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WELL THIS TIME NEXT WEEK I WILL BE ALL DONE AND DUSTED :thumbup: A FEW BUTTERFLYS TONIGHT BUT IS ONLY NATRUAL MY DAUGHTER STILL KEEPS TRYING TO TALK ME OUT OF IT BUT MY MIND IS MADE UP AND I CANT WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK I WISH I HAD TAKEN THE EARLIER APPOINTMENT BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER THE BANK HOLIDAYS AND AS I RUN A BOARDING KENNELS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFICULT AS WE WERE FULL ALL THIS WEEK AND I HAD TO GET A MEMBER OF STAFF TO STAY AS I HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE ON SITE 24 7 IM BABBLING AGAIN AND IT NOT THE DRINK I HAVE HAD NO WINE SCINCE MONDAY WISHING YOU ALL WELL XX SUEFEE XX PS HELLO TO MMM NOT SEEN YOU ON 4 A WHILE HOPE YOU ARE KEEPING WELL AND THANK FOR THE PHONE CALLS XX:thumbup::cry_smile::thumbup:

hi gary thanks for the advice i will take 2 weeks off and take it from there xx sue:thumbup:

HI ALL well this time next week i will be in Belgium my surgery is next Wednesday and i am feeling very positive at the moment .I have told every one that i am having it done the reason be i am thinking it might help me stay on the straight and narrow until i get my restriction .How much time did any of you have off work as my job involves some lifting .I still cant find anyone being banded on the 3 June but i suppose there will be others when i get out there xxx suefee :smile:

Hi all just been catching up on you all and how great you are doing HELLO to all the newbies and anyone thinking about being banded .I have my opp in 12 days and I'm up and down again at the moment i am REALLY DOWN i feel sick and have butterflies but i know this will pass and i will be on cloud nine again its just natural with any opp to have doubts . I'm taking milk thistle and multi Vits and also Anica as well as bruising it helps you get over the anaesthetic better l used Crown Currency too the were the best rate also i was told to get some dressings for when i get back can any one tell me how long i have to keep the wounds covered suefee xx :smile:

HI ALL GREAT NEWS for all you lovelies out there who are having great weight losses keep on going it makes me all the more excited about my up and coming date the family are coming round to the fact that mom is going to have it done and they have stopped trying to talk me out of it the hints that i could have taken them all on holiday instead have finally stopped and i think they now realise that i need there support as well so all in all I'm on great form still cant find anyone going out the same time as myself 3 June but i suppose there will be others well keep the banter coming as i love reading all about you all :rolleyes2: suefee x

hi all its not long now I'm to be banded on the 3 June and cant wait just some info on the euro i have changed mine with a company called crown currency on the Internet as you do get a bit better rate if you pay for it before you want it basically the longer they have your money the better rate you get i WAS worried a it was something i had not done before and did not tell hubby just in case the money never arrived but true to there word it came on Friday delivered cash to my door (phew) so I'm all ready and waiting is there anyone going out the beginning of June let me know Ive been off my pre opp diet today and had a few glasses of wine which then leads to me getting the munchies its always the same when i have the grand kids i just buy them for them and end up eating some myself as crips and stuff like that are my weakness not chocolate but then its the weekend and Ive had a good week but on Monday i am going to try and go on my leftover lite a life as once i got on it before after about 4-5 days i was OK so lets see if i can do it again :scared2:

Hi all pre and post banders I'm a bit quiet at the moment I cant believe its:thumbup: 3 weeks today and it will be the day after my surgery and I'm going through my calm stage and i cant wait DR Chris is a busy man i read he is in Dubai doing a band on the 6 June and he will be in Brussels doing mine on the 3 June .I just want to thank you all for your post i love reading what you all write it makes me feel i have a lot of new friends Suefee xx

Hi Shelley the first date i was given was the 19 may and i said i would get back to them as soon as i could check flights and hotel . I got back to Bridgette the next day and the date had gone also the other ones at the end of may also had gone she did offer my one which was only a couple of day notice which i was too unprepared to do so this was the next available .I booked through europesurgery.co.uk tel 0208 1444254 and my journey began on the 20 April when i googled lap band surgery to see how much it would cost AND HERE I AM on my low fat diet today and having a great deal of emotions some days i think what if ? then other days i cant wait i'm just SO fed up with being fat all my life and the funny thing is I could have had this done 3 years ago on then NHS but the doctor ask me first to try a liquid diet and it worked but i was very motivated as I was coming up to my 50 birthday and about 20 of my family and friend decided it would be a good idea to go skiing and I new i would not find any think to fit me let alone ski which i never did by the way. Any way i lost 5 stone which has all gone back on and more and i feel so unfit and out of breath and hate myself in any thing that i wear that i have decided to have the lap band done my kids have had a moan about it , i think they are worried if any thing goes wrong but as i tell them if i don't lose weight that can be just as bad as i have high blood pressure which did go down when i lost weight so did my joint pain so I'm being positive and have told every one I'm having it done and i am looking at a good 18 months or more to get down so this is were my journey starts . I had a lovely Sunday lunch and pudding and a bottle of wine yesterday and to day have stated my new beginning sorry for going on so much but once i got started i could not stop suefee xx

Hi all there are a lot of new pre banders like myself now and its great to know we all have the same roller coaster of emotions and you can always find out some thing new. I did not know about the post opp injections before today so thanks all i'm going to belgium on the 2 June and being banded by Dr Chris on the 3 June so I hope to meet up if any of you are out there the same time suefee xx :tt2:

THANKS MMM I will book off 2 weeks and then if I need more time take it from there , I've payed my deposit and got some lose joggers , dressings and some melts i will get other pain killers as well i suppose its bets to try a few different ones to see which works best well its just over 3 weeks before i go some days I'm excited and then others i fell sick but reading all your post its the same for everyone if anyone wants to give me any advice which you think might be helpful i would love to here from you x suefee

:thumbup:THANKS MMM for the phone call last night I so appreciate it . I did forget to ask you do you know how much time i will need off work, as i work for my self ( I'm a dog groomer ) i can book off as much as i need but i also don't want to lose any of my customers as business is quite a present with the credit crunch .cant wait to get it done now off to pay my deposit today .I'm taking my milk thistle and also homeopathic Anica as that is great for you when you have anesthetic as it helps you get over it better

Hi bigsister and gillian could you tell me weather it was the 2 year aftercare pacage you went for or just the fills thanks x

I'm feeling calmer again now as Ive said in the past i am a worrier but have found W L S web site and there is one in Birmingham is it best to call them after surgery and the people who have gone with them is it the 2 year after care package you ask for or just fills thanks again

HI all i was just starting to calm down about getting banded and now Ive got all this info on being filled and who to go with as i thought at it was done by someone from Dr Chris team I Did Not no you could shop around and that there were different band sizes its great that you are all here to give this info for people like me, if they said i have to have it done by X i would have just said OK it would be great if i could find some one in Birmingham to do it if not then London would be my next best bet as i can can get a train . Is there any brummie out there who as ha the opp or about to please get in contact x

Thanks Sammy77 I am being banded by DR Chris , but I can go to who I want for my fills am I getting it right, and do I Wait till after Ive been done to arrange it and how soon and how often do I Get it done thanks again Sue x

THANKS for all the info I'm getting from all you post banders .I have my opp 3 June and have started to cut down slowly as I have about 5 weeks before my banding It would be great to hear of any one else having it done around the same time. I was wondering about the fills as I live in Birmingham will I have to go to London for them and were do you find out about booking them Bridget just gave me a phone number and said to ring it for my fills but reading on here Ive noted that some of you have paid for 4 at a time were do you all find your info from x

Thanks wishfull I will book my flights now as I did not know if I had to wait Xamount of hours before I could fly home

Hi Ive been looking at flights and the only flight times that are available on my return are at 10.30 am or 9.30 pm and I wondered if the morning flight would be OK for me to go on as I don't really want to hang round till the evening as i have to be out of the hotel by noon any how can some advise me please

Thanks for the post wishful Ive just been reading through past post as mmm advised me and i think I'm getting addicted as i seem to be spending every free minute i have on here but its all so helpful do we have to arrange to have our stitches taken out are self and would we have that done at are doctor surgery also what kind of dressing should i buy for when i get home also what pain killers are best MY GOD I DO GO ON A BIT but thanks to any one who replies to me

Hi I'm booked to have my band done on the 3 June and had great info of mmm she even spoke to me on the phone which was great of her so many thanks can any one give me any info that you've come across that might be of any help as i'm a worrier are you all glad you have had it done as mmm said to me its not a quick fix but a tool to work with its not like my friend who had a bypass in November her weight has fell of her but she has lost all interest in food . Is there anyone else out there going to be done around the same time as me it would be nice to here from you I'm from Birmingham

Thanks mmm l will call you tomorrow as ive got the grandkids tonight and they are a handful

Hi is any one being banded on the 3 june with Dr Chris De Bruyne im from birmingham

Thanks mmm there are a few things i would like to go over with you if you don't mind, I've not booked the package so i will have to sort out my travel and hotel the other thing is the forms to fill in i do not know what blood type i am and i would prefer if did not have to tell my doc about the op till after as she is a skinny who does not understand my weight problem so i don't know how helpful she will be .All so how did you feel about paying in cash the day before the opp people ask me if its OK and that's why i am nervous as its a lot of cash to carry and hand over

hi read your note i am due to be banded on 3 June a i feel sick and excited . How to you go about paying deposit as i don't understand how i have to do it and all the instructions to get to the hospital seem complicated also were is it best to fly to and get taxis any help would be great full as i'm doing this for me and my kids are giving me grief as they are worried about me going abroad for surgery

Hi is there any one out there who has had recent banding in Belgium with Dr Chris as I've just been given a date but all the instructions look daunting eg how do you pay the deposit by the way I'm from the UK so it would be a great help if some one from the UK got in touch thanks