cost of fills in uk

[dream to be slim 33]

I self funded and included 1 year medical cover and 5 fills, this has now ended and have been told future fills will cost £250 . this seems very expensive , thoughts please x

[parisshel 1,892]

That seems high. Does the NHS pick up any of that?

[dream to be slim 33]

no they don't , could not get op on nhs , so had to go self funding as desperate , cant do 250 each time just too expensive .

[terrydumont46 1,954]

my first thought is why are you not done with the fills. i sure hope i am not still getting fills in a year. are you not in the green zone yet? is there a reason you need more fills?

[parisshel 1,892]

my first thought is why are you not done with the fills. i sure hope i am not still getting fills in a year. are you not in the green zone yet? is there a reason you need more fills?

It is entirely normal that bands get adjusted. You'll see veteran bandsters here and in the blogosphere getting adjustments over the years...nothing odd about that.

[dream to be slim 33]

Over the last year I have had times when some of my fill has had to be removed due to stress ; which may seem strange to some but for me has caused problems sometimes making even liquid and soft stuff difficult to swallow ; a few months ago I had to have 1ml removed due to pain in my chest region where my port is located followed by a barium xray to check all was well ; which I am glad to say all seemed to be ok but did not explain pain . It has been not as straight forward as I had hoped but as my cover had now ended thought I would enquire about cost of fills should I need any further to be done as my original surgeon has now left and no-longer does fills ; I may not need any but just wondered how what I had been told compared to elsewhere in uk ? Not sure if I would class myself in the green zone or not , finding it a struggle at mo , the pain I have experienced etc certainly has not helped . I guess the moto is we are all on a journey and everyone of us will be different , this forum certainly reinforces that and not having the support group I was told run at my chosen hospital It has been hard to know whether what I have experienced was normal or just me .