt to lose weight with drug therapy, I've finally started to researching seriously into banding and found this site. Just about the first thread I read was this one and I've read it from beginning to end. I had to register just so I could say thank you to Karen/justwaitin2b! You are an inspiration, woman! I've been tossing up the idea of doing the banding thing for a couple of years now and have always been really scared of it. Thank you, Karen, for your sense of humour, bubbly personality and considerable cheerleader talents! You have just inspired me to make the appointment with my doctor (on Thurs 11th Oct) and I am going to embark on this scary journey!