Hi Ladies,
Just found this site on a reccomendation from another site. Its amazing to see so many other women giving such great support to each other. My story is basically i was referred by my doctor to the weight loss clinic in galway to have a series of test done to see if i was a suitable candidate fof the Gastric banding. Throughout a series of 12 tests they discovered i had a blocked gall bladder which had 42 gall stones, a cyst on my kidney and something to do with a hernia. But after passing all the other stuff like BMI and psych evaluation i thought it would be just a matter of time before the op only to find out the HSE wont fund the op i was gutted i cant afford to go private and having read some horror stories regarding the ACS and seeing the prime time special i decided to avoid that option. Anyway i got a phone call on 31st march from the department to come in and meet Mr McAnena as funding was granted if the candidate passed all requirements please dont ask what they were as the other candidates and we all had diff requirements. So spoke o McAnena and he told me i would be having my gall bladder out before the banding. and that he would do the first surgery on the 7th april and the banding on the 21st iwas SHOCKED couldnt believe it would be actually happening. And whats more in the event i am left with loose skin as part of the whole thing if i loose the recccomended amount of weight that 6-12 months later i can have the cosmetic surgery to remove the skin etc.
So as you can guess i have had the op i started weight on 21st April was 19.2 i am currently at 17.9 i am having first fill on 19th april. The after care was amazing. After first week had staples removed, then met with Psychologist this week to see how things are going. Fill on 19th Consultant on 20th and from what i know they will be monitoring are progress for the next 2 years, the other thing is this is actually a test run on behalf of the HSE. If the consultants can prove a success by us the HSE will roll out this service all over ireland.
But i havent looked back since i got it, not denying but this was not easy. but a lot of good things have happened for me due to the weight loss. its so funny though its a pain trying to walk around office and yank back up my trousers that were once welded to me!!!!:thumbdown:
Have to go now as been trying to write this email for last hour as boss is lurking around.:w00t: