gillian

Hi Fox!!..you will be all done and dusted now!? should be on your way home today...I really hope everything has gone great for you and your recovering well:thumbs_up:..your kids will be pleased to see you back ok!..hope they dont squeeze you too tight tho! Well done and best of luck for your weight loss now. Gillian x:thumbup: Oops got that wrong, sorry its today your being banded, home thurs..sorry x

Hi wishfull! im really busy with xmas stuff too..and like you say. that is why its flying!..getting butterflies big time now, theyll feel like birds by next month!..bigsister is asking if can pay by any other method shes emailed bridget but got nowt back yet...but im sure someone said theyed paid by IBAC or BIC transfer ?..looked on my banks website and that can be arranged easily enough if they accept it.. suppose the payment would have to be in their account the day it was being done,sure that would be ok? im gonna text bridget if Gail dont hear owt. anyway hope your ok, Gail still not told her partner as far as I know! she wants me to tell him!..can see shell just say shes going to morrisons that morning or summat, then 3 days later say..god, the queue was enormous, and all i could buy was 100 smoothie drinks! Gillian x

Bigsister well done for joining in!! its only 2 weeks to christmas, just realised!!!.aarghh, better get a move on with shopping cos this is gonna fly now init?! at least we can have the christmas blowout and the turkey curry that follows, oh and can stuff ourself on middle sisters birthday next week!..but what we gonna do on your birthday 2 weeks after band?!.ha, will it be smoothie bar at meadowhall all round?!..hope they do a chicken korma smoothie in that case?!...

Hi Miss Flump..only two weeks for you!!!.bet your so excited/nervous?!.. me,bigsister and wishfull are all going on the same day 16th Jan..its really speeding there now!, like wishfull says prob cos days are full of christmas business at the mo!.hope everything goes well for you and that you are not too bad for christmas day..enjoy your liquid lunch! best wishes, and well be thinking about you and eagerly awaiting your posts after christmas as to how your doing. by the way where did you change your euros? what rate did you get and is there a limit to the amount you can change all at once? Gillian x

Hi Genie..Im pretty sure he doesnt do it in Dubai anymore, but not 100% on that..think hes only does Belgium.as he seems to be doing 3 days banding in the week there and he has his aftercare visits to different cities in UK the rest of the time.hope you find what your looking for in Dubai though. Gillian x

good luck fox!..(I dont mind you shouting!)...youll be all over the place today I suppose?!.excitement and nerves etc?!..you get your feelings across!, and I wish you the very best of luck and hope your soon back telling us how well its all gone. it will all be over this time tomorrow, and yes, all your forum friends will be thinking about you,dont worry. Gillian X

Hi fox, just looked on the Linda Briggs site and they do do travel insurance for people travelling abroad for surgery..it is Angelis insurance underwritten by Lloyds.. I have just tried to get a quote myself but for some reason i cant get past the first page so theres a prob somewhere..but you can email her..the address is on the page..or you can phone, the phone number given is.. 0044(0)1354610368. hope you get some response in time..Gillian x

Hi fox...good luck with your band!..cant wait to see your first post after!..hope everything goes great, and to plan..Im sure it will!..about insurance..I remember that someone said that they got it through Linda Briggs..who does cosmetic surgery trips abroad herself..its worth a look anyway. I will have a look online and see if I can find anything else, as Well need to sort some also..can imagine it will be quite pricey though as we will be high risk i suppose..I will let you know if i find anything out asap x

she has done brilliant hasnt she I hope we all do that well...its flying isnt it..well be done before we know it?!..nervous and excited too! x

well done bytheseaside..thats a massive loss! hope your feeling bit better?! x

Well done bigsister!! like the name!...you will soon be littlersister and i will be littlestsister though...we might even be littler than thinnersister next year!..she wont like that!! shell be booking in for a band too!

Hi bytheseaside, hope your feeling better today?..I am going to pack a seperate suitcase full of painkillers now after what you have said!..just to be on the safe side!..has the swelling and bruising on your belly gone down at all yet?.were travelling back on the sunday so i dont suppose those times will be the same for the trains and buses?..ill see if there is an online timetable. well at least you have been through the worst now and things will start looking better for you soon..lets hope so anyway. hope youll be saying that it was all worth it soon!?!..good luck with it anyway..Gillian x

Hi Flirty, thanks for that advice about the painkillers etc..I am going to go with a suitcase full of medication...if Ive got room with my enormous jogging suits that is!..No Im not on Bebo..what is that? is it like facebook?, im on that.

Thanks Flirtylass..I have taken your comments on board and will get some enormous jogging suit from somewhere cheap then! Ill look either like waynetta slob or vicky pollard!..Glad your doing so well, easpecially as you had bit of a poorly start.I have got a stepper machine looking great at the bottom of my stairs...and I just sold my Wii fit on ebay..cos im not partial to exercise either!

by the way..Have you been on the other thread...(anyone know of a christian de bruyne) Im sure theres someone on there being done on same day as you...worth a look x

I better get into hiding now then! dont worry if they do ban the Brits...think wishfull would like to have a go at surgery..she reckons shes seen enough of those TV progs to do it herself..and I know she has a set of darts at least!....

oh God, I shall pack some big thick socks to stick in our mouths then..or well wake the whole hospital up!!...dont want matron chastising me! when are you being banded? after us?..cos they might ban away travelling bandsters from then on you see as they cause mayhem..we will be escorted out of the hospital I think! x

thanks for that info Tanya!..I shall scan through channels..do you know what prog is called?..I sympathise with your sweets and chocolate fetish!..Im the same..it happens at night..some invisible entity gets inside my body and walks to the cupboard, gets sweets out and forces it down my throat..its awfull!..Im gonna see if they can remove that demon at the same time as they do the band!...God I love chocolate. I have just got my final box of 48 wispas..I hope they take them back off the market soon, or ill be making wispa smoothies in jan!...no,no..I have got to be strong!..x

Hi Bytheseaside! have you been done?!?!?!..are you home yet? hope your feeling ok, we were thinking about you..hope you can let us know how you went on soon!! Best wishes, Gillian x

Hi Tamisu..dont tell her,but..well, Wishfull will prob make me laugh and ill burst my stitches on the ward, then shell play darts in my bum..and prob try and do the op herself with her sky tv op knowledge and a tie wrap!..OMG..what have I let myself in for!?....lol!

Dr De Wishfull...What operations on sky!?..Ive not seen any?..let me know when theyre on....x

HI flirty....you have done amazing! you should be so proud of yourself...hope I do that well!! x

Just read that!..I hope your throw is good enough to win a speedboat?!...one hundred and eightyyyy! lol!

Hi Wishfull..Superdrugs own vitamin horse tablets by the looks of it!! Gail is bit worried cos she has co codomol all the time..are they just really big or something?..or has your doctor said not to have em? Gillian x

Yes we did the same shopping trip sunday too!..I cant wait to go to normal shops. Im not going to spend that much at first, just get some cheap stuff cos you never know how long thats gonna fit for as your weight hopefully drops off!..I think its primark here i come!!.(when I even get down to an 18!) hopefully ill be able to buy some posh stuff by next xmas! It WILL happen! x